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So a few years back I lost everything to Hurricane Matthew. No power for a week and couldn't even get to our home for days. When we finally returned home everything in the tank was gone.
Fast forward a few years, and a few dozen repairs later and here we are, starting over from scratch.
I decided this go around to put the tank in the wall, and build a "fish room" behind the tank. I use that term loosely because the room is only 4' x 6', with 4 tanks in it. It's pretty packed.
First things first, I had to convince the wife to let me set the tank in the wall. After much grovelling, and a Peloton Treadmill later, she agreed.
Time to start!
The tank is going into the wall that faces our kitchen, and has a spare bedroom behind it. I started by building the fish room and putting bracing under the house in our crawlspace to support the extra weight of the room. The room will contain the 150 display, a 40 breeder sump, a 40 breeder refugium that will house some macro and some fish, and a 20 gallon qt tank.
I am taking my time with this build, making sure I cross all the i's and dot all the t's so i don't make any mistakes. Off to a great start!
I didn't take any pictures during the framing of the room, but it's pretty straight forward.
This build thread will be a slow one, as I'm not in a hurry to get anything wet until I have everything in it's place, although I do have a small tank cycling to house a pair of clowns to keep my sanity in check.
More to come!
Tank info:
150 Gallon Display
40 Breeder DIY sump
40 Breeder Display Refugium
BRS 150 GPD RO/DI w/ Booster Pump
MP40QD x 2 for display circulation
Waveline D10000 DC Return Pump
Reef Octopus NWB150 Skimmer
Gen 2 Radion XR30W x 2
20 Gallon QT tank
Still to add:
GHL Profilux 4
GHL dosing pump
GHL KH Director
Gen 4 Radion xr30W or GHL Mitras x 2
Vectra S2 x2 Return pumps
Vertex 6D calcium Reactor
Battery Backup x 3 for Ecotech pumps
Maxspect Gyre F330 x 2
Fast forward a few years, and a few dozen repairs later and here we are, starting over from scratch.
I decided this go around to put the tank in the wall, and build a "fish room" behind the tank. I use that term loosely because the room is only 4' x 6', with 4 tanks in it. It's pretty packed.
First things first, I had to convince the wife to let me set the tank in the wall. After much grovelling, and a Peloton Treadmill later, she agreed.
Time to start!
The tank is going into the wall that faces our kitchen, and has a spare bedroom behind it. I started by building the fish room and putting bracing under the house in our crawlspace to support the extra weight of the room. The room will contain the 150 display, a 40 breeder sump, a 40 breeder refugium that will house some macro and some fish, and a 20 gallon qt tank.
I am taking my time with this build, making sure I cross all the i's and dot all the t's so i don't make any mistakes. Off to a great start!
I didn't take any pictures during the framing of the room, but it's pretty straight forward.
This build thread will be a slow one, as I'm not in a hurry to get anything wet until I have everything in it's place, although I do have a small tank cycling to house a pair of clowns to keep my sanity in check.
More to come!
Tank info:
150 Gallon Display
40 Breeder DIY sump
40 Breeder Display Refugium
BRS 150 GPD RO/DI w/ Booster Pump
MP40QD x 2 for display circulation
Waveline D10000 DC Return Pump
Reef Octopus NWB150 Skimmer
Gen 2 Radion XR30W x 2
20 Gallon QT tank
Still to add:
GHL Profilux 4
GHL dosing pump
GHL KH Director
Gen 4 Radion xr30W or GHL Mitras x 2
Vectra S2 x2 Return pumps
Vertex 6D calcium Reactor
Battery Backup x 3 for Ecotech pumps
Maxspect Gyre F330 x 2
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