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So I've had my tank up and running for 8 months now and I figured it was time to start sharing what it took to get here:
The entire project actually started more than 10 years ago when a member of our local reef club got a job offer in Hawaii and had to break down and sell their 225 acrylic peninsula system in 2 weeks. At the time I was renting a small apartment and had nowhere to even put the thing but for $800 it was impossible to pass on the deal. I purchased just the tank and the DIY stand which was just 2x4's which I just tossed out knowing I was going to want to do something fancy with the whole project.
At this point I had been running a 75 gallon system since I had been in college and was having some success with SPS but I was constantly running into space issues, not enough room for coral and not enough room for equipment:
I eventually built a custom stand and cabinet for the 75 to deal with the wiring and equipment issues but it was still far from perfect. I knew that if I ever got the chance to setup the 225 gallon that I would want a full equipment room to house the mess and to isolate the noise.
The entire project actually started more than 10 years ago when a member of our local reef club got a job offer in Hawaii and had to break down and sell their 225 acrylic peninsula system in 2 weeks. At the time I was renting a small apartment and had nowhere to even put the thing but for $800 it was impossible to pass on the deal. I purchased just the tank and the DIY stand which was just 2x4's which I just tossed out knowing I was going to want to do something fancy with the whole project.
At this point I had been running a 75 gallon system since I had been in college and was having some success with SPS but I was constantly running into space issues, not enough room for coral and not enough room for equipment:
I eventually built a custom stand and cabinet for the 75 to deal with the wiring and equipment issues but it was still far from perfect. I knew that if I ever got the chance to setup the 225 gallon that I would want a full equipment room to house the mess and to isolate the noise.