Hey everyone, I've been a member on here for awhile but never had my own tank thread as I've had it on a local forum. Figured I'd share my tank build with R2R as well.
To make a long story short, I moved to my townhouse in Feb 2014 and immediately set up an old oceanic 135g that I had gotten for FREE. Had a stand/canopy custom made for the tank, got everything filled/plumbed/scaped etc and then realized the frame was leaking from everywhere! I came up short finding a new frame for the tank given the age of it and them not being made anymore so I sold the tank(for what I paid in plumbing) and bought a brand new Marineland RR 150g all black tank.
Time was of the essence since I had all of my livestock in a tote so I quick put the tank up, replumbed everything(horribly) and I was good to go.
Months later I contemplating breaking the tank down again, which I did. Sold all the livestock, soaked the rock in vinegar and bleach and decided to take my time. This was back in Sept/Oct 2014 I believe.
Well here I am today, got a custom sump built, redid the plumbing to my liking, bought an apex system, bought a Maxspect gyre and redid my rock work. Here are some pics
Here's when I got the sump delivered.
few plumbing pics
apex display mounted on the outside of the tank
To make a long story short, I moved to my townhouse in Feb 2014 and immediately set up an old oceanic 135g that I had gotten for FREE. Had a stand/canopy custom made for the tank, got everything filled/plumbed/scaped etc and then realized the frame was leaking from everywhere! I came up short finding a new frame for the tank given the age of it and them not being made anymore so I sold the tank(for what I paid in plumbing) and bought a brand new Marineland RR 150g all black tank.
Time was of the essence since I had all of my livestock in a tote so I quick put the tank up, replumbed everything(horribly) and I was good to go.
Months later I contemplating breaking the tank down again, which I did. Sold all the livestock, soaked the rock in vinegar and bleach and decided to take my time. This was back in Sept/Oct 2014 I believe.
Well here I am today, got a custom sump built, redid the plumbing to my liking, bought an apex system, bought a Maxspect gyre and redid my rock work. Here are some pics
Here's when I got the sump delivered.
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