150+ gallon tank build (fish room and all)

[ourcoralreef]

So a friend of mine was having issues with his tank so he decided it was time to upgrade
Here are some photos of the tank build

Tank is a Marineland 150 long with two overflows

Stand is also Marineland

He wanted the back glass blue we painted it royal blue with acrylic paint it took about 10 coats letting it fully dry in between coats

He wanted the stand in white so we primed it and painted it using a roller and brush it took about 5 coats

We shimmed it so it was level
(Sorry don’t have photos of that)

Then we plumbed it using 1 inch pvc
Both returns are on the same line the drains are on separate lines we have all the lines going down to the basement where fish room will be he did not want any unions personally i would have added unions on the bottom of each pipe and where the pipes meet the wall (he did change his mind and added 3 to where the pipes meet the wall)

And water testing with a level to make sure everything stays level

We bleached some rock for 2 days 5% bleach
Then used prime and now drying it
(Personally i recommend 7 days each so a total of 21 days)
Sorry i don’t have better photos

Gluing some pieces together

I will try to update this thread as often as i can feel free to ask questions as thats what we are here for

 

[DLHDesign]

Nice - looking forward to following along! Glad that the unions were added in the end, for sure.

Any pics of the basement fish room available yet?

 

[CC13]

So a friend of mine was having issues with his tank so he decided it was time to upgrade
Here are some photos of the tank build

Tank is a Marineland 150 long with two overflows

Stand is also Marineland

He wanted the back glass blue we painted it royal blue with acrylic paint it took about 10 coats letting it fully dry in between coats

He wanted the stand in white so we primed it and painted it using a roller and brush it took about 5 coats

We shimmed it so it was level
(Sorry don’t have photos of that)

Then we plumbed it using 1 inch pvc
Both returns are on the same line the drains are on separate lines we have all the lines going down to the basement where fish room will be he did not want any unions personally i would have added unions on the bottom of each pipe and where the pipes meet the wall (he did change his mind and added 3 to where the pipes meet the wall)

And water testing with a level to make sure everything stays level

I will try to update this thread as often as i can feel free to ask questions as thats what we are here for

Looks great!

What are the plans for inhabitants? Fish only? Mixed reef? SPS?

Send some room of the basement fish room when you get some.

 

[ourcoralreef]

Nice - looking forward to following along! Glad that the unions were added in the end, for sure.

Any pics of the basement fish room available yet?

Thank you
Yes im glad they were added as well
Not yet we have been working on it ill try get some photos next time im there
it’s in the boiler room it utilizes how hot the room gets to lower costs on heating the tank

Sump
Quarantine
And water station

 

[ourcoralreef]

Looks great!

What are the plans for inhabitants? Fish only? Mixed reef? SPS?

Send some room of the basement fish room when you get some.

Thank you

He says fish only but i can see where this is going as we are cycling it the proper way so either we are going to have a reef plumbed in or he will add some coral to the main display he likes softies so probably mixed with easy sps

 

[ourcoralreef]

Double post

 

[FLSharkvictim]

@ourcoralreef - I know this is a old post, but care to share some pictures of what your 150 looks like now abd how all the plumbing came out?

 

[DLHDesign]

Old post? It was just started yesterday...

 

[FLSharkvictim]

LOL, my bad!! Any new progress on this 150?

 

[ourcoralreef]

Didn’t have many options with the rock he wanted lots of swimming space with arches
its a fish only with possibly a reef plumbed in

Added some sand and now we wait

Here are some photos of the quarantine tanks fish room is a work in progress

The unions that were installed under the tank

And some of the plumbing in the fish room
Some stuff will change

This is how we are cycling the tank

 

[ourcoralreef]

Water cleared up

He is starting the cycle

 

[sean rand]

Following.

 

[Psychonaut]

Hey man that’s an awesome start! Can you talk about your quarantine process a little bit? I’m on my first build and am QTing everything that comes thru, what’s your process like? Do you medicate automatically? What meds you use? Thanks, all be following along here

 

[ourcoralreef]

Hey man that’s an awesome start! Can you talk about your quarantine process a little bit? I’m on my first build and am QTing everything that comes thru, what’s your process like? Do you medicate automatically? What meds you use? Thanks, all be following along here

Thank you
Its a build that im doing for a friend
His quarantine process is copper for two weeks fungal medication for a week prazi for a week and fresh salt water for 2 weeks

My quarantine process is a bit different i avoid copper hard medications if i can avoid it
Prazi for two weeks
Fungal medication for 1-2 weeks and observe for a month
Overfeed and water changes every 3-7 days depending on how dirty the water gets
I use all plastic (pvc elbows decorations etc) as hides and a old sponge to kickstart the cycle in a qt tank before adding fish

 

[ourcoralreef]

Work in progress
fish room
sump
quarantine

Tank update all is good

 

[FLSharkvictim]

@ourcoralreef - Fish room is truing out pretty tight and your display! How many weeks have you been doing a fishless cycle?

 

[ourcoralreef]

@ourcoralreef - Fish room is truing out pretty tight and your display! How many weeks have you been doing a fishless cycle?

Thank you
He has been doing the fish less cycle for the past 11 days feb 1st he started by day 22 he should have a fully cycled tank with fish in it