I just pulled the trigger on a 48x48x24 tank and stand.
In September (2019), I broke down my 210g mixed tank and moved. The 210g was set up as a peninsula at the old house, but at the new house there really isn't anywhere to set it up that way. I decided instead of having a 72" tank running along the wall, I'd rather have a 48x48x24 cube.
I'm selling the (un-drilled) 210g tank, stand, canopy, Trigger Systems Ruby 36 Sump, and overflow box. If you know anyone in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area looking for a tank let me know. I am keeping the remaining equipment: Apex, 2xVarios return pumps, Reef Breeders LEDs, UV, and other odds and ends from the 210g system. Just before Christmas I found a Trigger Systems CR 44 on sale and ordered it. I found a deal on BRS that I couldn't pass up. I've been looking at T5 hybrid kits. I spotted a sale on BRS Aquatic Life T5 kits 36" was around $250 and 48" was around $275. I ordered a pair of the 48" T5 Hybrid kits and the spacers needed to mount my Reef Breeders LEDs. Looking back on it, I think I may have been better off getting the 36" instead of the 48". I say that because I would like to mount the lighting to a frame and have the frame on rollers. The idea is to be able to roll the light out and away from the tank for bulb replacement. I will keep thinking about what and how I want to do this and maybe I can make the 48's work. With the spacer kits, the T5 housing will be 23.5" x 2 puts the lights at 48" long and 47" wide. The next purchases will be for rocks and sand.
Here a video of what I had in the 210g:
In September (2019), I broke down my 210g mixed tank and moved. The 210g was set up as a peninsula at the old house, but at the new house there really isn't anywhere to set it up that way. I decided instead of having a 72" tank running along the wall, I'd rather have a 48x48x24 cube.
I'm selling the (un-drilled) 210g tank, stand, canopy, Trigger Systems Ruby 36 Sump, and overflow box. If you know anyone in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area looking for a tank let me know. I am keeping the remaining equipment: Apex, 2xVarios return pumps, Reef Breeders LEDs, UV, and other odds and ends from the 210g system. Just before Christmas I found a Trigger Systems CR 44 on sale and ordered it. I found a deal on BRS that I couldn't pass up. I've been looking at T5 hybrid kits. I spotted a sale on BRS Aquatic Life T5 kits 36" was around $250 and 48" was around $275. I ordered a pair of the 48" T5 Hybrid kits and the spacers needed to mount my Reef Breeders LEDs. Looking back on it, I think I may have been better off getting the 36" instead of the 48". I say that because I would like to mount the lighting to a frame and have the frame on rollers. The idea is to be able to roll the light out and away from the tank for bulb replacement. I will keep thinking about what and how I want to do this and maybe I can make the 48's work. With the spacer kits, the T5 housing will be 23.5" x 2 puts the lights at 48" long and 47" wide. The next purchases will be for rocks and sand.
Here a video of what I had in the 210g: