300 gallon AGE build

gettaReef · Apr 14, 2016

Looks like a AGE sump to me

psirex · Apr 14, 2016

gettaReef · Apr 14, 2016

See post #27 in this thread

jschultzbass · Aug 7, 2019

So time to update. I ended up taking the tank down due to life stuff happening. I decided to keep it down while I did a full remodel of the basement and built the tank into the wall with fish room behind. Fish room is also general storage room and washer/dryer room, haha. I just recently started putting fish in my tank. This will be mostly a FOWLR but will be adding some cheap softies, LPS, SPS so if they get eaten it's ok. I have a Waterbox 170.4/5 as my reef tank. The equipment is basically the same as before since I kept it all. Here are a couple picks to get it going.

JMM744 · Aug 9, 2019

Your new setup is beautiful. That’s a show piece for sure and the build in job looks well executed. I miss my finished basement a lot.

vetteguy53081 · Aug 9, 2019

Beautiful tank and room!!

jschultzbass · Aug 10, 2019

JMM744 said:
Your new setup is beautiful. That’s a show piece for sure and the build in job looks well executed. I miss my finished basement a lot.

Thank you! I'm super pumped on how it came out. The only thing I wish I might have done different is put the aquarium into the wall more so it's not so "behind" the wall. Benefit of this way though is I have insulation in the walls so you can't hear any equipment at all. My wife is getting slightly annoyed I spend most of time down there though......

jschultzbass · Aug 10, 2019

vetteguy53081 said:
Beautiful tank and room!!

Thank you so much! Now my wife is telling her friends that everytime she turns around I another tank pops up, haha! I have this one, the waterbox, 80 gallon frag and two QT tanks.

vetteguy53081 · Aug 10, 2019

jschultzbass said:
Thank you so much! Now my wife is telling her friends that everytime she turns around I another tank pops up, haha! I have this one, the waterbox, 80 gallon frag and two QT tanks.

I'm multi-tank also

jschultzbass · Dec 10, 2019

Couple pics of all the fish. I know you can see through it, still working on the solution I want for that.

Skynyrd Fish · Dec 10, 2019

Looks great! For the back of the tank how about a plain old school pull down window shade? You could open or close it depending on your mood. It would also reflect light back in the tank. When I finish my door for the front of mine I’m going to put in a shade so the kids can be in the man cave with the lights on and the fish can sleep..

jschultzbass · Feb 20, 2020

Skynyrd Fish said:
Looks great! For the back of the tank how about a plain old school pull down window shade? You could open or close it depending on your mood. It would also reflect light back in the tank. When I finish my door for the front of mine I’m going to put in a shade so the kids can be in the man cave with the lights on and the fish can sleep..

That's what I ended up doing, thank you for the suggestion! I mounted it a few weeks ago and works like a charm. I used this from Home Depot.
https://www.homedepot.com/p/iFit-Cu...Polyester-Fabric-Roller-Shade-73035/302200021