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I bought a new home 5 months ago and I finally got the man cave I have been wanting. In this 'man cave" I am putting a fish room with a build for a 400+ gallon tank. The front of the tank will face the "cave" part of the room while it will also be seen from the home office. The walls have been covered with plastic coating (FRP wall boards), vinyl ceiling tiles, special electrical outlets installed with on/off switches for easy cleaning of pumps and filters, new plumbing for water tanks, LED lighting and exhaust fans in case humidity levels rise. Behind the room is a new utility room and bathroom. The stand is built and reinforced measuring 94in x 48in x 36in. The stand has been sealed and with have custom doors on the front for access to the sump. The measurements for the tank are 94in x 48in x 24in. My old tank (96x24x18) about 180 gallon is being set up in the fish room which will now be my frag tank.
Still looking for new skimmers, looks like Reef Octopus or Bubble King. Kessle lighting will be used on both tanks. Reef flow pumps have been good to me but I am also looking at DC pumps. Any comments on Skimmer and pumps is grateful.
All I need is my tank, sumps and quarantine tanks to be finished so that the contractor can finish the walls and my wife can stop staring at an empty stand telling me she is going to make into a bar.
 
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This sounds like a great idea!!!!
Folowing
 

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This is going to turn out awesome!!!!
You have the PERFECT setup
 

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Welcome to R2R and congratulation on the new house, and Cave. Looking forward to the build
 
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I have been a hobbyist since I was 15 years old. But the man cave, the build, the dreams of a large tank are all possible because of my loving wife. I have watched the Aquarium world changes from going to the local hardware store to the specialty shops of today. After 18 years of being with my wife, our first date I told her I have one problem I love aquariums. She has been a great enabler and I even met her in a pet store.
 

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My wife needs to hang out with your wife! Sweet build. Looking forward to how this progresses:D
 

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I have been a hobbyist since I was 15 years old. But the man cave, the build, the dreams of a large tank are all possible because of my loving wife. I have watched the Aquarium world changes from going to the local hardware store to the specialty shops of today. After 18 years of being with my wife, our first date I told her I have one problem I love aquariums. She has been a great enabler and I even met her in a pet store.
Sounds amazing, can't wait to see it completed..I can't imagine a setup like that in my house unless I took over the garage and still not sure it would fit! Really nice!
 

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Nice build. I like the water storage tank. I like reef octopus skimmers as I had one on my last build. For pumps I would look at the vectra there has been a lot of good comments on the forum. I would also look at waveline DC pumps as they are controllable and apex ready. Is the ventilation in the room humidity sensing?
 
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yes like this one home depot has them
QTX Series Very Quiet 110 CFM Ceiling Humidity Sensing Exhaust Bath Fan, ENERGY STAR Qualified
 

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yes like this one home depot has them
QTX Series Very Quiet 110 CFM Ceiling Humidity Sensing Exhaust Bath Fan, ENERGY STAR Qualified
I'm running that one also dead silent, wasn't easy to wire, but a good product
 
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Just pick up my QT sump and frag sump by Artfully Acrylic awesome work
 

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wow that is a nice looking sump.
 
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ArtFully Acrylic Signature Series 48gal 44x16x16 sumps

One for my QT is customized to have sock chamber removed for a large commercial bio-wheel setup.
 

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