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Its time to create a build thread for my new tank. I have a 60 cube that has been running for 3 years and my wife and I have been planning on upgrading the tank for about a year. I found a glasscages tank on craigslist. It was a complete setup that had been run for 2 years then left with water in it for 1 years then drained and left dirty for 2 years. It was a complete setup that no expense was spared on when it was built. I purchased the tank and equipment for a steal. The tank was 3 hours away so I drove down in my Yukon Xl and loaded everything I could into the truck. The stand and canopy was on the roof full of equipment. Then whole truck was full to the brim with equipment. I had to leave a couple of totes of random equipment behind because I couldn’t fit anywhere. Once the tank was home I unloaded the truck slowly taking inventory as everything came out. The tank dimensions are 36x36x31. A 175 cube. When it came time to move the tank into the house I discovered that my 32” doors are more like 30.5” doors due to the jams and framework of my 1830 post and beam house. The tank sat out on my front porch for 2 months while I figured out how to move the tank in and waited for warmer weather. I ended up taking a large picture window out and hired a bunch of buddies to lift the tank up and through the window. Once it was inside it seemed much larger than when it was out on the porch!
Here's my 60 Cube. I have stocked up and started growing a bunch more sticks for the 175 since this pic.
I took the majority of the equipment and sold it off individually so I could purchase what I wanted for the tank. I was able to recoup the money I paid for the setup plus made enough money to buy the majority of the equipment I needed for my set up.
I kept the tank, stand, Apex Classic with 2 eb8s, display and bobs, 2 bnib Fluval SP6’s for returns, a SP4, a 1/4 hp chiller, heaters, Hanna checkers, SRO INT3000sss, and a few odds and ends.
The 175 is in our living room and it straddled by 2 8x8 beams. (Post and Beam house). Additional support columns were added in the dirt basement to give added support. It was a long road just to get the tank into the house but it was finally in!
Here's my 60 Cube. I have stocked up and started growing a bunch more sticks for the 175 since this pic.
I took the majority of the equipment and sold it off individually so I could purchase what I wanted for the tank. I was able to recoup the money I paid for the setup plus made enough money to buy the majority of the equipment I needed for my set up.
I kept the tank, stand, Apex Classic with 2 eb8s, display and bobs, 2 bnib Fluval SP6’s for returns, a SP4, a 1/4 hp chiller, heaters, Hanna checkers, SRO INT3000sss, and a few odds and ends.
The 175 is in our living room and it straddled by 2 8x8 beams. (Post and Beam house). Additional support columns were added in the dirt basement to give added support. It was a long road just to get the tank into the house but it was finally in!