Chadderboxx 240 build

[chadderboxx]

Ok every one my dream of a massive reef tank has come true. And oh boy I am excited! First let me say hi welcome and like all of y'all I'm a pic hoe. So wont be missing a thing. Today was day 1 of my start. I picked up a 72x30x25 Sapphire front and sides duel overflow 2" center drilled for closed loop aquarium. Took 4 of us to lift it onto the trailer and 3 of us to slide it down. And 1 of me to build a dolly and dead lift the tank 8 time to stack the 2x4 under the tank to slide the dolly under. FYI don't try this at home. Ok pic time.

Not to bad right look Normal lol not

Ok and this is he dolly I built for the tank to ride on it 36x18

Ok this is where I leave you for now I allready have plans for the stand but lets leave that for tomorrow.
And last I want to thank my wife for Allowing this dream to come true. Love you dear. Even tho she will Probably never read this.

 

[ReefPops]

Sounds like this is going to be an awesome tank. Love that coral in the second pic

 

[AsphaltPays]

Congrats on your upgrade !! Following Along..


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[Steviereefs]

Nice tank bud!!!!! Thats a keeper for sure, those sapphire pains are great .

 

[chadderboxx]

Sounds like this is going to be an awesome tank. Love that coral in the second pic

Ha it is a Awesome coral the only think that sucks is you can't frag it. Trust me I Tryed. Lol only girls.

 

[chadderboxx]

Congrats on your upgrade !! Following Along..


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Thank you it's a big step up from my 90.

Nice tank bud!!!!! Thats a keeper for sure, those sapphire pains are great .

That is yet to be seen as you can tell I have some cleaning to do

 

[Steviereefs]

LOL yeah, I had the same when I got my tank. If you put vinegar in a spray bottle, spray it all lightly , let it soak in till its almost but not all the way dry, then do that a couple more times till its saturated. It should scrub off easier.

 

[J Rog]

congrats man! I can't wait till i can upgrade..

 

[chadderboxx]

LOL yeah, I had the same when I got my tank. If you put vinegar in a spray bottle, spray it all lightly , let it soak in till its almost but not all the way dry, then do that a couple more times till its saturated. It should scrub off easier.

It is flakeing off right now thinking about taking a plastic scraper to is carefully. But I will try the vinegar trick.

congrats man! I can't wait till i can upgrade..

Hey your close make be when everything is all said and done swing by and take a look. And one word when your ready to upgrade " Craigslist " I won't tell unless you really want to know but this tank was CHEAP!

 

[sexycorals]

man what you gonna put in it? hope you know a guy that have some nice corals to throw in there..

 

[chadderboxx]

man what you gonna put in it? hope you know a guy that have some nice corals to throw in there..

Ha na working on that part still know anyone that can fill the. Position? Lol

 

[revhtree]

LOL! Funny pic with you laying in the tank! Congrats!

 

[Zack]

I like the dimensions, relatively shallow for being so long.
Definitley gonna be nice

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[chadderboxx]

LOL! Funny pic with you laying in the tank! Congrats!

Ya I Tryed to get the wife to get in but then you wouldn't be able to tell how big it was she 5' nothing lol

I like the dimensions, relatively shallow for being so long.
Definitley gonna be nice

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Yes one of the reason I jumped on this tank I didn't want to buy a 31" tall tank for lighting Purposes only!

 

[sexycorals]

Ha na working on that part still know anyone that can fill the. Position? Lol

i know one guy but word is he photoshops all his pictures and his corals are really all brown and earth tone.. suppopsely is he is a computer genius and can make brown and green turn into rainbow.

 

[chadderboxx]

i know one guy but word is he photoshops all his pictures and his corals are really all brown and earth tone.. suppopsely is he is a computer genius and can make brown and green turn into rainbow.

Ha ha oh I know that guy he's a total ------- lol and ya I heard that to. To bad to his stuff looks top notch... I might have to give him a try. Btw the Dynamite is doing good. Slow and steady. And best of all the brown and green turned RAINBOW! Lol

 

[chadderboxx]

Day 2
Ok day 2 way super exciting!!!! Remember what my tank looked like well if you don't here it is.

Tools to help out

So I sprayed down the tank waited 15m sprayed again. And got to work after 1 1/2 h this is the almost finished product.

 

[chadderboxx]

Now I got a sump with the tank wasn't planning on useing it but like everyone I know we're all on a budget and trying to figure out how to reuse anything we can so this will become my refugium it is 29x22x18 roughly 47 g. It look me 10m to take the 2" bulkhead off someone had Silicone it to the Acrylic " useless" and it was just a pain to get off also took off the 2 float switches. Going to leave the 1" drain on top. My plan is to build a sump I'm thinking about haveing this sit on top of the new sump on a stand inside the frame and let it be gravity feed into the sump after where the protein skimmer sits. But this is far into the Future. I ordered some #4 Weldon and ill cut some ff Acrylic and patch where the 3 holes are. And this is where I leave you today untill tomorrow.

 

[budissy24]

Oh very nice, that makes my 55 look so small haha

 

[grumpy-crab]

Subscribed... i like a good build

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