Fortunato's 300G Upgrade

reefs4life · Jan 4, 2021

Hey guys, so after some searching I picked up a beautiful 300g from another reefer. This is a Miracles tank that is 96"×30"×24". It fits beautifully in my new place and I'm super excited to get it up and running but with a fully mature 150g reef that will need to travel 45 minutes from my parents house piece by piece, I will be taking my sweet time. Here's the beginning:

Bepis · Jan 4, 2021

Bootiful

tricky_tran · Jan 4, 2021

wow! now thats a lot of real estate for all the beautiful sea life

reefs4life · Jan 7, 2021

And so it begins...

I had my wife break water with the first pour. Luckily she's just as excited as I am

Daniel@R2R · Jan 8, 2021

Nice! Following along!!

Zach B · Jan 8, 2021

Awesome! Keep us posted!

jeffrey750750 · Jan 8, 2021

Great size, you guys must be so excited. Glad you hear your both on board

tricky_tran · Jan 8, 2021

reefs4life said:
And so it begins...

I had my wife break water with the first pour. Luckily she's just as excited as I am

if that isnt love, i dont know what it is. looking good!

tricky_tran · Jan 8, 2021

I see a lot of vertical braces in your stand. Where is your sump going, Basement? Because that looks like a dining room / kitchen on the other side of that wall

reefs4life · Jan 8, 2021

tricky_tran said:
I see a lot of vertical braces in your stand. Where is your sump going, Basement? Because that looks like a dining room / kitchen on the other side of that wall

Yes the sump is going in an area of my garage which is heated. Eventually I'll close it in. My current tank, which is a 150G cube, will become the sump for this. I haven't 100% figure out the baffle placement but I have somewhat of an idea.

reefs4life · Jan 25, 2021

Update
Got the manifold all done and got the flex PVC all set up to connect to my sump

SoggyNW · Jan 25, 2021

That's my dream size! Can't wait to see how yours turns out.

reefs4life · Feb 6, 2021

Update: tank is running with fish and a temporary sump. All looks good for the time being:

Current equipment is:
3x ATI Straton LED fixtures (looking for 1 more)
Bubble Magus Curve B12
Blueline 250PS
2x Rossmont WaveMaker
Maxspect Gyre 150
Jebao RW-8

reefs4life · Feb 24, 2021

Update 02.24.2021

Got my fish following me like a bunch of puppies lol

ReefChef19 · Mar 6, 2021

I came across your post about your floor support recently. I was just wondering why you used 2x's as a base for your for jacks instead of cinder blocks. Thanks

reefs4life · Mar 6, 2021

ReefChef19 said:
I came across your post about your floor support recently. I was just wondering why you used 2x's as a base for your for jacks instead of cinder blocks. Thanks

No particular reason. Honestly I was about to just put them directly on the cement floor but wood is more flexible and allowed for somewhat of a level ground as the cement in that crawlspace isn't 100% leveled. They really weren't necessary IMO