So 12-15 years ago I had a 180g acrylic tank from IPI in Michigan which I’ve found is no longer in business. I currently have a JBJ nanocube that will probably get cleaned out and turned into a qt tank. We just had a new house built just over a year ago. We were at Aquarium Adventures a few weeks ago looking at big tanks there and after talking to some people, decided it was a better investment to spend more on such a big tank. Somehow my wife ended up walking out of there with a new puppy
So I started emailing acrylic tank mfgs for estimates and the most helpful has been American Aquariums out of PA. As of now I’m planning on a 225g. 72x30x24.
I’m including some pics from the area I have to work with. It’s a “nook” so to speak in part of our unfinished basement. It’s just under 8’ by 8’.
I’m leaning toward making it an in-wall build but they will take up a big chunk of the “fish room”. I’ve thought about having the tank on the other side of the wall on a stand with a canopy and plumbing the drains through the wall and having the sump and everything on the other side of the wall. Which the one nice thing about that is that I can see down the length of the tank from each side. Where as if I put it in wall, I have to
Black out each side correct? Or would it be possible to make like a vinyl flap that I could lift up if I wanted to look from the side from inside the fish room?
In the pics you will see my well system tank. I’m having that moved to the right side so I have room for tank. I don’t think they can move it completely out of the area so I’m kinda stuck with it to the right side.
I’ve also included pics from the other side of room to show how much area I havenof unfinished basement and where my sink and RODI unit is.
So I started emailing acrylic tank mfgs for estimates and the most helpful has been American Aquariums out of PA. As of now I’m planning on a 225g. 72x30x24.
I’m including some pics from the area I have to work with. It’s a “nook” so to speak in part of our unfinished basement. It’s just under 8’ by 8’.
I’m leaning toward making it an in-wall build but they will take up a big chunk of the “fish room”. I’ve thought about having the tank on the other side of the wall on a stand with a canopy and plumbing the drains through the wall and having the sump and everything on the other side of the wall. Which the one nice thing about that is that I can see down the length of the tank from each side. Where as if I put it in wall, I have to
Black out each side correct? Or would it be possible to make like a vinyl flap that I could lift up if I wanted to look from the side from inside the fish room?
In the pics you will see my well system tank. I’m having that moved to the right side so I have room for tank. I don’t think they can move it completely out of the area so I’m kinda stuck with it to the right side.
I’ve also included pics from the other side of room to show how much area I havenof unfinished basement and where my sink and RODI unit is.
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