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New Year, New Tank!
My current tank is a Red Sea Reefer 350. And while it’s a good tank, a 6ft tank is even better. I’ve wanted to go bigger for some time but holding off because I wasn’t sure where to put it. Until one day, it hit me, do an in-wall/behind-wall, 180 peninsula, with a basement fish closet.
I had already started updating my old build thread with the process, but I think it’s time to start a new thread for this tank. I’m going to move over all my other posts to here.
November
I put a couple cheap SPS in the tank, and they all are doing terribly. Not surprising as my lights are not great. I looked at lights but decided I should figure out where I want this tank to go in the future. As all good reefers do, I concluded that I really want a bigger tank, like 6 feet. But where oh where to put this tank. Initially, I was thinking of the basement family room. However, that is the kid's playroom right now, and with two rough and tumble boys, I don't really want a fish tank anywhere near their wrestling ring. My current tank is in the dining room, and I love it there. Thinking of maybe doing an in-wall tank. I started to look at the WaterBox 7225 but found a local company that installs custom tanks and reached out to them for their opinions. They will be out next week to take some measurements and give me a quote. Now that my mind is set on this tank, I started search Black Friday sales, and boy, did I get some good stuff. The UPS guy was not too impressed with me today.
You can see the current tank here and the new tank would go on the other side of the red wall. Then I would cut a window to see it.
My current tank is a Red Sea Reefer 350. And while it’s a good tank, a 6ft tank is even better. I’ve wanted to go bigger for some time but holding off because I wasn’t sure where to put it. Until one day, it hit me, do an in-wall/behind-wall, 180 peninsula, with a basement fish closet.
I had already started updating my old build thread with the process, but I think it’s time to start a new thread for this tank. I’m going to move over all my other posts to here.
November
I put a couple cheap SPS in the tank, and they all are doing terribly. Not surprising as my lights are not great. I looked at lights but decided I should figure out where I want this tank to go in the future. As all good reefers do, I concluded that I really want a bigger tank, like 6 feet. But where oh where to put this tank. Initially, I was thinking of the basement family room. However, that is the kid's playroom right now, and with two rough and tumble boys, I don't really want a fish tank anywhere near their wrestling ring. My current tank is in the dining room, and I love it there. Thinking of maybe doing an in-wall tank. I started to look at the WaterBox 7225 but found a local company that installs custom tanks and reached out to them for their opinions. They will be out next week to take some measurements and give me a quote. Now that my mind is set on this tank, I started search Black Friday sales, and boy, did I get some good stuff. The UPS guy was not too impressed with me today.
You can see the current tank here and the new tank would go on the other side of the red wall. Then I would cut a window to see it.