James404's 225g Reef Savvy SPS Tank

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Since I am a new member here at Reef2Reef I figured I should post up my tank. Its a 72x24x29 225g with 3 sided low iron glass built by Reef Savvy (Thanks Felix!). This tank has been up almost a year now I believe.

Equipment List below:
72x24x29 225g 3 side low iron glass Reef Savvy Display
1500gph Glass-Holes overflow
75g Sump
100LBS BRS Pukani Rock
Seperate filtration room
Reeflo Dart Hybrid Return Pump
4 MP40wES
Super Reef Octopus XP-3000 External Skimmer
Bubble Magus BM-T01 Dosing Pumps
BRS Dual Carbon and GFO Reactor
3 x Lumatek 400w e-ballasts
3 x Lumenmax 2 Reflectors
3 x 400w Radium 20k's
2 x 30" Blue Reefbrite LED strips

Thats most of it, on to the pics!

Rock and some equipment:
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This is the start of the filtration room with the RODI just hooked up:
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SRO-XP3000EXT
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Tank:
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Then came the fun part, underneath the tank is a crawlspace that I had to go into many times for plumbing, cabling and other duties. The entrance is very small to say the least:
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Floor Support:
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Tank stand framing:
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I ripped out the flooring from the fish room, it was a mess...
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Me and my son, this was the initial aquascape, it has changed since..
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New tiling in the fish room:
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Hi James, your tank is looking really great. Welcome to Reef2Reef.
 

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Welcome to R2R James, this is a great community and I really think you will enjoy it here.
 

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