Howdy! It’s finally time to start documenting the build of my new aquarium/fish room. My wife and I recently moved homes, which clearly means it’s time for a tank upgrade! I have also been struggling with mysterious unexplainable issues with Maroon Lagoon V2.0 for the past... 547 days, so it’ll be nice to get a fresh start and hope the new setup can alleviate some of these weird coral health issues.
Tank:
Dimensions: 84”x30”x25”
Volume: ~270 gallons
Sump: TideLine 48
Frag tanks: 2x 50 gal Low Boys
Rough total volume: 400 gallons
Equipment:
Lighting:
4x Radion XR30 Pros
4x 60” T5s
Water movement:
2x Tunze Turbellestream 6255
2x Tunze Turbellestream 6105
Skimmer: Regal 300INT 12"
Calcium Reactor: MRC dual chamber
Return: Jebao
Stand:
My last tank stand was steel and I couldn’t be happier with it. You can’t drill into like wood, but it affords a lot more operating room underneath and is stronger than wood. Powder coated red just like my previous tank.
Location:
My previous house had the DT in the dining room and my fish room in the garage. Since the two areas weren’t close enough, I had to run 2 separate tanks (DT and frag tank) and had to move a lot of buckets around. I have always wanted to plumb my tanks together to have greater water volume/stability and move fewer buckets of water. An in-wall tank was also my desire since my wife and I are expecting a daughter in February and I want all cords, chemicals, and tank openings safely out of reach of the kid. Our new home has the garage sharing a wall with the living room so we decided that would be the best place for it.
As part of the negotiations with my wife, I could have a fish room in the garage if she could have the other side of the garage to park her car. So I marked off a 7 foot line down the garage and began to build a wall.
I’ve been working on the fish room non stop when I am not traveling for work and have free time. After a couple of weeks the walls are up, insulated, and the power is on. I ran two 20 amp circuits to the fish room so I wouldn’t need to worry about overloading one. I also installed an AC drop in from my central supplies air, and some flush mount speakers so I can jam out while performing tank maintenance in the future
For those of you wondering, no, the tank will not being going under the short false ceiling. It is just there for temporary placement and will be moved to the portion of the room with the higher ceiling so I can hang lights and have room to work.
More to come...
Tank:
Dimensions: 84”x30”x25”
Volume: ~270 gallons
Sump: TideLine 48
Frag tanks: 2x 50 gal Low Boys
Rough total volume: 400 gallons
Equipment:
Lighting:
4x Radion XR30 Pros
4x 60” T5s
Water movement:
2x Tunze Turbellestream 6255
2x Tunze Turbellestream 6105
Skimmer: Regal 300INT 12"
Calcium Reactor: MRC dual chamber
Return: Jebao
Stand:
My last tank stand was steel and I couldn’t be happier with it. You can’t drill into like wood, but it affords a lot more operating room underneath and is stronger than wood. Powder coated red just like my previous tank.
Location:
My previous house had the DT in the dining room and my fish room in the garage. Since the two areas weren’t close enough, I had to run 2 separate tanks (DT and frag tank) and had to move a lot of buckets around. I have always wanted to plumb my tanks together to have greater water volume/stability and move fewer buckets of water. An in-wall tank was also my desire since my wife and I are expecting a daughter in February and I want all cords, chemicals, and tank openings safely out of reach of the kid. Our new home has the garage sharing a wall with the living room so we decided that would be the best place for it.
As part of the negotiations with my wife, I could have a fish room in the garage if she could have the other side of the garage to park her car. So I marked off a 7 foot line down the garage and began to build a wall.
I’ve been working on the fish room non stop when I am not traveling for work and have free time. After a couple of weeks the walls are up, insulated, and the power is on. I ran two 20 amp circuits to the fish room so I wouldn’t need to worry about overloading one. I also installed an AC drop in from my central supplies air, and some flush mount speakers so I can jam out while performing tank maintenance in the future
For those of you wondering, no, the tank will not being going under the short false ceiling. It is just there for temporary placement and will be moved to the portion of the room with the higher ceiling so I can hang lights and have room to work.
More to come...
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