My new tank is160 gal. and was built by Aquarium Obsessed. I put down my deposit for this Nov. 25 08 and got it april 20th all said it took longer then expected by far but came out nice. The outside demensions of tank are 48"x36"x 24", it has an external overflow that is 28"Lx10"H x6"W. The overflow has 3 holes drilledd in it, all for 1.5" bulkheads. They drilled these bigger then I asked them too :roll: and cut the overflow 28" instead of 36" :roll: but it will work out just fine. The front of the tank is starfire and the rest standard, In hind sight I should have done the side panels as well. The tank is euro-braced and I had the euro-bracing drilled in the corners for 3/4" bulkheads to do my returns through. The tank was done with black silicon and I painted the back black, I can scrap it off if I ever want to change that.
The stand is just a marineland deep demensions stand, which I already chipped trying to put my sump in the stand. The sump is a 40 breeder with some acrylic panels glued in with silicon for baffles. Nothing fancy about it
I am going to add a frag tank later when I get around to it, just something small like a 20 long.
The skimmer is going to be my Bubble king mini 200 it's a 2nd Gen one. I have been using this skimmer for awhile and love how quiet it is, and it works great too. I think it will handle the tank fine.
I am also going to be doing zeo this time around. I already have the vertex zeoreator filled and ready to go. I will get some arm exercise out of it atleast. I have had good results using the prodibio on my current tank so figured zeo would work equally as well, but seemed more of a complete system then prodibio so I went the zeo way.
I also have a deltec media reactor I will use for carbon.
For flow I am using the 2 vortech mp40w's I have already and I plan to add two more when the funds permit.
The return pump is a Panworld 200PS, I ran the return into a Y and out through the two bulkheads in the corners and added penducters to the ends. This should help a bit with some flow.
I went with sand this time too, just 1.5-2" of sp. seafloor grade sand. I plan to vacuum it at every water change, its in there for aesthetics not its filtering ability. I use RO/DI of course and really have liked the D+D Mag pro plus salt, so plan on sticking with it. I bought a bucket of Tropic Marin Pro to use on my first fill becuase it was cheaper and on sale. Anyhow I think thats about it for now.
The stand is just a marineland deep demensions stand, which I already chipped trying to put my sump in the stand. The sump is a 40 breeder with some acrylic panels glued in with silicon for baffles. Nothing fancy about it
I am going to add a frag tank later when I get around to it, just something small like a 20 long. The skimmer is going to be my Bubble king mini 200 it's a 2nd Gen one. I have been using this skimmer for awhile and love how quiet it is, and it works great too. I think it will handle the tank fine.
I am also going to be doing zeo this time around. I already have the vertex zeoreator filled and ready to go. I will get some arm exercise out of it atleast. I have had good results using the prodibio on my current tank so figured zeo would work equally as well, but seemed more of a complete system then prodibio so I went the zeo way.
I also have a deltec media reactor I will use for carbon.
For flow I am using the 2 vortech mp40w's I have already and I plan to add two more when the funds permit.
The return pump is a Panworld 200PS, I ran the return into a Y and out through the two bulkheads in the corners and added penducters to the ends. This should help a bit with some flow.
I went with sand this time too, just 1.5-2" of sp. seafloor grade sand. I plan to vacuum it at every water change, its in there for aesthetics not its filtering ability. I use RO/DI of course and really have liked the D+D Mag pro plus salt, so plan on sticking with it. I bought a bucket of Tropic Marin Pro to use on my first fill becuase it was cheaper and on sale. Anyhow I think thats about it for now.
