revenant
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Howdy all... I have been planning an upgrade from my 100G (60Lx18Wx20H) for a while now as it's grown in and two of my fish are HUGE now and really need a larger tank. So I found a 240G (96Lx24Wx24H) last summer which when I got it home it and cleaned up it had a ton of crazing everywhere and one of the corner overflow seams was busted... and it had holes drilled in it in weird places.. The more I worked on cleaning it up the less I liked the idea of using. I did get Weldon16 and was going to dowel some of the seams but never got around to it.. work went crazy and I was traveling a lot to see my dad... anyways.. my plan was to build a stand this spring and fix the seams and get it going... Because I'm crazy and my gears were turning, I jumped on CL just to see if anything better was out there.. not even planning on buying anything right now, but just putting feelers out. BAM, a killer 300G full setup posted 14mins ago.. Perfect tank dimensions, 96L x 30W x 23H, long wide and not too high.. full setup with loads of good gear at a great price. So long story short, it's all here now. Picked up in the pouring rain last weekend. List of what I got:
Acrylic 300 gallon tank 96L x 30W x 23H w/ 3/4" acrylic. (center overflow, single 2" drain, dual 1" returns)
33" stand in good shape - but needs side panel and some bottom trim.
Reef Octopus Elite 220-int (older one with red controller)
Apex controller (gen1) with w/ Energy Bar 8 and Vortech WXM,
2x Vortech MP60s with extra wet side and extra driver.
2x Maxspect Gyre XF350 with one controller.
2x dosers with BRS chems.
BRS external reactor with pump and two containers.
36"X12"X12" acrylic sump (not going to use this - shopping sumps)
2x 44" Reef Breeders LED programmable LED lights with custom wood hanging brackets,
150 lbs Tonga / Fiji branching LR
5 stage RODI filter.
The tank is in beautiful shape, no crazing, no significant scratches, just beautiful thicc acrylic. All the gear needed/needs a good cleaning but I got a pretty nice lot for 3 grand. The sump he had was glass and was behind the tank and it was a mess. I opted out on that and figure I will buy a new sump. So I am shopping around for those, maybe one with a fuge and ato built in. idk, I might do a separate fuge.. I need a larger skimmer section due to the elite 220-int has a 16.5″ x 12.2″ footprint and a large enough end section for dual return pumps.
For the tank, I am planning a shallow sandbed with two scapes, my old tank rocks and such on the left side and the new LR on the right side and have a little beach between the two. LPS heavy on the right.. and def getting a nem too. So glad I found a 30" W tank, it's almost twice as wide as my current.. Really looking forward to scaping and such. I am probably about a month away from being able to fill this though - so I have some time to think about how I want to do this - but I am super excited. So many fish options now. Anyways I'll post updates when I have them. Here are a few photos.
This was the ad:
I'll probably hang the lights the way I do them on my 100G now.. but a nice wooden contraption if I want to use it I guess.
The rain stopped when I got back to my place, but the pickup was SO WET.. and the drive down the 405 in pouring rain and lots of LA traffic.. lol, super fun!
getting to this part made it all worth it.
Kudos to my friends who really came through helping me move this. I am still sore btw.. lol!
So there it is.. I've been wanting a 300G for 30 years... since my 55G corner pent in the 90s. and my sailfin has been waiting for this for over a year... But she's still able to navigate all of the caves and back area still.. but she is HUGE now and it's super time to move her and the foxface, who is also huge.. It'll be end of March I think before I am ready to move stuff but at least the ball is really rolling now.
Oh and I am on a cement slab with no sub-floring. whew!
Happy reefing all!
Edit: LR curing..
After cleaning and some Brillianize
Acrylic 300 gallon tank 96L x 30W x 23H w/ 3/4" acrylic. (center overflow, single 2" drain, dual 1" returns)
33" stand in good shape - but needs side panel and some bottom trim.
Reef Octopus Elite 220-int (older one with red controller)
Apex controller (gen1) with w/ Energy Bar 8 and Vortech WXM,
2x Vortech MP60s with extra wet side and extra driver.
2x Maxspect Gyre XF350 with one controller.
2x dosers with BRS chems.
BRS external reactor with pump and two containers.
36"X12"X12" acrylic sump (not going to use this - shopping sumps)
2x 44" Reef Breeders LED programmable LED lights with custom wood hanging brackets,
150 lbs Tonga / Fiji branching LR
5 stage RODI filter.
The tank is in beautiful shape, no crazing, no significant scratches, just beautiful thicc acrylic. All the gear needed/needs a good cleaning but I got a pretty nice lot for 3 grand. The sump he had was glass and was behind the tank and it was a mess. I opted out on that and figure I will buy a new sump. So I am shopping around for those, maybe one with a fuge and ato built in. idk, I might do a separate fuge.. I need a larger skimmer section due to the elite 220-int has a 16.5″ x 12.2″ footprint and a large enough end section for dual return pumps.
For the tank, I am planning a shallow sandbed with two scapes, my old tank rocks and such on the left side and the new LR on the right side and have a little beach between the two. LPS heavy on the right.. and def getting a nem too. So glad I found a 30" W tank, it's almost twice as wide as my current.. Really looking forward to scaping and such. I am probably about a month away from being able to fill this though - so I have some time to think about how I want to do this - but I am super excited. So many fish options now. Anyways I'll post updates when I have them. Here are a few photos.
This was the ad:
I'll probably hang the lights the way I do them on my 100G now.. but a nice wooden contraption if I want to use it I guess.
The rain stopped when I got back to my place, but the pickup was SO WET.. and the drive down the 405 in pouring rain and lots of LA traffic.. lol, super fun!
getting to this part made it all worth it.
Kudos to my friends who really came through helping me move this. I am still sore btw.. lol!
So there it is.. I've been wanting a 300G for 30 years... since my 55G corner pent in the 90s. and my sailfin has been waiting for this for over a year... But she's still able to navigate all of the caves and back area still.. but she is HUGE now and it's super time to move her and the foxface, who is also huge.. It'll be end of March I think before I am ready to move stuff but at least the ball is really rolling now.
Oh and I am on a cement slab with no sub-floring. whew!
Happy reefing all!
Edit: LR curing..
After cleaning and some Brillianize
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