Gruca
New Member
Hello all. I'm in the beginning stages of my 220g fish only build. It's currently cycling and I'm working on my fish list (another thread was made in the Fish section about that https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/plans-for-a-220g-fish-only.547674/).
The tank is 6' long, 30" tall, and 24" front to back. The stand was made by the previous owner. He just kept the tank in his basement with a catfish in it. Moving this thing out of a basement is NOT fun as I'm sure you all can imagine. We got it done though. The tank is sitting on the corner of two outside walls, and is sitting above the basement walkout door, which is more supportive of the floor, but I went ahead and added a 6 foot 4x4 in the basement and mounted it using two of those jacks people use to hold up their houses that are sinking...
I opted to go with a wet/dry on this setup. I have a sump and skimmer on my reef tank, so switching it up on this one. Nothing fancy about the equipment...which is kinda what makes a fish only setup nice. It just doesn't cost nearly as much to setup like a reef tank. I'll probably end up taking out the second bio ball section to put in a skimmer, once the fish start growing and making a mess. For now though, I think I'll get by okay. Anyway, here are the pictures of the last few weeks getting this thing going. I will update as I make more progress.
The tank is 6' long, 30" tall, and 24" front to back. The stand was made by the previous owner. He just kept the tank in his basement with a catfish in it. Moving this thing out of a basement is NOT fun as I'm sure you all can imagine. We got it done though. The tank is sitting on the corner of two outside walls, and is sitting above the basement walkout door, which is more supportive of the floor, but I went ahead and added a 6 foot 4x4 in the basement and mounted it using two of those jacks people use to hold up their houses that are sinking...
I opted to go with a wet/dry on this setup. I have a sump and skimmer on my reef tank, so switching it up on this one. Nothing fancy about the equipment...which is kinda what makes a fish only setup nice. It just doesn't cost nearly as much to setup like a reef tank. I'll probably end up taking out the second bio ball section to put in a skimmer, once the fish start growing and making a mess. For now though, I think I'll get by okay. Anyway, here are the pictures of the last few weeks getting this thing going. I will update as I make more progress.
