Fishfreak2009's 240 Gallon Predator Build

[Fishfreak2009]

Which do you prefer under blues? Acanthurus lineatus or Acanthurus sohal?

 

[Fishfreak2009]

Snapped a quick video while cleaning the tank yesterday. All the fish kept begging for food. Tank is still divided while I try and track down 2-3 more large tangs to introduce at the same time I reintroduce the sohal and clown tang.

 

[Peair]

Figured I should start a build thread for this tank! I've been looking for a larger tank for my predator fish and other FOWLR fish, and I finally found this awesome 8'x2'x2' 240 gallon acrylic tank with built in dual overflows and a steel stand for an awesome price. Drove about 3 hrs each way to get it. Here's a quick pic of the tank as it sits empty in my garage.

We are remodeling our house currently, and are repairing and repainting the walls, and replacing the flooring through the whole house before putting up the new builds. Finally got our tax return this week, so picking up the new flooring this weekend to get this project started!

This tank is going to be set up with a sump, most likely a 4' 75 gallon, though if I can find a used 6' 125 gallon in decent shape I'd prefer to use that instead to make an even larger refugium. Filtration components will include an oversized skimmer, lots of rock, and a massive refugium, as that has worked well for me in all my other heavily stocked systems.

I've been steadily collecting fish for both this build and for my 180 gallon build (which is an upgrade for my heavily stocked 75 gallon mixed reef). The goal is to have pretty much all the fish done with quarantine and be able to move them in at once when the tank is finally put in place and filled.

Fish going in this system that are already in quarantine or growout include:

Broomtail wrasse (Cheilinus lunulatus)
Slippery Wrasse (Halichoeres bivittatus)
Koran Angel (Pomacanthus semicirculatus)
Cream Angel (Apolemichthys xanthurus)
Lemonpeel Angel (Centropyge flavissima)
Bannerfish (Heniochus acuminatus)
Pakistani Butterfly (Chaetodon collare)
Powder Blue Tang (Acanthurus leucosternon)
Powder Brown Tang (Acanthurus japonicus)
Sohal Tang (Acanthurus sohal)
Tenneti Tang (Acanthurus tenneti)
Purple Tang (Zebrasoma xanthurum)
Kenyan Hippo Tang (Paracanthus hepatus)
Harlequin Bass (Serranus tigrinus)
Neon Dottyback (Pseudochromis aldabraensis)
Aiptasia Filefish (Acreichthys tomentosus)
Verrucosus Trigger (Rhinecanthus verrucosus)
Niger Trigger (Odonus niger)
Mappa Puffer (Arothron mappa)
Zebra Moray Eel (Gymnomuraena zebra)
2 Clarkii Clownfish (Amphiprion clarkii)
3 Orange Line Chromis (Acanthochromis polyacanthus)

 

[Peair]

Wow, a lot of nice expensive fish.