Aquarium Anonymus Setup Thread (96x36x36)

AdamW

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I will first state that I have a problem. I started with a 20G and less than a year later I am starting to install a 553G, in a room I had to build onto my house to put it in. I was new to aquatics and fell in love with a cute little fish. Turns out RTC get FREAKING HUGE! I know there are many on here that will put me on blast for even having it in an aquarium but I am trying to do the responsible thing and keep it in an adequate living space. I know I will have to go bigger and bigger until I build a pond. This is the choice I have made instead of dealing with it in an alternative way(selling, giving away, or letting him suffer in an under sized aquarium).

Now to the aquarium:

96x36x36 1" acrylic aquarium with a single 3" drain pipe, metal 2x2 stand with a wood facade, 200g home built sump. I am going to do a fluidized bed filter with around 5 cubic feet of K1 kaldness among other filtering options.


I have finished the room and started setting up the tank. With a list of equipment still to buy and a TON of work left to do, I will update as soon as possible when I get things done. Pictures will be added as soon as I get home.
 

brich999

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Sounds like a great build, love to see pics of progress.

And fyi I bought my gf a rtc one time because I wanted a huge tanks and she didnt. She loved the cute lil baby rtc and within a couple months she ok'd my 500g lol. You arent alome in the addiction. We are here for you. (Although dont expect much help fixing your addiction)
 

NixMix

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That's sweet! I'm envious.

Hi. My name is Nicole and I am addicted to fishkeeping, also.

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aldiaz33

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Nice! Tank looks amazing. I like how you skinned the stand; looks sharp.

3" drain = monster.

+1 on what Bryan said about not getting any help trying to fix your addiction...a bunch of enablers on here. Not the place to be to try to quit the hobby.
 

brich999

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Man that tank looks good! I love the black silicone, feel like that dresses it up a lot and oh my whats your goal for flow? Thats some serious plumbing ya got there haha
 

AdamW

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Trying to keep the flow to about 5-5500 GPH.I will be running two pumps,one directly back to the tank and the other will go thru a monster UV sterilizer. The tank had the 3" bulkhead when I got it,that stuff isn't cheap! 3" ball valve was a c-note alone. That is actually a 1" line of black paint around the edges along with the entire back. It looks good but is covered by the facade for the most part.
 

lp85253

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Nice ...keep the updates coming..
 
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