My dream tank is hear!

[festaedan]

Hey guys
I cannot explain how excited I am for this monster tank to be finally within reach. All of the saving, breeding, and snow shoveling has payed off, my dream tank is here!
The tank is an aqueon 300 wide
Its 6' long, 28" high, and a crazy 3' wide!
Today was the first time I've ever seen one of these tanks in person and its so much larger in person than I could have ever expected.
Unfortunately, for scheduling reasons, I cant get the 300 into my house until next sunday, so until then it'll just sit in the lfs, making me more and more excited.
Apperrently its the biggest tank they have ever had in their store for the entire 45+ years they've been open. I have some serious bragging rights now .
Anyway, here is the tank, all boxed up:

And here is the stand, still boxed up aswell

Thanks for reading!

 

[xraycer]

Xmas in June!

Congrats, Bro!

 

[festaedan]

Thanks man!

 

[Evz jardini]

Yes Dan that's a beast bro congratulations mate I bet Sunday cat come quick enough , I too have just set my new 180 up so I'm all smiles biggest I could fit in my house In the space I had (it looks massive though lol )

 

[festaedan]

Yes Dan that's a beast bro congratulations mate I bet Sunday cat come quick enough , I too have just set my new 180 up so I'm all smiles biggest I could fit in my house In the space I had (it looks massive though lol )

Thanks Evz, it really cant
Here are some clearer pics:

 

[Evz jardini]

What you doing for filtration ? Is that yours on top of tank ?

 

[fattubwhale]

Congrats on the purchase! Hard work always pays off in the end

 

[UnstoppableJayD]

Nicely done! what is your plan for filtration?

 

[Hoplo]

Yay. Getting the new big tank is always exiting. And the feeling that the tank is massive is always great. I have always found that after a month or so it stops feeling large, and starts feeling small (no matter the tank size that it is), which is a shame.

How are you planning on filtering that beast, and what are you stocking it with?

 

[festaedan]

Yay. Getting the new big tank is always exiting. And the feeling that the tank is massive is always great. I have always found that after a month or so it stops feeling large, and starts feeling small (no matter the tank size that it is), which is a shame.

How are you planning on filtering that beast, and what are you stocking it with?

Thanks, yah I'm pretty excited. The "it seems big for a month and then it starts to feel small" happened with just about all my tanks.
The filtration is going to be 8 xp3s, a 40 wet/dry gallon sump, and a 20 gallon refugium. If I cant sell my ehiem 2260 it'll be 6 xp3s and the ehiem instead of the 8 xp3s.
The initial stock will be my male marble motoro stingray and my female b14 x bd / pearl based hybrid female stingray, my silver aro, and 50+/- endlers live bearers (they add lots of movement and every once and a while a small snack for the main stock) but I plan on having 4-6 rays, the silver aro, the endlers, some kind of large south american catfish, and a few mid water predators (depending on the midwater predator, I might have to ditch the endlers).