hey everyone, since everything is finally coming together i guess it's time i share with the forum. goal was/is a fowlr build to keep my favorite fish in a decent size environment so they can thrive, mostly with small fish and watch them grow.
history:
This started as a 600 gallon acrylic mixed reef about 8 years ago and has gone thru several iterations of fish, soft corals, some easy to keep LPS, predator reef and then a major tank crash, due to someone sticking their hands in my open Rubbermaid 150 gallon stock tank which was plumbed into the main tank and contained a really cool 10 inch clown trigger that spit water on people when wanting food. Within 1 week, 95% of the fish were dead, around $2500 worth of fish probably.
here is a shot of the tank at the time:
fast forward to today, due to numerous scratches some major and having to walk on eggshells everytime i clean the tank, got a great deal on an all glass tank, 8 x 3 x 3 to replace the acrylic with.
tank in truck, feel sorry for that truck lol
tank is really heavy so we had someone remove part of the fence and the window so they can back it right into the fishroom, i was amazed at how easy the tank move was, no lifting at all, just pushing and pulling with suction cups.
hole in wall had to be expanded since the old acrylic 600 was only 30" high and this one is 36"
tank in place, took about 4 hours from the time they got to my house to the time the tank was set, day before carpenter widened the hole and removed the window.
filled with old water and rock from the 600
history:
This started as a 600 gallon acrylic mixed reef about 8 years ago and has gone thru several iterations of fish, soft corals, some easy to keep LPS, predator reef and then a major tank crash, due to someone sticking their hands in my open Rubbermaid 150 gallon stock tank which was plumbed into the main tank and contained a really cool 10 inch clown trigger that spit water on people when wanting food. Within 1 week, 95% of the fish were dead, around $2500 worth of fish probably.
here is a shot of the tank at the time:
fast forward to today, due to numerous scratches some major and having to walk on eggshells everytime i clean the tank, got a great deal on an all glass tank, 8 x 3 x 3 to replace the acrylic with.
tank in truck, feel sorry for that truck lol
tank is really heavy so we had someone remove part of the fence and the window so they can back it right into the fishroom, i was amazed at how easy the tank move was, no lifting at all, just pushing and pulling with suction cups.
hole in wall had to be expanded since the old acrylic 600 was only 30" high and this one is 36"
tank in place, took about 4 hours from the time they got to my house to the time the tank was set, day before carpenter widened the hole and removed the window.
filled with old water and rock from the 600
