So it begins, 220g build.

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So tomorrow I go and order my marineland 220g tank, hopefully it's here this Friday. In the meantime I started to gathers supplies for my stand to build. It will be 2×6s on the four corners with two 2×4 braces between the two by sixes. I will put this one to the left of my current 220 I already have.
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I will pretty much mirror the stand on my current 220.
 
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Are you building a fish room there?
 

freak78

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Kind of have something there already. I have my 220 on that wall and behind me there's a 55 and 29 on a stand. The 55 I have frontosa I'm growing out for the 220. Also have a tiger shovel nose I'm growing out as well.
 

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I have the wall on the right that I can easily put another 220. This is when I was setting up the first one. I still have the wall behind me. So essentially I could have 5 220s down here. My house is a 1900 square foot ranch with a full basement. The other half of the basement is finished and it's my kids play room and what not. The unfinished side is my side.

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If that is a thick concrete floor I would, no shadow of a doubt, have the biggest tank on MFK in that room. Man that's a good bit of space you've got there. It's almost criminal that you're messing around with "little" 220's! As you can tell i'm not envious or anything!
 

freak78

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Here's the deal with that. My wife understands my interest and supports it. I can tell at times she really don't get why I spend what I do on it but she don't say anything? Happy wife happy life. I already have 3 younger girls so financially I watch my money pretty good. Trust me i've thought about a cinder block Tank against the whole wall.
 
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