The natural themed monster fish tank build

[Denon]

Yeah I love the width of the tank too. Eventually I'm hoping to do a 36" wide and 72" long but I want to see how this tank fits in the room first. I will likely go steel stand for the big tank and will see the condition of this stand first. I will have a good look at it and maybe put loads of reinforcing inside but I will wait and see once I've had a good look at it first.

I'm also debating about the plant situation I'm really hoping the fish don't destroy them but it's going to be a risk I know. Hoping I can keep alive Vallisnaria, large amazon swords and amazon frogbit on the surface.


Thanks

Looking good. I am jealous you have doors wide enough to fit a 36" tank. I was really pushing it with the 30" W 300G glass tank we somehow squeezed in my front door. With suction cups on each side it was a tight squeeze.

If you go the sump route you can always run your plants in there. That is what I am doing with some golden pothos and a little 25W outdoor light from amazon.

 

[14crazychris]

Looking good. I am jealous you have doors wide enough to fit a 36" tank. I was really pushing it with the 30" W 300G glass tank we somehow squeezed in my front door. With suction cups on each side it was a tight squeeze.

If you go the sump route you can always run your plants in there. That is what I am doing with some golden pothos and a little 25W outdoor light from amazon.

Its only 24” tall so will go through on its side but if I do upgrade I will need to make sure it will fit through my gate haha. Yeah good idea similar to a refugium in a marine tank!

how many people lifted your 300gallon, I’d be so worried moving something that heavy!

 

[Matteus]

Looking good. I am jealous you have doors wide enough to fit a 36" tank. I was really pushing it with the 30" W 300G glass tank we somehow squeezed in my front door. With suction cups on each side it was a tight squeeze.

If you go the sump route you can always run your plants in there. That is what I am doing with some golden pothos and a little 25W outdoor light from amazon.

The trick is to keep your tank shallow but with a big footprint so you can flip the tank on its back to get it through the doors. Lol.

1 14crazychris that tank was a 180g 6x2x2

 

[14crazychris]

The trick is to keep your tank shallow but with a big footprint so you can flip the tank on its back to get it through the doors. Lol.

1 14crazychris that tank was a 180g 6x2x2

Awesome thank you! So very similar size to mine then ?

 

[14crazychris]

So fish have arrived and are in Quarantine! Will try and get some pictures tomorrow, hopefully they are all okay ?

 

[Denon]

There were about 8 people to move it off the trailer, then 6 to move it to the house, but only 4 of us moved it through the doorway and then onto the stand. the others wouldn't fit through the doorway. That part really sucked. very glad we had the 8" woods power grip suction cups.

Here are a few pics of my sump, to give you an idea of what my setup looks like.

Its only 24” tall so will go through on its side but if I do upgrade I will need to make sure it will fit through my gate haha. Yeah good idea similar to a refugium in a marine tank!

how many people lifted your 300gallon, I’d be so worried moving something that heavy!

 

[14crazychris]

There were about 8 people to move it off the trailer, then 6 to move it to the house, but only 4 of us moved it through the doorway and then onto the stand. the others wouldn't fit through the doorway. That part really sucked. very glad we had the 8" woods power grip suction cups.

Here are a few pics of my sump, to give you an idea of what my setup looks like.

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Awesome good to know! Thanks for the info, I definitely want to try and do a sump on the final tank.

Thanks

 

[xenacanth9]

Excited to see the finished project

 

[14crazychris]

So here they are in quarantine. Feeding really well on prawns, I'm not sure if they have a little fin rot or the fins are just like that. Going to clean up all the pipework and lids now, then time to inspect the cabinet.

 

[xenacanth9]

Wow, awesome, looking good. Still planning on getting that dat?