Crosis
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Greetings...
I signed up a while back (the forums looked completely different back then), with plans of getting into SW on my first tank (was going the be a 45 gallon)... Things came up (kids, wife, work, moving... Basically life happened), and I was prevented from doing so...
Now things have settled (nearly 5 years later), and I finally have a chance to slowly start working on this amazing hobby again (with the blessing of my wife... I had to bribe her with a Nikon D7000)...
This evening I am picking up a 270g tank 72"L x 24"H x 36"W...
I plan on building this tank as a Reef w/Fish... The plan is to take my time and be very patient as I get it setup (figure it will probably be close to 6 months before I add my first fish / coral)...
Since I am getting just the tank, no stand or canopy... I will be custom making these myself... In the hood, I'm planning on 4x 400w MH, 2x 60" VHO Actinic Bulbs, and looking into possible LED's for color... The Stand I plan on building as sturdy as I can being as it will be forced to support around ballpark 3500lbs... The stand will be on the first floor on a concrete slab so no worries there... I can post the rough draft of the stand design in another thread, maybe something in the DIY as I go about creating it... (though a warning to DonW, I will probably end up using construction material for the frame don't hate me!!!)
The tank does not have any pre-built overflows...
I plan on using a DSB with Sump...
I'd like to do as much DIY as I can with this setup (DIY Rock seeded with a few pieces of live rock, DIY skimmer, etc)...
Any and all help and feedback would be greatly appreciated... I plan on no longer being a lurker and actually becoming a part of the community here...
Thanks.
I signed up a while back (the forums looked completely different back then), with plans of getting into SW on my first tank (was going the be a 45 gallon)... Things came up (kids, wife, work, moving... Basically life happened), and I was prevented from doing so...
Now things have settled (nearly 5 years later), and I finally have a chance to slowly start working on this amazing hobby again (with the blessing of my wife... I had to bribe her with a Nikon D7000)...
This evening I am picking up a 270g tank 72"L x 24"H x 36"W...
I plan on building this tank as a Reef w/Fish... The plan is to take my time and be very patient as I get it setup (figure it will probably be close to 6 months before I add my first fish / coral)...
Since I am getting just the tank, no stand or canopy... I will be custom making these myself... In the hood, I'm planning on 4x 400w MH, 2x 60" VHO Actinic Bulbs, and looking into possible LED's for color... The Stand I plan on building as sturdy as I can being as it will be forced to support around ballpark 3500lbs... The stand will be on the first floor on a concrete slab so no worries there... I can post the rough draft of the stand design in another thread, maybe something in the DIY as I go about creating it... (though a warning to DonW, I will probably end up using construction material for the frame don't hate me!!!)
The tank does not have any pre-built overflows...
I plan on using a DSB with Sump...
I'd like to do as much DIY as I can with this setup (DIY Rock seeded with a few pieces of live rock, DIY skimmer, etc)...
Any and all help and feedback would be greatly appreciated... I plan on no longer being a lurker and actually becoming a part of the community here...
Thanks.
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