My 234gal start

[Dalbery]

Hello,
I'm just too excited right now and had to share this with someone!! I just made a deal on a 234 gallon glass tank. It's dimensions are 60Lx30wx30d . I will be picking it up on Monday. It has a steel base with wood. Has a rear center overflow with a 2" drain and 2 1" return lines. It also comes with a 75 gallon sump.
I'm pretty sure I'll be going with a reeflo pump or 2. I don't have a clue yet on what skimmer I'm going to use. The fella I'm buying it from said he used 3 250watt 10k halides over it and had real good luck growing sps. So I'll probably be going with 3 250watt 15k metal halides for lighting.
I only plan on having LPS and fish in this tank. I was really happy to find a tank with these dimensions. Once I have it home and cleaned up I'll start trying to post pictures.
So the hunt is on for more live rock, a couple heaters, a good skimmer, pumps, and lights. I think this is a nice small step up from my 34 gallon Solana that I currently have. My poor little fishies are going to be lost with all this room!!

Thanks for listening, I'm starting to feel better.

Darrell

 

[lvsuckerfish]

congrats photos asap please lol you can get away with 2 250's with good reflectors I have 2 on my 100 and it covered the whole tank.

 

[Dalbery]

I just got my tank home and unloaded. It was a 600 mile round trip. I will need to give it a good cleaning and do some work on the stand. Hopefully it will be inside by Friday. At that time I'll start taking pictures. I have a Reef Octopus extreme3000 skimmer on the way and a reeflo dart on the way. I may have found 3 250watt de pendants and ballasts. I have bought about 160lbs of Jakarta live rock to start with. Everything seems to be falling into place way too smoothly. Let's hope the tank doesn't leak

 

[Dalbery]

So here's my start. The tank is on my messy porch and I just got it cleaned.

 

[Dalbery]

Let's try this picture thing again

So here's my start. The tank is on my messy porch and I just got it cleaned.

 

[fishoutofwater]

sweet tank. cant wait to see it wet.

 

[tamarindthai]

congratulation,,,cheer with the big reef,,i will tagging along with this tread ..

 

[Dalbery]

Tanks in the house

Here's the tank in it's final resting spot. And there's my little princess. This tank is for her!! I measured the glass thickness and this monster is built out of 3/4" thick glass. It is freakin heavy. I hope to start putting water in it this weekend. I should be picking up 3 250watt metal halide pendants this weekend. I bought an Octopus shimmer and I'm waiting for a reeflo dart to be shipped to me. It should be here early next week. I'm hoping to have liverock in it next weekend.

 

[Dalbery]

Update. The tank is all plumbed. Its filled with water. I just got done putting my Live rock in. Once the water clears I'll get some pics up. I still need to hang my 3 250watt halide pendants and hook up my RK2. I should have that done tomorrow. Woo-Hoo !!

 

[mal1099]

man dalbery you work quick grats on the tank and good luck with your build.

 

[lvsuckerfish]

looks good i see the helper in the photos tell her good job also.

 

[Dalbery]

Just added rock

Okay,
So here it is with the rock in and running. I'll be cleaning things up today.

 

[roscoe]

That is a sweet dimension! Looks like you will have a nice reef pretty soon!

 

[SteelHead]

Peace to the Middle East.

Here's the tank in it's final resting spot. And there's my little princess. This tank is for her!! I measured the glass thickness and this monster is built out of 3/4" thick glass. It is freakin heavy. I hope to start putting water in it this weekend. I should be picking up 3 250watt metal halide pendants this weekend. I bought an Octopus shimmer and I'm waiting for a reeflo dart to be shipped to me. It should be here early next week. I'm hoping to have liverock in it next weekend.

 

[NanoReefer411]

I like the dimensions on that tank. =)

 

[Dalbery]

Okay just some more pics. This is with all 3 250watt halides on. I can't take pictures worth a beans.

 

[rjbourge360]

Nice pics

I disagree, your pics look great. Your doing better than my wife and I. I get the image to NOT show glare or a reflection.

Also, your rock arrangement seems very natural and balanced. Great work, your fish will many interesting hiding places and room to roam.

 

[Dalbery]

Thank you. I scaped it to give tons of holes for the fish to swim through. That's proving to be a pain. I have an evil powder grey Tang I'm trying to catch and he is winning!! I have a trap in the tank now but it's not looking promising. Maybe one day you can come check it out.

 

[marlinmero]

wow tank looks amazing so far

 

[Dalbery]

Thanks Marlin,
I need to figure out how to take better pics of the tank. My cycle is over and the algae is 90% gone. I really scored on this Jakarta liverock. It is so porous and has so many caves. I have my fish and some frogspawn,hammer, and anenomes residing in it now. One of these weekends when your bored you're more than welcome to come see.