Couldn't Help Myself... Starting A Bigger Better Tank

**Fishfirst** · 06-17-2006, 07:56 PM

A few weeks ago I purchased my 210 gallon tank from a former petsmart employee that I knew.

After several months of preperation (purchases $$$) I'm finally ready to create a reef big enough to house my two tangs, who have been fighting in the 125 gallon.

This is the run down of the finished product

210 Gallon Tank
Walnut Stand
Walnut Canopy
50 Gallon Sump/fuge
320watt VHO lights w/ actinic
3X400watt Metal Halides 10K
Turbofloater Multi Skimmer (if I can get it to work)
1XRio Powerhead
1XMag Drive 36 (or similar) w/ spraybar
1XPhosban reactor

10 Gallon QT
20 Gallon QT

200lbs liverock
150lbs sand (1" sand bed)

1 Pacific Blue Tang
1 Yellow Tang
1 Achilles Tang
1 True Percula Clownfish
3 Filimented Flasher Wrasses
1 Royal Gramma
1 Firefish
1 Yellow Watchmen Goby
1 Yashia White Ray Shrimp Goby
1 Green Banded Goby
1 Yellow Clown Goby
1 Neon Goby

2 Skunk Cleaner Shrimp
2 Fire Shrimp
1 Tiger Serpant Starfish
3 Brittle Starfish
1 Linkia Starfish
Several hermits, snails, ect

leveldrummer · 06-17-2006, 08:20 PM

holy crap, that is gonna be insane, your gonna go broke just doing a water change!! good luck ff. and you better post some pics of this monster.

**Fishfirst** · 06-29-2006, 05:29 PM

So a week ago we brought it home, here is it stuffed into the back of the van

and here is where it sat in the living room for a week... now its finally moved back to the spot I wanted it in.

flamingo · 06-29-2006, 06:04 PM

HOLY WOW FISHFIRST! Lmao heard you talking about it in chat but WOW.

How much do you think this'll cost you? I mean 200 pounds of live rock and 150 pounds of sand? >.< Dang i'd be broke just buying 6 pounds of live rock at the moment lmao.

Lol, well, I EXPECT a thorough report on this hehe. Hope eveything goes your way! Jeesh keep making me jealous huh? 0.0

**Osiris** · 06-29-2006, 06:47 PM

What the hell you gonna lay in it in there??

Cant wait to see it up.

PerculaClown · 06-30-2006, 08:15 PM

dang! thats sucka is huge! My tank will be the size of your water change!

Arlene · 07-01-2006, 05:49 AM

Now that is what you call a tank!! Just think if your fishies get bored you can jump in and have a swim with them! ha ha. Can't wait to see the pics.

Arlene

bpswim90 · 07-01-2006, 11:04 AM

WOW. I am jealous.

**Fishfirst** · 07-01-2006, 12:31 PM

A photo of the tanks final resting spot.

Windmills · 07-01-2006, 01:40 PM

And here I was told I was going overboard by wanting to upgrade from a 20 gallon to an 80 gallon. Yowza!

IloveCichlids · 07-01-2006, 04:05 PM

That is f-in sweet. Congrats, I am drooling now.

Gourami Swami · 07-09-2006, 11:22 AM

Are you shure you didnt get that in home depo, under the title "new age bathtub"? thats f-in huge! youd better fill that baby up and give us some pics.

210 gallon.....sheesh.

**Fishfirst** · 07-11-2006, 11:58 AM

got the mag 36 and getting a sparybar drilled for it out of 1 1/4" pvc

**Fishfirst** · 07-24-2006, 11:06 AM

picture of the spraybar

cheesy feet · 07-31-2006, 02:56 PM

Your tank is going ot be insane

good luck..i may be purchasing a 220gal or 100 gal

**Fishfirst** · 08-02-2006, 01:28 PM

Well I've been working hard on a canopy...

one metal halide up!

some corals

**Fishfirst** · 08-18-2006, 11:22 AM

New ARRIVALS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

New shots of the tank

New Corals! Cranberry tip acro, canary porties, and blue tip kimbeensis acro

**Osiris** · 08-18-2006, 11:35 AM

Awesome bro! Clam opening well?

I gotta get up there to check it out sometime! Now i wanna build a spraybar for my 29g hmmm another project!

**Fishfirst** · 08-30-2006, 12:08 PM

Well I got some more stuff going in: a German Blue Acro, a Green Slimer acro, and a green aura millie. As well as another blue acro I saved at the store.

Will get some pictures soon

here are some current shots of the tank

My VHO's aren't working at the momment so it looks like there is not much light in there... 1 metal halide only going at the momment.

**Fishfirst** · 09-06-2006, 03:11 PM

New tank updates:
I took out my pump because it just was too much flow even with the spraybar... am looking into getting a fishroom when I get my new apartment/house (2 years from now) so the pump can be put in there and pump water to the tank instead.

In the mean time my 3600 gallons per hour of flow will be on hold and some maxi jets and penguins will be in its place.

Here is a full tank shot:

left side:

right side:

06-17-2006, 07:56 PM	#1
Fishfirst Fish Guru Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Northern Wisconsin Age: 24 Posts: 3,616	Couldn't Help Myself... Starting A Bigger Better Tank A few weeks ago I purchased my 210 gallon tank from a former petsmart employee that I knew. After several months of preperation (purchases $$$) I'm finally ready to create a reef big enough to house my two tangs, who have been fighting in the 125 gallon. This is the run down of the finished product 210 Gallon Tank Walnut Stand Walnut Canopy 50 Gallon Sump/fuge 320watt VHO lights w/ actinic 3X400watt Metal Halides 10K Turbofloater Multi Skimmer (if I can get it to work) 1XRio Powerhead 1XMag Drive 36 (or similar) w/ spraybar 1XPhosban reactor 10 Gallon QT 20 Gallon QT 200lbs liverock 150lbs sand (1" sand bed) 1 Pacific Blue Tang 1 Yellow Tang 1 Achilles Tang 1 True Percula Clownfish 3 Filimented Flasher Wrasses 1 Royal Gramma 1 Firefish 1 Yellow Watchmen Goby 1 Yashia White Ray Shrimp Goby 1 Green Banded Goby 1 Yellow Clown Goby 1 Neon Goby 2 Skunk Cleaner Shrimp 2 Fire Shrimp 1 Tiger Serpant Starfish 3 Brittle Starfish 1 Linkia Starfish Several hermits, snails, ect __________________ 210 Gal Reef w/ 55 Gallon Sump/Fuge, 125 Gal Fish Only, 65 Gal Seahorse-29 Gallon Sump, 55 Gal FOWLR, 54 Gal Corner FW Community, 20 Gal Nano FOWLR, 55 Gal Piranha, 29 gallon QT "All the yellow tangs and clownfish in the world can't save you now! hahahah" Peter from Family Guy

06-17-2006, 08:20 PM	#2
leveldrummer something like a pimp Join Date: May 2005 Location: atlanta Age: 29 Posts: 1,933	holy crap, that is gonna be insane, your gonna go broke just doing a water change!! good luck ff. and you better post some pics of this monster. __________________ The meek shall inherit the Earth. Big deal. By the time they get it the rest of us will have messed it all up.

06-29-2006, 05:29 PM	#3
Fishfirst Fish Guru Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Northern Wisconsin Age: 24 Posts: 3,616	So a week ago we brought it home, here is it stuffed into the back of the van and here is where it sat in the living room for a week... now its finally moved back to the spot I wanted it in. __________________ 210 Gal Reef w/ 55 Gallon Sump/Fuge, 125 Gal Fish Only, 65 Gal Seahorse-29 Gallon Sump, 55 Gal FOWLR, 54 Gal Corner FW Community, 20 Gal Nano FOWLR, 55 Gal Piranha, 29 gallon QT "All the yellow tangs and clownfish in the world can't save you now! hahahah" Peter from Family Guy

06-29-2006, 06:04 PM	#4
flamingo One Word: Croutons. Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Wisconsin Age: 17 Posts: 1,881	HOLY WOW FISHFIRST! Lmao heard you talking about it in chat but WOW. How much do you think this'll cost you? I mean 200 pounds of live rock and 150 pounds of sand? >.< Dang i'd be broke just buying 6 pounds of live rock at the moment lmao. Lol, well, I EXPECT a thorough report on this hehe. Hope eveything goes your way! Jeesh keep making me jealous huh? 0.0 __________________ I'm still around from time to time. If you'd like to chat, send me a pm and i'll tell you where to contact me

06-29-2006, 06:47 PM	#5
Osiris Super Moderator Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Wisconsin Age: 25 Posts: 3,814	What the hell you gonna lay in it in there?? Cant wait to see it up. __________________ Reality is for people who can't handle Science-Fiction

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06-30-2006, 08:15 PM	#6
PerculaClown Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Age: 18 Posts: 116	dang! thats sucka is huge! My tank will be the size of your water change!

07-01-2006, 05:49 AM	#7
Arlene Senior Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Scotland Age: 34 Posts: 181	Now that is what you call a tank!! Just think if your fishies get bored you can jump in and have a swim with them! ha ha. Can't wait to see the pics. Arlene

07-01-2006, 11:04 AM	#8
bpswim90 hola Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Missouri Age: 18 Posts: 101	WOW. I am jealous. __________________ My Ten Gallon Journal 10 Gallon: 7 Glowlight Tetras Amazon sword, Anacharis, Java Fern, Wisteria, & other stuff ... 36w CF lighting (11 hours daily) and ghetto CO2 5 Gallon QT: Empty + needs to be cleaned

07-01-2006, 12:31 PM	#9
Fishfirst Fish Guru Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Northern Wisconsin Age: 24 Posts: 3,616	A photo of the tanks final resting spot. __________________ 210 Gal Reef w/ 55 Gallon Sump/Fuge, 125 Gal Fish Only, 65 Gal Seahorse-29 Gallon Sump, 55 Gal FOWLR, 54 Gal Corner FW Community, 20 Gal Nano FOWLR, 55 Gal Piranha, 29 gallon QT "All the yellow tangs and clownfish in the world can't save you now! hahahah" Peter from Family Guy

07-01-2006, 01:40 PM	#10
Windmills Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 51	And here I was told I was going overboard by wanting to upgrade from a 20 gallon to an 80 gallon. Yowza! __________________ 80 gallon freshwater tank: 1 angelfish 8 glass fish 10 bosemani rainbows 4 amano shrimp 1 albino bristlenose pleco 4 emerald green cories 4 angelicus loaches 1 golden nugget pleco

07-01-2006, 04:05 PM	#11
IloveCichlids Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: St. Louis, MO Age: 29 Posts: 461	That is f-in sweet. Congrats, I am drooling now. __________________ When you feel like this... , just watch your fish, & have a tasty beverage (of your choice, I like Kool-Aid)!

07-09-2006, 11:22 AM	#12
Gourami Swami Supreme Dictator For Life Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Somewhere out Yonder... Posts: 1,105	Are you shure you didnt get that in home depo, under the title "new age bathtub"? thats f-in huge! youd better fill that baby up and give us some pics. 210 gallon.....sheesh. __________________

07-11-2006, 11:58 AM	#13
Fishfirst Fish Guru Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Northern Wisconsin Age: 24 Posts: 3,616	got the mag 36 and getting a sparybar drilled for it out of 1 1/4" pvc __________________ 210 Gal Reef w/ 55 Gallon Sump/Fuge, 125 Gal Fish Only, 65 Gal Seahorse-29 Gallon Sump, 55 Gal FOWLR, 54 Gal Corner FW Community, 20 Gal Nano FOWLR, 55 Gal Piranha, 29 gallon QT "All the yellow tangs and clownfish in the world can't save you now! hahahah" Peter from Family Guy

07-24-2006, 11:06 AM	#14
Fishfirst Fish Guru Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Northern Wisconsin Age: 24 Posts: 3,616	picture of the spraybar __________________ 210 Gal Reef w/ 55 Gallon Sump/Fuge, 125 Gal Fish Only, 65 Gal Seahorse-29 Gallon Sump, 55 Gal FOWLR, 54 Gal Corner FW Community, 20 Gal Nano FOWLR, 55 Gal Piranha, 29 gallon QT "All the yellow tangs and clownfish in the world can't save you now! hahahah" Peter from Family Guy

07-31-2006, 02:56 PM	#15
cheesy feet Fish & reptile speciality Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: camebridge Age: 14 Posts: 63	Insane Your tank is going ot be insane good luck..i may be purchasing a 220gal or 100 gal

08-02-2006, 01:28 PM	#16
Fishfirst Fish Guru Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Northern Wisconsin Age: 24 Posts: 3,616	Well I've been working hard on a canopy... one metal halide up! some corals __________________ 210 Gal Reef w/ 55 Gallon Sump/Fuge, 125 Gal Fish Only, 65 Gal Seahorse-29 Gallon Sump, 55 Gal FOWLR, 54 Gal Corner FW Community, 20 Gal Nano FOWLR, 55 Gal Piranha, 29 gallon QT "All the yellow tangs and clownfish in the world can't save you now! hahahah" Peter from Family Guy Last edited by Fishfirst; 08-18-2006 at 11:13 AM.

08-18-2006, 11:22 AM	#17
Fishfirst Fish Guru Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Northern Wisconsin Age: 24 Posts: 3,616	New ARRIVALS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! New shots of the tank New Corals! Cranberry tip acro, canary porties, and blue tip kimbeensis acro __________________ 210 Gal Reef w/ 55 Gallon Sump/Fuge, 125 Gal Fish Only, 65 Gal Seahorse-29 Gallon Sump, 55 Gal FOWLR, 54 Gal Corner FW Community, 20 Gal Nano FOWLR, 55 Gal Piranha, 29 gallon QT "All the yellow tangs and clownfish in the world can't save you now! hahahah" Peter from Family Guy

08-18-2006, 11:35 AM	#18
Osiris Super Moderator Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Wisconsin Age: 25 Posts: 3,814	Awesome bro! Clam opening well? I gotta get up there to check it out sometime! Now i wanna build a spraybar for my 29g hmmm another project! __________________ Reality is for people who can't handle Science-Fiction

08-30-2006, 12:08 PM	#19
Fishfirst Fish Guru Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Northern Wisconsin Age: 24 Posts: 3,616	Well I got some more stuff going in: a German Blue Acro, a Green Slimer acro, and a green aura millie. As well as another blue acro I saved at the store. Will get some pictures soon here are some current shots of the tank My VHO's aren't working at the momment so it looks like there is not much light in there... 1 metal halide only going at the momment. __________________ 210 Gal Reef w/ 55 Gallon Sump/Fuge, 125 Gal Fish Only, 65 Gal Seahorse-29 Gallon Sump, 55 Gal FOWLR, 54 Gal Corner FW Community, 20 Gal Nano FOWLR, 55 Gal Piranha, 29 gallon QT "All the yellow tangs and clownfish in the world can't save you now! hahahah" Peter from Family Guy

09-06-2006, 03:11 PM	#20
Fishfirst Fish Guru Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Northern Wisconsin Age: 24 Posts: 3,616	New tank updates: I took out my pump because it just was too much flow even with the spraybar... am looking into getting a fishroom when I get my new apartment/house (2 years from now) so the pump can be put in there and pump water to the tank instead. In the mean time my 3600 gallons per hour of flow will be on hold and some maxi jets and penguins will be in its place. Here is a full tank shot: left side: right side: __________________ 210 Gal Reef w/ 55 Gallon Sump/Fuge, 125 Gal Fish Only, 65 Gal Seahorse-29 Gallon Sump, 55 Gal FOWLR, 54 Gal Corner FW Community, 20 Gal Nano FOWLR, 55 Gal Piranha, 29 gallon QT "All the yellow tangs and clownfish in the world can't save you now! hahahah" Peter from Family Guy

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