My little chunk of ocean! 210 Gallon Build

[kvcgsxr600]

Thanks. Crazy enough I didn't even have a powder brown in mind and my girl friend pointed him out and we decided to get him. Mr. Brown is his name according to the woman. I haven't ever named my fish she does though. I name all of my other pets, like Noah the red tail boa, NIP the panther chameleon, and Rona the boxer.

 

[Alexander]

that tank is amazing, im sure the beauty will transfer to the 210. love the powder brown!

 

[kvcgsxr600]

Ok so I'm buying the wood for the frame this Friday and building the frame on Saturday. I have come up with the design for the frame I want and I am stoked. I will be using all 2x4's and 2x10's/ It's amazing what a 2x4 can hold.

 

[kvcgsxr600]

Ok got the frame built!!!

 

[Piggy]

Looks good to me. Bet it's heavy. Can't wait to see the finished project.

 

[kvcgsxr600]

I just bought the rest of my rock tonight putting me at a total of 320 pounds! Here is a couple pics of the rock.

 

[daugherty]

nice rock

 

[Alexander]

Stand looks nice and sturdy, looks like you will have a good ammount of rock to set that up with. I bet your gettin really excited.

 

[kvcgsxr600]

Yeah I'm geting pretty stoked but I will probably noty set it up for another 6 months or so. I have a lot of equipment to buy and I may be moving, so I might just move the tank and switch my 75 into it when I move.

 

[jhnrb]

Keep us posted on the progress

 

[Alexander]

so whats the deal with the liverock if you dont set it up

 

[kvcgsxr600]

I have around 150 pounds of rock in my 75 gallon, 70 in a 55gallon tank and I bought 80 pounds. I want to make sure I have enough when I set the 210 up, plus I got a good deal on the rock.

 

[Piggy]

Looking good. Got some nice rock. Where do plan on keeping it in the mean time?

 

[kvcgsxr600]

Ok I've been busy but here are some updated pics. The rock is in a trash can.

 

[dustin_P74]

the stand is looking good but have fun scraping that tank clean

 

[kvcgsxr600]

I'm just gonna fill it and let it run with fresh for a bit before I even attempt cleaning. I have been collecting some frags for the tank though. Here is half of my 75 the other half is equally filled with corals I estimate about 70-90 diff sps lps and softies.

 

[RyanG]

Nice looking stuff.

When I brought my 180 home it was probably twice as dirty as that. I just sprayed it with vinegar twice a day for a couple of days and it all basically fell off did some minor scraping and it was good to go. Scraped it all to the bottom and shopvaced it out.

 

[kvcgsxr600]

Thanks for the info ryan. How we looking on our race? I picked up some new stuff today!

 

[RyanG]

Well Ill be ordering the last of my plumbing supplies this week and hoping to order my sand the following week. So as soon as I get my valves in Ill be plumbing and fresh testing ASAP. WHo knows though really. Looks like you are picking up some really nice equiptment though!

 

[kvcgsxr600]

I'm working on it. My next purchase should be a 250 watt hqi fixture, bulb and ballast, a return pump, aqua controller of some sort and a geo calcium reactor.