Articfox32

have been really busy lately working and working on my new build. I have a 195 gallon starphire 3 sided tank covered by solid figured cherry.

The steel stand I built from 2" steel with 6 3" leveling feet. Each foot will hold up to 15,000 lbs.

The tank is sitting ontop of a 1.5 inch cherry butcher block top. After reading marcs write up on his leak on his previous tank, I built this top with a groove circling the tank with deeper grooves to direct any leakfrom the tank into 2 1.5"drains which will be plumbed directly into my main sewer.

The tank and the stand are now complete. I am working in the basement building a 9 x 10 filter room for everything needed for this tank. I still have more to purchace but as of now I have 2 out of 3 ecotech radions, 2 vortech mp40's, reeflo dart hybird return pump, blueline 70hd pump to push water around for water changes and mixing salt water, phosban 550 reactor and a reefkeeper elite. Still to buy is a reef octopus 6000 ext skimmer, the last ecotech light, heater, rock, dosing pump, calcium reactor and few more odds and ends. Building the filter room and new 48" x 32" x 18" sump next. Looking for some suggestions on what else would be needed...

I have also changed my 90 Gallon corner tank out with a 60 Gallon cube with about 90lbs LR, 1 mp40 which will be replaced with 2 mp10w's, 1 ecotech radion G2 with a reefkeeper elite. custon made 40 gallon sump with refugium.

I drilled the back of the tank for an bean animal overflow drain. The pump will be replaced with a blueline 30hdx external pump.

Going to my first frag show on the 27th and looking to start filing this tank up.
Hope everyone has a great new year.