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So my wife and I just bought a new home...you know what that means

Tank:
I just ordered a Miracles 72x36x22 rimless penninsula with starphire glass, should be ready in 8 weeks. I don't know how long shipping will take from Toronto.

Sump; AA 70x30x30 + 150 gal refugium and sand bed

stand: Will be built by Travis 72x40x44

Lights: ATI 60 inch 10 bulb. May add 4 radion pro's that I already have

Skimmer- debating between RLSS or Bubble king sm-300

THis will be a long build as my wife insist we change the floors and have furniture first...go figure.

I'll post pics in the coming weeks


thanks

nik
 
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congrats. just out of curiosity, why did you choose a toronto manufacturer instead of a local one?
 
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nikunjpatel said:
So my wife and I just bought a new home...you know what that means

Tank:
I just ordered a Miracles 72x36x22 penninsula with starphire glass, should be ready in 8 weeks. I don't know how long shipping will take from Toronto.

Sump; AA 70x30x30 + 150 gal refugium and sand bed

stand: Will be built by Travis 72x40x44

Lights: ATI 60 inch 10 bulb. May add 4 radion pro's that I already have

Skimmer- debating between RLSS or Bubble king sm-300

THis will be a long build as my wife insist we change the floors and have furniture first...go figure.

I'll post pics in the coming weeks


thanks

nik
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So awesome... a happy wife is a happy reefer...

Can't wait to see this build its gonna be such a nice tank.

What pumps do the RLSS skimmers use? I've never heard of them do you have any feedback?
 
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Sounds like a Nice setup. Don't pretend like its gonna be a long build because of the wife. I know you your gonna get impatient and put it on fast forward
 
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Haha. im only limited by shipping and build time. The plumbing is going to go into small area under stairs so i gotta keep things neat. Here at my office i can do everything but since the wife is involved...i had to fight just to get 36 inches on the width. she also wanted super tall so I told her she has to clean it then if we went taller than 22 inches.

-RLSS uses new dc10 pumps- supposed to be good and low energy.

I would have gone leemar but they dont do rimless with that height.
 
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well congrats...seems as though we will both be waiting the same amount of time for our new tanks. here's hoping to me getting mine first. lol.
 
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i went with leemar and i ordered it through one of our sponsors here..aaron at sps coral store. talk about great customer service. it's close to me and they are even nice enough to deliver it to me which is huge because i have no way of transporting it myself. only difference is that my tank is going to be much MUCH MUCH smaller than yours. lol
 
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Oh yea been waiting on a new tank build before I start mine... And don't worry my wife said the same exact thing she even made me get rid of my current tank with all my fish and coral :( .
 
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Congrats on the new tank and new home! I'm in a similar boat as you but a much smaller boat (78 gallon). The wife and I just bought a house and just finished the floors. We went with a good Laminate as opposed to wood just for the tank because of the water resistance of laminate. Can't wait to see the build thread!
 
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we were thinking about enigeered wood but thats up in the air right now. I really wanted tile but accoring to my wife, its her house.
 
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nikunjpatel said:
we were thinking about enigeered wood but thats up in the air right now. I really wanted tile but accoring to my wife, its her house.
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We were to but our flooring guy actually recommended a high end laminate over the engineered wood due to the fish tank. We just wanted to play it safe (mainly my wife, i was still game for the engineered) but I've heard've people not having problems with real wood floors and spills/leaks just got to be quick about it.
 
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Haha gotta have some towels at the ready. my tank is rimless as well. Maybe we can do a combined build thread called David and Goliath. J/k. What are you thinking in terms of aquascape? that part has been killing me so far
 
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That would be funny- check out this website, its basically the same tank and how i want to do my scape. nothing fancy...

http://www.rimlessreef.com
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hahahaha that's hilarious..last week, i was reading sunnyx's thread on r2r because i have admired that tank ever since he broke down his old one and set that one up. even thought about ordering my tank with a blue background but played it safe and went with black. that really is a nice tank and aquascape is so natural.
 
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DO IT!!! I really like that minimalist aquascape. really focuses attention to corals and the negative space makes the corals and fish even more pronounced. Also, i think it looks more natural.
 
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you know it isn't even a background on his tank..he just painted the wall white and the reflection gives off the blue tint.
 
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