Our new Build

[ssericz]

Wife always told me when we move she will sign off a full scale build. Soooo here we go.
Found our new home and it didn’t have an ideal location for a tank ?‍♂️

We tossed it around a lot and decided the only spot in the house we wanted the tank was right here just one issue

this ugly fireplace in the way…
Thankfully I have friends with skills and were willing to help me do the work

it also happened to be the best place to drop piers beam and joists all the support the engineer said needed to be put in to support the weight of tank

next into sealing up the wall and making it smooth

Caution wet paint!

Dried color

 

[ssericz]

Now the room is ready we pick up the tank
It’s so big!

and holy sh*t this thing is no joke!
6 of us with cups to lift it into place and we barely can get it on the stand!

since it going to be my last build for a while ??? I spent the time to do a custom rock scape breaking gluing breaking some more

Next comes water right?

And sand

 

[ssericz]

So this is up to today on our tanks journey. Crazy to think it came into the house on cinco de Mayo and it’s finally got livestock and our 120 that’s been on the other side of the room is finally shut down and transferred over

I need to clean up the wiring and finish setting up the apex ect

still deciding if I want to add another kessil over the middle and run 5 I need to get a par meter to get a baseline of my par don’t want to cook anything under the narrow reflectors but don’t want dead spots either

 

[wishntoboutside]

Congratulations very nice build

 

[dontavo27]

Nice build, you put some work into that.
it looks like you do need a fifth kessil.

 

[gveng]

Congratulations on the new house and tank.

Maybe I missed it but what size is the tank?

 

[mchain275]

Looking forward to watching the progression of your build! Congrats on the new home and tank!

Depending on how PAR readings come out, you might consider supplementing the Kessils with a couple AI blades or ReefBrite strips to even out the coverage.

 

[joseserrano]

Congrats.

 

[ssericz]

Looking forward to watching the progression of your build! Congrats on the new home and tank!

Depending on how PAR readings come out, you might consider supplementing the Kessils with a couple AI blades or ReefBrite strips to even out the coverage.

The pictures really do skew the look as it’s not as dark in the middle area but it’s not as bright as under the narrow lenses

the middle section is my zoa garden and lower light stuff but if needed I’m looking at the blade aswell but my ocd is screaming put up a 5th kessil to even the light bar out

The total water volume according to the brs calculator minus rocks sand ect comes out to 311

 

[Smite]

Great work so far. Killer tank, looks massive!

 

[Jimbo327]

Sweet setup! That tank looks deep. And loving the NSA.

 

[ssericz]

Sweet setup! That tank looks deep. And loving the NSA.

Thanks I feel like it was a Pinterest fail ???

it’s 100% different than I had envisioned going into it but it evolved. It kept changing and morphed into what it is. I like it but more importantly the fish really like it

 

[jessesoto33]

Looks nice


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[barretojesse93]

Awesome tank! Can’t wait til I’m all grown and have my own place to have my forever tank.


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[bakbay]

Amazing setup - congrats on the new house & tank. We’ve all been here before, there is no such thing as a “final tank” — hope the wifey doesn’t see this! ?

My final tank was a 150g cube…now +4 tanks later, all running at the same time, I’m still not done.

Good luck with the build and keep the thread going strong. Looks awesome

 

[Jimbo327]

If you need to borrow a Par Meter for the weekend to get the baseline, I have a Par-wise meter. It's a sweet little meter, and works pretty good. Hit me up if you need one still. I'm in Orange.

 

[drexel]

Nice build! Yeah, it's screaming 5th Kessil to me too. Should be a fun tank!

 

[ssericz]

Amazing setup - congrats on the new house & tank. We’ve all been here before, there is no such thing as a “final tank” — hope the wifey doesn’t see this! ?

My final tank was a 150g cube…now +4 tanks later, all running at the same time, I’m still not done.

Good luck with the build and keep the thread going strong. Looks awesome

wife loves the hobby more than me most times haha she’s all for a bigger tank just in this house it’s not going to happen unless we build onto the house just for the tank haha

it’s crazy how big the tank felt during the build but now it feels kind of small already ???

 

[ssericz]

A long hiatus in posts of the tank had issues and heart break loosing majority of our corals and fish but the tank has come around and after a long while tonight was the first additions in a while thanks to jimbo327

the kessils just didn’t cut it and I ended up going with a hybrid t5 along with them hopefully the few things I got from Jim take off and give the green light to start stocking the tank again

 

[Jimbo327]

You got a lot of coralline and that is a great sign.

I'm sure the corals will grow and snails will breed for you.

And if anything dies (which it shouldn't), just come on by.