Quote Originally Posted by engwife36 View Post
Ya, I wish I owned my house so I could do the in wall thing.....but then again I can't complain...free housing, water and electric, I think I can wait a little longer.

Don't forget to let us know about your lights, pumps, etc......

need the details man......
Oh I hear you on the base housing thing....can't beat that.
I decided I am going to get going with what I got....and this is what I have right now....
  • Tank
  • Stand
  • Sump (an old 45 gallon, I beleive...it is a flat back hex tank..similar to mharmon's tank, but smaller)
  • Mag 18 for the return
  • 200 lbs of rock inside the tank...another 50 plus pounds in my 30 gallon...but I will wait until my tank has cured before I start moving the rock over.
  • I have a 1.5 - 2 inch sand bed in the display...and a 6 inch in the sump
  • (3) 250w MH with 20K radium bulbs and the cheap spider reflectors...not ready to fork out for those nice lumenarcs
and that's it....

What I am going to get...
  • I have a lead on a huge double beckett skimmer that someone had running for over 500 gallons worth of water...but I had been thinking of having ace build me one of his...difference is Ace can build me one that would fit under my stand and run with a mag 12...the other one I would need to plumb it and bring it in from the garage (as it is about 4 feet tall) and get a dart or something to push it.
  • (2) Seio's 2600
  • and maybe down the road....not sure...a tunze wavebox....not sure on that.
Pretty simple set up....I will add more as time moves on...first thing is making my canopy and deciding on which skimmer I will go with!!!!! I was not thinking when I made the stand and made it 30" tall.
Well my thoughts were that I was going to make it viewable height from sitting on the couch....limits what I can really put under the tank....oh well...just have to make some adjustments in my future planning for additions.