375 Gallon Build

[kkiel02]

LOL cant do a big house. Just a first house. I got the ok from Alyssa so I will go ahead and post up what I have drawn up so far.

PS Google Sketchup is awesome and easy to use. Plus its free.

[Europhyllia]

The fish room!
Very cool

[kkiel02]

Yep the small tank will be the anemone tank if I can fit it. That is the optional part if you will. With the door and the tank it will really start to add up space so it will depend on what I have to work with.

[Kristy]

Wow Kevin, congrats on that promotion! I guess it's a good thing you didn't follow my advice and call in to work in order to go tank touring with us today.

[kkiel02]

Well got everything in Bernies old 125. It is packed to the rim! I only lost one cleaner shrimp plus my purple bonsai(covered in cyano and I didnt see it in time), tyree flower petal monti(flipped and I didnt catch that either) and my duncans. A couple digis arent quite as colorful but my encrusting montis loved the dirtier water(skimmerless) for two months. Also found out that tube anemones do fine in barebottom tanks.

Now I am contacting Kingfish to help with the stand and tank move. I think the builder will be able to hook me up with everything else I need for the fishroom. We arent looking to move until march or april so this will be my temp tank till then.

[kkiel02]

Well the fishroom ended up changing some. I will draw it out a little better after we finish meeting with the design consultant. We picked out our lot this last weekend so if all goes well we are looking for a december start date with the house being done in April/May.

The 125 is doing amazing for what I had to work with. I was moving a 36" current nova extreme back and forth to cover the whole tank once a day. I have since bought another 30" fixture which covers the tank nicely. Its covered with a netting that BSJF gratiously gave to me. This will be up and running until May then everything will be transferred to the 360! The 125 will become a display fuge at least that is the idea as of now. The 200 gallon sump will now be used as a dsb in a 90 gallon compartment, return section in the middle and the actual sump(houses skimmer and reactors) in the other side.

I will be purchasing a UV sterilizer and a controller but think I have everything else bought. If you have any questions please ask away.

[txg8gxp]

200g sump....that's just crazy. I can't even picture myself with a 200g tank let alone a sump. This is going to be sweet. A 125g display fuge will be really cool.

[Scream311]

Free Bump Kevin,

this thread NEEDS SOME PICS !!!