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mark
05-05-2009, 04:31 AM
Was content with the 75g I started this hobby with, but wife knew I wanted bigger and a basement sump. When she decided time for a different house she kept selling me on the show homes by saying how nice a new built in tank would look and I eventually fell for it.

Decided would have a 145g room divider style, basement sump and CL directly below.

Had the tank ordered around the time they started digging the basement and considering I got it from BVA, was a good thing as they there were both ready around the same time.

http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h316/das75/050722hsestand.jpg

http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h316/das75/051207Tank.jpg

http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h316/das75/060127tank.jpg

http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h316/das75/060127tank5.jpg

Future Fish room
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h316/das75/060128basement1.jpg

http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h316/das75/0602064way.jpg

http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h316/das75/1_cl.jpg

Air to vent hood comes up from basement
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h316/das75/hood3-1.jpg

Drains and return between and through floor joists
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h316/das75/runs.jpg

Sump with first pump a March 6 series, changed to a Iwaki MD70RLT and now running a Barracuda
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h316/das75/sump.jpg

Finally up
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h316/das75/060226tank1.jpg

For lights started with 2x250W MH and 40W T12 then swapped to 2x54W T5s
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h316/das75/T5_4.jpg

http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h316/das75/FT2.jpg

Added fuge and a frag area in the sump
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h316/das75/fragarea.jpg

Fairly recent picture
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h316/das75/oldT5.jpg

TheRealBigAL
05-05-2009, 04:39 AM
Wow. VERY NICE !!!!!!!!!!!:smile:

Pazil
05-05-2009, 04:45 AM
Awesome !!! Congrats!!:biggrin::biggrin:

Blom
05-05-2009, 04:47 AM
Very nice,Well planned out I can see. It shows through on all the details. Great job!

Lance
05-05-2009, 05:02 AM
Awesome Mark! Well planned out and executed. Terrific job.

Delphinus
05-05-2009, 05:05 AM
Nice indeed! Very nice!

Man that is one beefy pump :lol:

subman
05-05-2009, 05:06 AM
It is even nicer in person! An Amazing setup!

Blom
05-05-2009, 05:08 AM
It is even nicer in person! An Amazing setup!

I bet!

Rbacchiega
05-05-2009, 05:12 AM
I like the tape "Janet, if the water is here might need fill but don't go above tape!"

I've done that to all the tanks around the house, just incase whomever is house sitting doesn't know

fishytime
05-05-2009, 01:39 PM
When she decided time for a different house she kept selling me on the show homes by saying how nice a new built in tank would look and I eventually fell for it.

Had the tank ordered around the time they started digging the basement and considering I got it from BVA, was a good thing as they there were both ready around the same time.

Man there is a keeper...my g/f kept saying aw....youll have to put the tank in the back room/ basement/ out on the deck.

:pound: BVA when it absolutely, positively, has to get done......sometime.


Tank and set up look killer man. Congrats.

BlueTang<3
11-18-2010, 12:14 AM
any updates?

Capt_kulafu
02-16-2011, 10:04 PM
really nice tank and house too...

globaldesigns
02-17-2011, 01:18 AM
I HATE YOU, HATE YOU, AND ABSOLUTELY HATE YOU!!!!

With that being said, very beautiful... thanks for sharing. I am soooooo envious

eli@fijireefrock.com
02-17-2011, 01:54 AM
This is a dream setup.
looks like it has been well planned.
thanx for sharing again amazing look.

imcosmokramer
04-27-2011, 02:00 PM
very nice setup

Lexy
01-08-2012, 05:12 PM
Impressive, nicely setup.

Skimmerking
01-08-2012, 05:20 PM
Ya but its impressive but lacking on UPdates Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

lets go mister man

lastlight
01-08-2012, 06:07 PM
How'd I miss this? Gorgeous reef and love the tank's integration into your home.

Do you still have that massive sps colony?

mark
01-08-2012, 06:39 PM
Tank's still going but no longer SPS but not by choice. Couple of years back lost all the SPS followed by a bryopsis outbreak from hell, really took away the motivation. Tried a SPS frag about a year back and with it dying right away figured just stay with the softies since they kept going. Still have the SPS itch though and since feel the die off was due to allelopathy have removed all of the Kenya Tree and slowly starting on the Ricordea. Think a couple of of months from now I'll be on the frag hunt.

lastlight
01-08-2012, 07:41 PM
You're in the right place for that! Edmonton and Calgary have it pretty dang good. My extremely belated 'sorry' for the sps crash. Hopefully you can get back to it... I love the sticks!

mark
08-04-2015, 06:40 PM
RIP 2005-2015

http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h316/das75/tank_zpsvzfxdk9g.jpg

lastlight
08-04-2015, 06:48 PM
looks like you were crazy careful working around that tank. woodwork still looks pristine. hope to see you back someday and thanks again for the ballast =)

Myka
09-30-2015, 02:03 AM
I'm glad I'm not the only one who takes a pic of the now empty tank. It's sad isn't it. :(