200 Gallon Square In Wall

[MarkoD]

Heres a video to introduce my new tank

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Lkr7cdULhkE

will keep up to date in this thread

[MarkoD]

Its built into the family room wall and the back side is in the furnace room

couldnt go any wider as there is a post on the right side which holds the beam above it. so went 4 feet front to back to enable me to keep larger fish.

http://i579.photobucket.com/albums/ss232/IvankaD/Screenshot2013-05-27at95156PM_zps82bb9290.png

http://i579.photobucket.com/albums/ss232/IvankaD/Screenshot2013-05-27at95208PM_zps63426c86.png

with the aquascape that i decided to create it allowed me to create a frag section in the back side

http://i579.photobucket.com/albums/ss232/IvankaD/Screenshot2013-05-27at95221PM_zps254d71cc.png

http://i579.photobucket.com/albums/ss232/IvankaD/Screenshot2013-05-27at95251PM_zps8beb27ed.png


tank is located under the stairs so i made a custom light rack thats attached to the wall with a piano hinge and hanging on chains on the other side.
It supports 4 Radions and 4 AI Sols about 8 inches above the water.

http://i579.photobucket.com/albums/ss232/IvankaD/Screenshot2013-05-27at95230PM_zpsfb2449c0.png

Running an aqueon proflex acrylic sump, remote refugium and a large protein skimmer.

http://i579.photobucket.com/albums/ss232/IvankaD/Screenshot2013-05-27at95241PM_zpsed05dfdc.png


in the next few days i will be hooking up a PM kalk reactor, and a cad lights bio pellet reactor.

Internal flow comes from four MP40wes and one MP10wes.

All controlled by a Neptune apex

[Acrowhora]

Nice...i loved the intro:biggrin: im thinking of doing a 48x48x30 sps dominated tank once my house is built.how many leds do you have lighting your cube?

[MarkoD]

thanks

4 radions and 4 sols

[Acrowhora]

thanks...awesome tank

[gregzz4]

Wow, someone's been busy
Nice size tank Marko

[mrhasan]

:jaw:

[Cliff]

Great looking set-up

[MarkoD]

thanks guys

[daplatapus]

Great set up! Love those dimensions.

[The Guy]

Wow great looking set up!!! :first:

[MarkoD]

thanks everyone. and to the person who left that comment on youtube: your grammer and spelling is a mess :lol:

[fishoholic]

Awesome video very well done!

[Nuttyreefer]

Cool like it

[sphelps]

Nice work Mark, looks really good.

[MarkoD]

Thanks. And I got an air conditioner going in the fish room. No more heat problems

[LoJack]

EPIC VIDEO ... I loved it!!

I love the epic battle music and movie preview style you used, I'm not gonna lie ... I'm totally gonna try something similar for my next video.

Video awesomeness aside, I love the dimensions of your tank. It looks very well thought out and you have some beautiful pieces and some very good equipment.

I'm interested in your maintenance and how difficult it is in that location. I've been thinking of an inwall tank under my stairs of the new house as well. Is it tough to reach certain areas when working in the tank?

[MarkoD]

Lol thanks.

I haven't really had to do much mainence.

Reaching the far corner of the tank is very difficult. Small ladder is necessary. But I haven't had to reach it after initially doing the aquascape

I don't do anything other than clean the filter socks and empty the skimmate locker

[MarkoD]

installed APEX lead detection today with 2 sensors
http://i579.photobucket.com/albums/ss232/IvankaD/Screenshot2013-07-05at62404PM_zps1ad53159.png

and finished cleaning up the wiring for everything else

http://i579.photobucket.com/albums/ss232/IvankaD/Screenshot2013-07-05at62355PM_zps305e3941.png

[HaZRaTTy]

Not going to lie, I was waiting for the "Coming to a theater near you" I half feel ripped off watching that movie and not being able to buy tickets.


Nice tank dude.

[MarkoD]

Not going to lie, I was waiting for the "Coming to a theater near you" I half feel ripped off watching that movie and not being able to buy tickets.


Nice tank dude.

lol thanks.... feel free to send me your money tho

[HaZRaTTy]

Scene points work? I have somewhere near 26,000 lol

[Delphinus]

Hahaha, great video. Tank looks awesome, nice work!

[reefwars]

Marko awesome job man glad to see you back tank looks amazing will be following for sure :))

[MarkoD]

Thanks guys. No I guess I have to sit back and enjoy until I find something new to do to it

[Jeff000]

Great looking tank!

What would it cost me to get you to do a sweet video like that for my tank? lol. I mean once it doesn't suck.

[04V10]

That is one of the best tank vids I've seen. Great job! Oh and the tank is gorgeous as well btw.

[MarkoD]

Lol thanks guy. The video was kind of meant to be silly. Glad you guys like it

[04V10]

What program were you using for editing? I'm just starting to edit video for the racing that I'm doing. Using Premiere, but it's a steep learning curve. Would love to learn how to do that.

[MarkoD]

I just used basic I movie to edit. A dslr to film and a slider move the camera

[MarkoD]

few random pictures i took tonight
http://i579.photobucket.com/albums/ss232/IvankaD/MAR_1658_zps8354be97.jpg

http://i579.photobucket.com/albums/ss232/IvankaD/MAR_1686_zpsef06538a.jpg

http://i579.photobucket.com/albums/ss232/IvankaD/MAR_1689_zps3db0b94c.jpg


i know its not perfectly sharp. but i still kinda like this one
http://i579.photobucket.com/albums/ss232/IvankaD/MAR_1800_zpsb8b3d4f3.jpg

[MarkoD]

closeup of warpaint skully.

looking to get a bleeding apple next

http://i579.photobucket.com/albums/ss232/IvankaD/Screenshot2013-07-18at61119PM_zps5f37dc9c.png

[Zoaelite]

Superbe photo skills as always Marko.

[Proteus]

Doug got his bleeding apple for sale

[thmh]

Damn your photos looks so vivid!

~Tony

[LoJack]

Which sensors did you get for your ALD?

I just ordered an APEX last week that hasn't been delivered yet, but I ordered the ALD with one under carpet sensor and one hard surface sensor

Has it saved you yet? Or are you just a worrier like me lol

[MarkoD]

Thanks guys.

I got the hard surface ones. And it hasn't had to save me yet. But have it just in case. 150 bucks is worth it

[LoJack]

Thanks guys.

I got the hard surface ones. And it hasn't had to save me yet. But have it just in case. 150 bucks is worth it

Amen to that. I never had a battery backup for my MP40's either ... last week we had a huge fire on our block and it blew up a couple Hydro Transformers. Power was only out for a few hours thankfully ... but it was the realization that it doesn't take a hurricane to wipe your power, and I ordered some backup power just in case.

With the money we invest in our tanks ... failsafes are critical

Oh ... and as promised your video inspired me to make one of my own lol ... mine however incorporates a favorite movie as opposed to being a preview for a movie haha

[MarkoD]

I also bought a water alarm at Rona for 12 dollars. If it detects water on the floor it sounds a loud alarm like a smoke detector