FishyFishy!'s 155 bowfront fishroom/closet build

[FishyFishy!]

So I've been planning to do this for way too long. But it has finally begun.

I purchased my main display tank off kijiji, which is a 155 Gallon bowfront tank that measures 72 long, 19 deep at the ends, and bows to 26" in the middle, and 24" tall. Dual overflows. It came with a beautiful oak stand and canopy as well as a 40 gallon sump, 2 X mag 9.5 pumps and a bunch of other random equipment.

The stand and canopy unfortunately are not the color that I wanted, so the color is going to have to be changed to black. I am currently in the process of doing this as we speak.. but sanding sucks!!!

The main idea is the tank will sit in my kitchen. All of the sumps, frag tank, water storage, quarantien and equipment will be housed behind the wall, in a dual closet. So plumbing and electrical will have to be added to the closets.

The closet on the right will have a three tank sump system. One stacked on top of another. The first will be a 70 Gallon Cheato/Mangrove dual chamber river fuge. The second will be an 80 gallon, trickle style front chamber (live rock and floss), with a skimmer/reactor and return sections. The last will be a 90 Gallon filled with pure live rock, and one return section. (speaking of which... anyone willing to give me a good deal on baffling all my sumps would be killer!!! lol)

The closet on the left will house a laundry sink, 2 X 70 Gallon mixing/storage tanks, a 30 Gallon shallow frag tank, and then a 40 Gallon hospital tank.

SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

At the moment, I am stripping the top layer of the stand and canopy so that it can be painted. Let me tell ya... I should have purchased an electric sander!!! Sanding by hand sucks. But I guess its more DIY experience.

Here are a couple pictures of the tank and stand when it arrived in my garage:






And here is a couple shots of how it is looking now, being taken apart and sanded for paint:





I have 2 Gen X PCX 40 pumps, 2 X MAG 9.5's. The Gen X pumps will be temporarily used as the returns until I can upgrade to Reeflo's. My mixing stations, and the water changing systems will be supported by the Mag 9.5's.

I would really like to purchase another 6 foot 14 bulb Aquatinics Constellation light fixture, as I loved the one that I had on my 187. However I really like Metal Halides, and 3 X 250W with 14K phoenix bulbs and supplimental T5's is what I have been thinking of as of late.

I also have a bunch of live rock steaming away in a 70 gallon tank with a ETSS Reef Devil Deluxe skimmer, heater, and some big powerheads (this will all be sump rock, as the display will be dry marco rock done on acrylic rods) here is a pic of the sump rock:




The Sumps (third is the one with rock in it)



And the Pumps: