Mark's 145g mixed reef

[mark]

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.









Future Fish room






Air to vent hood comes up from basement


Drains and return between and through floor joists


Sump with first pump a March 6 series, changed to a Iwaki MD70RLT and now running a Barracuda


Finally up


For lights started with 2x250W MH and 40W T12 then swapped to 2x54W T5s




Added fuge and a frag area in the sump


Fairly recent picture