Mark's 145g mixed reef
 

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/h3...22hsestand.jpg

http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h3...051207Tank.jpg

http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h3...060127tank.jpg

http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h3...60127tank5.jpg

Future Fish room
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h3...8basement1.jpg

http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h3...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/h3...75/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/h3...60226tank1.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/h3...5/fragarea.jpg

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

Great looking tank
 

Wow. VERY NICE !!!!!!!!!!!:smile:

Awesome !!! Congrats!!:biggrin::biggrin:

Very nice,Well planned out I can see. It shows through on all the details. Great job!

Awesome Mark! Well planned out and executed. Terrific job.

Nice indeed! Very nice!

Man that is one beefy pump :lol:

It is even nicer in person! An Amazing setup!

I bet!

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

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.