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				 Tank Upgrade/Move 
 So my husband and I are super excited for a new tank that we will be  getting on Friday/Saturday next week.  We currently have a 300 gallon  FOWLR, a 40 gallon reef and 20 gallon Seahorse tank and a 90 gallon  reef.  We will be selling our 90 gallon and upgrading to a new 190  gallon reef.  I've been in this hobby for a really long time but in the  past I have always kept things simple and have found it to worked ok for  me but when this opportunity came up we just couldn't let it pass us by. I've never seen anything like this tank except maybe in a fish store and even then I don't think I've seen a tank as amazing as this one. This upgrade for us is HUGE!!!
 So I thought I would start by listing what we have right now in our 90 gallon:
 
 Fluval Osaka Aquarium and Stand.
 T5 Lighting with actinics.
 Reef Octopus hang on Protein Skimmer (No Sump)
 2 Seio super Flow Aqua Pump 2600-Gallon Per Hour
 JALLI JT1000 Titanium Heater with Controller
 100 pounds live rock
 1 Ocellaris Clownfish
 1 Bengai Cardinal
 1 Pistol Shrimp and Yellow Watchmen Goby paired
 1 long Spine Sea Urchin
 2 Pink Skunk Clowns
 1 Yellow Wrasse
 Corals:
 Xenia, various Polyps, Green Candy Cane and a few other mushrooms.
 
 Now,  I know there is nothing in that list that is too exciting and it's not  the type of tank you'd die to see but like I mentioned earlier I always just kept things simple...and for us this tank was perfect....UNTIL NOW!!!
 
 Here  is what we will be getting this week:
 
 Custom built 190 Gallon aquarium and stand made with edged starphire glass.
 Metal Halide, VHO and LED lighting.
 It comes with a sump, stand and canopy.
 The protein skimmer is a recirculating MRC.
 The main pump is a red dragon pump, also used are Echotech marine vortechs
 Heating with Ebo Jager heaterReeftank controller: Reef keeper II
 comes with a pH monitor
 Kalkwasser reactor
 Chiller
 Reverse Osmosis system (we just ordered one online)
 Automatic top up system
 
 Approx 300 pds of live rock
 Corals: LPS, SPS, clams
 Fish: Achilles tang, blue tang and 2 breeding pair of semi-snowflake perculas!!!
 
 NOW IS THAT AN UPGRADE OR WHAT???
 
 We  are so super pumped and we can't wait to get it.  Luckily the couple  selling it are local and live only about a 10 minute drive from here.   We will start Friday night by going over and getting the livestock which  we plan on putting in with our livestock, minus the fish which will go  into our quarantine tank. Then on Saturday we will complete the move by  bringing over the equipment.
 
 So far I don't have any questions  but would love to hear from anyone who has done this type of move before  to see if you have any suggestions or tips.
 
 I will post pictures  of the old tank/new tank and the whole process of moving it. Also I  will post how things are going for future reference in case someone else  down the road does this same sort of move.
 			 Last edited by swill; 02-02-2013 at 10:16 PM.
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