265 - 300 gallon build

[bullit67]

Yes it is supposed to be Starfire glass but no way of knowing for sure. They are heavy about the same as the 265 was some where is the 500lbs range but after moving the 265 down the stairs then the 300 up the stairs they were both to dam heavy.

Yes that is a Kitty to the right of the tank The tank is 72wide 36thick 27deep that 36 thick realy adds a third dimension to the reef

[bullit67]

Well since Sunday was a wright off after moving the tank I got to work on it on Monday morning. Got a good early start on it but was moving slow due to the 36 hour day on Sat. spent the time and got it plumbed all neat and tidy. Tied everything up to keep it out of the way. and support it so it is not pulling on the bulkheads like the last system was.

plumbing in progress

over flow and return stand pipes


finished plumbing

[TheRealBigAL]

Wow very nice. Cant wait to see it full of life.

[mseepman]

Looking good. I dread to imagine a leak in any tank, but this looks like it ended up being a blessing in disguise for you. These are really nice tanks!

[bullit67]

So I last left off with the plumbing finished. Now the fun starts we added 160lbs of live sand then to help keep the sand from getting stirred up we cut up the sand bags and layed them on the sand then we put a bowl on the sand to catch the water. We started by pumping the water back from the 44 gallon brute bins it was a slow process as we decided to do a fresh water dip on all the rock to get rid of any nasty critters in the rock we got a hand full of crabs and some bristle worms but no mantis like we thought.







As you can see the plastic sand bags realy helped keep the water clear not completely but it sure helped