225gal in-wall predatory mixed reef upgrade

[whatcaneyedo]

Earlier this week I gave Concept the go-ahead to build my final upgrade / dream tank. It will be 225gal 5'x3'x2'H euro braced, with external Herbie overflow, Starphire front and sides. I have been really resisting the urge to make it larger and more complicated which is something that I didn't expect.









Once complete I'll build a wood stand and it will go into the wall here. The old 120gal display will then become the new sump.



For now I will continue to use all of the same equipment as before which consists of:
Two 250W LumenMax 3's with 14k Phoenix (until my stash runs out) over the display and one over the sump/frag tank.
Precision Marine Bullet 3 skimmer with Iwaki 70 pump
Reeflo Dart return
Precision Marine 622 Calcium Reactor with effluent chamber
DIY Kalkwasser Reactor
Neptune Apex
Two Tunze 6105 for sump/frag tank flow.
BRS dual media reactor
75gpd Airwaterice RO/DI.

The one exception is I'm adding a Reeflo Hammerhead closed loop with an Oceans Motions 4Way (with 1-1/2" outputs). Currently I use the 4 Way with the Dart as the return and wave maker.

Apart from simply wanting a larger tank this upgrade is to increase the swimming space for the fish, eliminate the centre brace, silence and hide the overflow and increase the sand bed area.

[Doug]

Nice tank. Look forward to the build.

[Skimmerking]

dude that tank is sick I never knew you had it in the wall. I love it

[daplatapus]

Nice tank and beautiful room for it. My wife seen the pic and says, "Hey, we have that exact same trunk!"

[whatcaneyedo]

The current 120gal has only been in the wall for a little more than one year. But when I framed the room I blocked-out two areas so that they could be removed easily for a larger tank and stand.

I picked up the old trunk in Victoria because I needed to store extra aquarium stuff somewhere and it looked like a treasure chest.

[whatcaneyedo]

Denny at Concept just sent me these pictures to show the completed aquarium and in return I sent them my tax return. I also got Paul at Oceans Motions to custom make me this new housing for the 4-Way. It has all 1-1/2" ports so that I can run larger diameter plumbing in the new system. My current unit has only 1" outputs.

[Ram3500]

Wow that tank is gonna be huge !! Welcome to the concept club . Should be a great build .

[reefwars]

Your tank looks so much bigger in person I gotta say I'm thinking about copying the dimensions for my upgrade lol will shoot some better pics today once we get it out where there's more space

[Pike]

yeah super nice tank . I want to copy it too now.

[Buccaneer]

I used to have a 72W X 36D X 24H a number of years ago and loved the 36D ... can do so much with aquascaping and still have a nice spot out front for fish to swim unobstructed ... you will love it