150 gallons finally happening

ScubaSteeve · Feb 1, 2021

So I'm finally moving up from the 32 biocube, ive had lots of ups and downs and lots of learning from it. I'm pretty excited to move up to a bigger tank and be able to stock it with a lot more fish, especially the ones my girlfriend has been wanting but could fit in the cube.
I got this 150g about a month ago from a guy off of FB, it came with tank, stand, canopy, and some lower end leds that ill use for now until I upgrade later.

ScubaSteeve · Feb 1, 2021

Picked up a bashsea 3615 smart series sump that just barely fits in the stand.

Also got a tunze 3155 ATO, curant 1970GPH pump, 2 brs 300w heaters and inkbird controller. 2 techno pro switched power supply. And found these accessories infinity fans with thermostat controller to help exhaust any heat build up inside the stand.

Got a IOAOI skimmer off of Amazon, hoping it works as good as the reviews but for the price I thought it'd be worth a shot for a dc skimmer that matches the color scheme that im doing.
The guy I got it from custom made the stand and did a great job, but im going to enclose the back to keep the light in from the future full light and so that I can mount all the controllers.

All thats left for now is to paint the boards white and then get the tank on top of the stand in the house so I can finish up the plumbing and paint the pipes blue and the fittings gray.

revhtree · Feb 1, 2021

Sweet! Congrats!

Zach B · Feb 1, 2021

Nice Build! Following

ScubaSteeve · Feb 1, 2021

Here a shot of the cube

JumboShrimp · Feb 1, 2021

Heading from Dry to Wet... exciting!

ScubaSteeve · Feb 8, 2021

Got the tank in place this weekend, went as smooth as I could hope for. Spent the next day finishing the plumbing. I was able to get one coat of pint on the fittings, those should be dry and ready to paint the pipes tonight.

ScubaSteeve · Feb 8, 2021

ScubaSteeve · Feb 9, 2021

Just a few pics of the pipes installed

ScubaSteeve · Feb 14, 2021

Water test went well, no leaks. Did have an issue with only one drain draining tried the play with the height of the side not draining but started running low on time, needed to drain it tonight as well and was pushing it on time with my girlfriend on valentine's day lol. But all I wanted tonight was to make sure I had no leaks.