Bigfish93's 193 build/journey

[Bigfish93]

Great looking setups! Kody72 I love how your frag tank is the size of my main display tank!

 

[Kody72]

Great looking setups! Kody72 I love how your frag tank is the size of my main display tank!

Thanks, maybe a little overkill but heck why not

 

[Bigfish93]

Clearwater what is the chamber after the filter socks for?

 

[Clearwater]

Live rock chamber. Tyler said there is a substrate he uses but haven't looked into it yet

 

[rookiee]

Love the stand, what are the specs on the steel tubing? Looking to build one for my new Miracles Starphire 72"x30"x22".
subscirbed to this one for sure!!

 

[Bigfish93]

Love the stand, what are the specs on the steel tubing? Looking to build one for my new Miracles Starphire 72"x30"x22".
subscirbed to this one for sure!!

1 1/2 in steel was used to make that stand. That will be a great sized tank.

 

[ShippD]

Looking great...I will have to follow along for this build

 

[Bigfish93]

Finally chose a color blue for the background. Lets just say there are A LOT of choices out there. Ocean Front sounded like a nice blue.

 

[ShippD]

I am really liking this one for sure clean and crisp build going on

 

[Bigfish93]

Thanks ShippD. I am doing my best to have clean lines with everything that is done with the build.

 

[Bigfish93]

Well I finally found a buddy to help move the beast!

 

[Bigfish93]

 

[evolved]

Consider leaving at least 4" (6" is better) of space behind the tank. It's one of the things I'm most thankful for doing.

 

[Bigfish93]

Consider leaving at least 4" (6" is better) of space behind the tank. It's one of the things I'm most thankful for doing.

Im still unsure on how far I want the tank out from the wall. Having more space behind would help with cleaning.

 

[evolved]

You'll get used to being out a bit. Trust me, you'll be sorry if you don't.

Cleaning glass, powerhead (if applicable), retriving things (dropped frags, jumping fish), vacuuming, etc, etc. It'll even help cut down heat tranfser to/from that exterior wall.

 

[YHSublime]

You'll get used to being out a bit. Trust me, you'll be sorry if you don't.

Cleaning glass, powerhead (if applicable), retriving things (dropped frags, jumping fish), vacuuming, etc, etc. It'll even help cut down heat tranfser to/from that exterior wall.

+1000000000

 

[Bigfish93]

80 lbs of pukani rock. Originally I was going to buy more but I'm glad that I didn't. This rock is really porous.

 

[Bigfish93]

The heart of the system has finally arrived!

 

[Bigfish93]

Figuring out what dimensions I want for my sump. Planning on 3- 7in filter socks in the first chamber (overkill?), skimmer and media reactor in second, refugium in the third, and return in the last chamber.

 

[Bigfish93]

Well its been a while since I last posted anything. I have been working on the sump design and looking for sump builders in my price range and am thankful that is all done!
Sump was sent out today and here are some pics.