Dream Build Advice?

ricogreeko · Oct 23, 2020

Hey everyone,

New to R2R though I've been following the posts on here as I set up my 32.5g Marine Flex. I am currently in the process of building a house, and I'm looking for advice on planning for a future large tank. I've got a 10' x 4' or 12' by 4' spot earmarked in the basement for a tank. I'm really hoping to get feedback on what the best tank is (certain kinds of glass or acrylic, manufacturer, PVC bottom or not, etc.), how people recommend setting up overflows for a such a long tank, and other advice that I would never even think to ask for. I have no idea on whether I want it to be a FOWLR or Reef tank currently. Thus, I am giving the Marine Flex a go to try and get "experiment" if you will and learn some things before taking on a monster project.

I appreciate all your advice.

Rico

Super Fly · Oct 23, 2020

@this is me had/has one of the best large basement tank builds that I've ever seen and this would be my dream build. Not sure if u r as handy as Nick but very informative reading.
Here are his previous

Large Build - Nick's 360 Gallons Reef Tank with Angels

First off, let’s start with the tank. The tank was delivered October of 2015. Other than the initial inspection, it was crated back up and has been sitting in my garage. Tank dimension is 72”x48”x24” and holds ~360gallons. It was built by Miracle. Miracle also made the stand for it. The tank is...

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and new build threads

Large Build - Nick's 345G Build

Howdy, Welcome to another new chapter of Nick Liu's build thread. lol. Hopefully, this one will be up longer than the 3 years on the last Miracle build. The last tank build can be found here. And the prior tank is somewhere in that thread. I think it's toward the end...

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