My 250g upgrade build.

ScubaShane · Mar 24, 2014

This is the 125g I will be tearing down to upgrade to a 210g. Not much to look at, its only 6mo old. Why so soon for an upgrade? My LFS was going through an upgrade as well and I scored a 210g from them. Thanks to ReefSmart in Scranton PA.

ScubaShane · Mar 24, 2014

Modifying the 210g for internal overflows. Drilling the glass with a diamond coated hole bit. I used play dough for plumbers putty around the hole to hold water to keep the bit and glass cool.

And were through in about 1 whole minute.

D_Reep1106 · Mar 24, 2014

cant wait to see progress

ScubaShane · Mar 25, 2014

Added the bulkheads and glued the overflows on.

ScubaShane · Mar 25, 2014

I bought some window screen and framing and made screen tops for the tank.

skinz78 · Mar 25, 2014

Very nice! I'm kinda partial to the 210's...

trido · Mar 26, 2014

I tend to like 210's as well. Your's will be nice since it doesn't have huge overflows hogging up valued real estate. Keep the updates coming.

Choptrucks · Mar 26, 2014

My reefin buddy and me drilled 2 tanks in one nite with the same diamond coated hole saw glued over flows in shortly after that... We used a water hose to keep the bit wet and drilled and prayed lol my buddies tank is up and running good for about 6 months now. Not to bad of a job.

dvskin · Mar 27, 2014

Tools for the job!

dvskin · Mar 27, 2014

I have literally drilled hundreds of holes with the same drill. Wish I had pics of the fish room I helped set up.

ScubaShane · Mar 27, 2014

dvskin said:
Tools for the job!

My tools for the job. LOL.

An 18v cordless drill and a diamond hole saw.

dvskin · Mar 28, 2014

That always works too! I have done a few installs, and figured the drill press would be a good investment. Def helps the process along. 10 min per hole

ScubaShane · Mar 28, 2014

Broke down the 125g. The fish and corals are in the blue storage bin with light and heater. All the saltwater and live rock from the 125g are in the trash cans.

ScubaShane · Mar 28, 2014

ScubaShane · Mar 29, 2014

My M2 sump from Elite Aquatics. Curve 7 skimmer. Mag 12 return pump.

ScubaShane · Mar 31, 2014

Modified the old stand and threw the 210g up.

skinz78 · Mar 31, 2014

Looking good!

trido · Mar 31, 2014

Moving right along.

ScubaShane · Apr 1, 2014

Had to move along, had fish and corals in a holding tub. Prepared everything ahead of thime though. Like cycled saltwater for 6 weeks. I saved all the water from the 125g too, so it was like doing a 40% water change.