Leighton's 300g upgrade (sold my bowfront will now be a 300g upgrade)

As many of you know i found this tank and stand for next to nothing and instead of asking a ton of questions in the form I figured i would start my own build thread. I will be upgrading from my 75gal now to a 200-210gal bow from its a custom built tank thats 1/2" thick glass 65.5x26.5x27 and in the center it bows out to 28" so im not sure the gallons but close to 200-210.


My 75gal now.


Front view(got lots of cleaning to do and the stand will be rebuild or scrapped)


Side view.

The over flow is drilled in the bottom so i will have to re-plumb that and the return cause what is there just wont work.

Sold the tank above.
This is what then new tank will look like not the actual tank. Will be here in 4 weeks.


The skimmer i bought is from Bashsea 8x30 twisted skimmer (awesomeness!!!)
I will be using my 75 for a sump/fuge.

For wave makers
MP60 x 1
MP40x1
2x Vertex Moceans 3500


My fixture now is a 48" 4bulb T5HO with 2x250w MH 14K Phenoix i have to figure out a fuge light.

My lighting will be one Vertex 260 LED $$$$



I was going to be adding a dosing pump Bubble Magus. But i got a awesome deal on a K2R Ca reactor so i will be using that instead. I still might add a dosing pump for liquid coral food.

Ordered my return pump from reefwerks- Reeflo Dart hybrid

Steve Bashi hooked me up with the quality of everything that i have bought but jonathan from reefwerks is the one that has really handled all the transactions and hooked me up even more. 8)

Media reactors from bashsea -


Look at that sexiness very high quality built and can be used for carbon and GFO. I will post a review in the pumps section.

 

No i did not know that you had this tank. And its gonna be a fun upgrade for sure!

Like you mentioned, the bottom hole is not really useful. Id just plug it permanently, go BeanAnimal!

(Didnt know you had a bike either, GSX-R? Nice!!)

 

Yes i picked it up for 300$ stand and all and you think BeanAnimal is the way to go? There is 2 holes a drain and return in the bottom.

(Yeah its a 06 GSXR 1000 needs the fairings painted, thanks im all about speed lol 156whp )

 

mp60s are fish killers, even with the foam pre filter. go with the 40 and 10.

 

An MP60 might be a bit large for this tank, don't you think? The amount of flow is fine, but I think the force at which it puts it out would be too strong for the lengths of the task (unless dialed down).

Congrats on the tank, by the way. That's a beautiful cabinet.

 

Thank you and maybe just 2 MP40's and a MP10 is what you guys are trying to say? I want primarily SPS with some LPS

 

Nice score. Id go BeanAnimal for sure. My 90 gallon's been running for... 3 months now, without an issue. There is not a thing that Id wish to change about it. It's said that it'd handle up to 2000gph as well. Just plug those holes and drill 5 holes on the backwall (3 for drains, 2 for returns). Otherwise, you'd have to use some kind of overflow box top to bottom? I think its a lot of real estate. Just my 2 cents. If you need any questions about the bean, let me know!


(I hope you were in a leather suit, if it was a some sort of accident.)

 

Ill hit you up for sure about that overflow.

(I didnt lay it down the first time but did lay it down on wensday at about 10mph so everything is okay I still have my subie to drive )

 

Just have to say OMG what a beautiful stand!!!!!!!!

 

Thank you i have to tear it apart though cause i cant fit a sump under it