My240g freshwater to saltwater build

I found this 240g ocean view glass aquarium on craigslist so I decided it was time to upgrade. This aquarium is72" longx31"hx24"deep. It was resiliconed about 1 year ago I was told. It has 3/4 inch thick glass.boy is it heavy.I started off by rinsing the tank.Then I painted the stand and reinforced it with some 2x4's.Then I ordered 3000 glass holes overflow kit and three 3/4" returns and started drillin'.

 

what the fun dip all about?

it looks great though ;D

 

I broke the 3/4 " drill bit on the last hole about halfway through,luckily my wife had a bit that we used on some granite countertops about a year ago. The guys from glass holes sent me another one. I installed the overflow box and returns then did a leak test.nothing leaked yet. Put it back on the stand with some help from my neighbors and brought it into my house.got some Chinese leds and situated it against the wall were the fireplace used to be

 

Thanks I guess they put it in there as a stress reliever

 

this is going to be epic ;D

what are you thinking for stocking options?

and thats cool that they did that

 

I then proceeded to build the sump and started to plumb.this is were it got aggravating.I hooked up two rio 2100 to the returns,they started leaking.the drain to the Refugium started leaking. I had to tighten ,silicone and re Teflon almost everything again. It seemed like once I would get one leak fixed another would spring up.

 

I have two clowns,coral beauty,flame angel,pajama cardinal, blue chromisand yellow tang in my 75g.I dunno I want millions of corals though.

 

I hope I got them all leaks that is. I drained it pushed it back against the wall,and had a guy from this place called water runners come over and fill it with ro water for 35 bucks I couldn't believe it.so far so good.probably gonna need another light though.

 

Coming along real nice. Can't wait for my pics.

 

Wow nice tank..funny just saw one at the lfs here in memphis. They were selling the tank stand for 1200 bucks..