Sean_p_f's 150 Thread

Well yesturday was the day I finally broke down my 72g bowfront and assembled the 150g tank that has been occuping my kitchen for the last few months. We started yesturday morning at 8 am and I finally finished cleaning up the house around 11 pm. All I can say is what a day. I am so glad it is set up and running.

On Friday Salisito25 and I decided that we would assemble the lights in the hood and rough in all the plumbing. Well what a challenge that was. Turns out neither the Home Depot by me or the Lowes carry 1" id "y" split PVC so there went idea one and we had to use a "t" fitting. We also somehow after spending a hour plus at home depot got one wrong fitting and forgot some others. So after tinkering and getting it to where we could we assembled another list and decided to finish the plumbling on Saturday as we were both fustrated.

So moving forward to Saturday morning Salisito25 and another friend of mine came by to start the "fun". Breaking down of the 72g Bow went smooth and without issue. However before bring the 150g into the living room where it would be set-up there were two bushes that had to be removed to get it into the door. This was a no brainer out with the bushes.

The 150g was then set in place and after about two hours the pumbing was finally all assembled and the sand was transfered. We then filled the tank to about the halfway mark and started the fun task of assembling the rock structure. This went suprisingly easy and to my suprise I think we have a 99% final rock structure. I have some left over rock that will not fit in the sump and may add its way to the tank within the next few days.

After the rock strucure was complete it was time to fill the rest of the tank and recheck for any new leaks. Well you guessed it we had a small leak in one of the bulkhead fittings. We then set to the task of tinkering with that and I believe that as of my last check of the tank have it fixed.

I am 99% happy with the new tank that was set-up yesturday however if I had to change just one thing I would of had my custome made sump be made just 1 foot longer. When i recieved the sump it looked huge and now that everything is in it well yeah not lookign so big anymore.

On to the fun stuff a list of equipment I am using:

Tank:
150 Gallon Reef Ready

Equipment:
Reef Octopus Extreme 300 Skimmer
Mag Drive 18 Return Pump
Maxi Jet 1200 with Sureflow Mod X3
250 W Metal Halides X3 with Galaxy Ballasts and 20k Radium Bulbs
60” VHO Atinics X2 with Ice Cap 660 Ballast
PFO Moon Lights X3
Aqua Logic ½ HP Chiller with Controller
Reefkeeper 2 Controller with 4X Expansion Slots
Two Little Fishes Phosban Reactor X3 ( 2 for carbon, 1 for phosban)
160lbs Aragamax Fiji Pink Sand
200lbs (roughly) Live Rock

And now for luna and the rest of you a few quick pictures of the tank. More will follow.
Full Shot:

Left Side:


Center:


Right Side:


I will take some pictures of my sump set-up later today and post them for you all.

Hope you enjoyed and stay tuned for more updates.

 

looks like the result of a very good, and enjoyable days work Sean

great upgrade and it looks really good

Steve

 

Kewl you got a few pics up... That stupid leak... i think in every set up there's a few hang up's so that's just the way it goes.... All in all i would do it again for anyone MUCH FUNN..!!!

Oh you gotta get that pic of that monster Fire worm... it was close to 20 inch long..!!



BEst of Luck..!!

 

you mean this one



he is chilling in the sump still with the sally light foot

 

well worth the effort.

 

Yes that one..!!

 

was that all live rock or some base rock?

 

Nice tank, great selection of fish and coral, and NICE fire worm!

 

Sweet. I'll bet your tangs are MUCH happier in their new home.

 

Great looking tank. I just got a 150 myself