240 gallon acrylic reef build

[Newbie Aquarist]

Glad you and your family made it safe and sound. Tank looks good. Rest up and update us when you can.

 

[Giovanni]

Yes please! I am looking at one of these for my 330.

I guess I got my threads mixed up. I am looking at a SRO xp 5000 external for my 330 build. :facepalm:

 

[h2so4hurts]

Done! Put in a 22hr day to get everything in there. I ended up transporting most of the fish in 1 gallon buckets with an aerator and a healthy dose of Ammo-Lock to keep the ammonia down. Some of the bags smelled like pure ammonia so it's a good thing I had the ammolock. Although, the CBB and Moorish Idol were in the 150 gallon rubbermaid stock tank with the coral rocks. I wasn't chancing those two to aerated buckets... The biggest problem with the tank was that the salinity was off. I had to raise it so that took an extra hour. Anyway, here are the pictures and a video I uploaded to Facebook. All of the fish were super happy and hungry today so keep your fingers crossed that nothing terrible happens in the next few days.

Video: https://www.facebook.com/v/10101133504260319. Sorry, my phone won't upload to youtube without a WiFi connection and I don't have cable internet yet.

 

[h2so4hurts]

Double post!

 

[Newbie Aquarist]

Looking good. Job well done.

 

[fote03]

Glad everything made it. Hope they all continue to do well.

 

[houston220]

Great build. I am starting to plan my next tank now and definately want to go with LEDs to replace my older lights.

 

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[Newbie Aquarist]

Superb my friend, superb.

 

[knight2255]

Such a great build, looks amazing!

 

[h2so4hurts]

A little update. 3 months in with great growth and lots of coraline.

 

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[h2so4hurts]

Finally, after 3 weeks of backorder and being "in stock" at LA I get my school of carberyi anthias!

 

[Newbie Aquarist]

Man I thought we were going to put an APB out on you. Loved the video. Tank is looking good. What type of butterfly is that in your tank?


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[h2so4hurts]

Haha! I've been swamped at work! The butterfly was listed on LA as a Spotfin but it's obvious now that it has matured that it is a common reef butterfly (Chaetodon sedentarius). He's still a cool little fish though, just not as pretty as a spotfin.

 

[ace_92101]

Great build! You give hope to all of us DIY wanna be's!

 

[h2so4hurts]

Thanks Ace! PM me any questions if you want to do a large DIY build. They're a lot of fun.

I got a huge shipment of corals from my good friend JeffBerg a few days ago. I'll post some pictures this weekend but here's a short list of the highlights:
Miami orchid
sunset montipora(small)
Nathans green milli
sherbert stylophora
pearlberry
red dragon
yellow tipped milli
reef ready grape juice
elias blue stag
Tyree pink lemonade