300 gallon tank planning help

[Tazzmacd]

I am planning to put in a new 300 -400 gallon tank in my new house. I had a 220 in wall in my old house but couldn't take it with me so I am planning a little bigger one for the new house. I am looking at a 96" L X30" W X 24 or 30" tall tank at this time, I might have to go down to a 72" long tank depending on what the feed back is.

My issue is this, the only place that I can put the new tank is in a location where I do not have any room for additional equipment accept for in the stand so sayith the wife. Most large tanks that I saw when I was putting up my old tank and again for this tank all have a fish room that they can utilize for extra equipment and room. What advise do you have for me with planning a new tank that can only have the equipment into a stand?

Right now I am hoping that I can build in a sump and Refugium or a comb of both in the same container. I have my old skimmer that was actually too big for my old tank and prefect for this one. With that in the sump I know I need to have the tank at least 3 feet off the floor. I am planning on keeping SPS, LPS and a ton of fish. I am not sure what else I can put in with the limited space I need.

Thanks in advance.

Cheers!!

Pat

 

[lhm nole]

I have a 300 gallon acrylic tank 8ft 30 wide 24 tall I have a 100 gallon sump (all glass standard) has refugium and seperate pump and skimmer compartments, using oceanrunner 6500 for return was going to use 2 but 1 was adequate 4 evolution 1400's for tank circulation and octopus 5000 xp in sump skimmer still have room underneath sump for chiller or other equipment like calcium reactor uv sterilizer.My stand is 38 1/2 inches tall and my skimmer barely clears had to raise it due to my baffles being too high.

 

[Tazzmacd]

Thanks, do you have a couple of pictures that you can show me?

Would appreciate it

 

[Carant]

Hello Pat,

Greetings to the former MASK member.

Enjoy the project ... sounds like an fun one. Too long of a road trip for a monthly meeting however.

Cheers,
Bruce (Hawk)

 

[GKill]

So sayith the wife, ehh? I feel your pain. Do you have a basement that you could plumb to?

 

[mprygh]

Have you thought about going UP?
You can go all the way to the ceiling. Some people like that "full built in" look.
Basically, put a shallow refugium/sump above the tank, with the skimmer/etc in that.
Then underneath it is almost all sump.
Lots of weight and wet stuff above your lights.
Painful, but possible.