blindsider
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I wanted to share my build here on the sps forum
for all to see, first I will begin with a little background...
I have had tons and tons of tanks in the past, i would flip through them quick, i never really had patience with the hobby ( not a good thing ) wasting money on a TON of tanks. I have had at least 3 or 4 biocubes, 2 55 gallons, 1 60 gallon, eclipse 12 gallon, 2 jbj nano cubes, 1 45 gallon hexish shaped, 30 gallon oddysea, 34g solana, 40 breeder... and so on and so on ( no joke ).
BUT! i put a stop to it when i ran across an insane deal on a 240g (4x4x2) it was probably my favorite tank of them all, i had that thing ready to grow sps after a couple of months, it had about 12 or 13 i think holes drilled for closed loop, 8 way oceans motions, and reeflo hammerhead ran the beast. mag 18 was my return pump, i had 3 of the large lumenbrights was planning on lighting with 400watters!! and a 40b sump, also the protien skimmer nothing special, it was a ATI Bubble Master 250. here are a few pics just to get this thread started!!
sadly, it had to come to an end... but not because i ran out of patience, months past and i had tons of patience as i enjoyed putting together such a large tank (for me) but because i had a car accident, and guess what? i had NO insurance then... ooops! i was only 18 at the time, and im not much older now, i just turned 20, and i have a baby boy who is about to turn 2. also very diffucult to have such a large tank with already such a big responsibility. anyway i ended up selling the tank along with all of the equipment due to having to restore the other guys car due to not having insurance. it all worked out though.
i now have insurance. 
anywho... im back with a vengeance!!
I was planning originally to build a 40b packed full of sps, i began to build my stand, and i realized i can fit something a bit larger with the same footprint, i chose to build a 65g (36x18x24)
for all to see, first I will begin with a little background...
I have had tons and tons of tanks in the past, i would flip through them quick, i never really had patience with the hobby ( not a good thing ) wasting money on a TON of tanks. I have had at least 3 or 4 biocubes, 2 55 gallons, 1 60 gallon, eclipse 12 gallon, 2 jbj nano cubes, 1 45 gallon hexish shaped, 30 gallon oddysea, 34g solana, 40 breeder... and so on and so on ( no joke ).
BUT! i put a stop to it when i ran across an insane deal on a 240g (4x4x2) it was probably my favorite tank of them all, i had that thing ready to grow sps after a couple of months, it had about 12 or 13 i think holes drilled for closed loop, 8 way oceans motions, and reeflo hammerhead ran the beast. mag 18 was my return pump, i had 3 of the large lumenbrights was planning on lighting with 400watters!! and a 40b sump, also the protien skimmer nothing special, it was a ATI Bubble Master 250. here are a few pics just to get this thread started!!
sadly, it had to come to an end... but not because i ran out of patience, months past and i had tons of patience as i enjoyed putting together such a large tank (for me) but because i had a car accident, and guess what? i had NO insurance then... ooops! i was only 18 at the time, and im not much older now, i just turned 20, and i have a baby boy who is about to turn 2. also very diffucult to have such a large tank with already such a big responsibility. anyway i ended up selling the tank along with all of the equipment due to having to restore the other guys car due to not having insurance. it all worked out though.
i now have insurance. anywho... im back with a vengeance!!
I was planning originally to build a 40b packed full of sps, i began to build my stand, and i realized i can fit something a bit larger with the same footprint, i chose to build a 65g (36x18x24)
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i should be putting my 215 build log up soon!
