My 220g Upgrade Build

award212

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I just recently upgraded from a 72g to a Marineland 220g and wanted to share some pics of the build. Sorry about the bad picks, just using my iPhone.

Equipment:

Marineland 200g 72"x24"x30", dual corner overflows
Super Reef Octopus 3000-INT skimmer
ATI 8x80w T5 Sunpower Light Fixture
Tunze ATO
Vortech MP40 and MP60
Reefkeeper Lite
Algae Turn Scrubber (newly added)

Location of the new tank.
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Had to close up that window...
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Floor bracing. Our house is built on a crawl space.
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Building the Stand
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Standard 90g for a sump
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Pond liner and a drain in the floor...you never know. :)
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Continued....

Plumbing...I tried doing a BeanAnimal with the existing corner overflows
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Return Side
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Keeping those jumpers in. :)
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About 100lbs of Rock added and water started.
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Finally...here's how it looks today.
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Stand isn't completely finished yet. It will end up being a complete wall unit once finished.

Sotcking so far is only a Flame Hawlk and a Blue Sided Fairy Wrasse anda few SPS that made their way over from the 72g. This tank will be primarily SPS.
 
Nice build thread! That floor drain is a great idea. Does the drain just emtpy to crawl space below? Hopefully you will never have to use it but I still like the idea.
 
Nice build thread! That floor drain is a great idea. Does the drain just emtpy to crawl space below? Hopefully you will never have to use it but I still like the idea.

The drain just enpties into the crawl space at this point, but I will eventually tie it into the rest of the plumping in the house. I want to be able to use it when I do water changes.
 
Nice your looking good. what is your bulb combination along with what bulbs out of curiosity.

Right now I'm running:

ATI Blue Plus
ATI Blue Plus
ATI Purple Plus
ATI Blue Plus
KZ New Generation
ATI Blue Plus
ATI Purple Plus
ATI Blue Plus

I'm planning on switcing our the KZ bulb for another ATI Blue Plus. I like a little more of a blue look than what I'm getting now.
 
Sounds good the picture did look alittle white but i figured that could just be from the photo. How are you liking the mp60? I was tempted to get one but i was too nervous about sand shifting.
 
Sounds good the picture did look alittle white but i figured that could just be from the photo. How are you liking the mp60? I was tempted to get one but i was too nervous about sand shifting.

The MP60 is great. I have it synced with my MP40 running in Reef Crest mode. They are turned all the way up and I don't have any sand blowing around or shifting. Depending on your type of sand you should be ok. I used Tropic Marine Reefflakes to avoid any issues with it blowing around. If you have sugar grain size sand I think you would probably see some shifting.
 
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