Need advice on a new 300 gallon

You'll be the 3rd 6 figure IT guy on my list. :lol:

I think a wider tank will be nicer. Since you can house a 7ft tank, TruVu have a 72x24x24 which is a 210.

If you go the custom route, 72x30x30 would be a bada$$ size. But then again, you gotta pick a tank that's porpotion to the space in that room. You don't want to be the tank to take up all of the living space.
 
I'm interested in buying your nano once you upgrade. :)

I've decided that ease of maintenance takes priority in planning for a tank. I plan on having my tank for a long time, so if I don't enjoy something - like hauling water for water changes - I'll find ways to make it easy for me to perform this essential maintenance.

So, think about how you are going to maintain your tank and whether the space and location that you have will accomodate the needed tasks. Do you have enough outlets? Enough amps? Near a sink and drain? How easily can you access pumps, outlets, etc? Can humidity be a problem? If power goes out, what happens? What happens when you go on vacation?

my 0.02 cents.
 
Sid700 had a great advice. Maintenance is what i have to think of.
Right now Humidity is not so bad because of the high ceiling. I had build in a drain pipe in the fish room so when I change water, all I do is run a hose down to it. For fresh water tank, when the power go out, all you reallly need is the battery pump and I got that on all of them. It detect the plug and when there are no power it turn on, this had save my fish in the past. I do have really costly fw fish.
But for sw, I guess i have to get a UPS. I do have lots of those laying around, just have to figure out the size that I need to use.
And there are amp, I have one xtra outlet of 20 amp in that room now , do I need more?
Man, this sound more and more like building a network room, back to what I used to do .
 
I don't know how big your UPS is but the small one for PC doesn't last long. For tank this big, I would get a generator.

I don't think 1 20AMP is good enough but that will be depending on what kind of equipment you are using. Have at least 2x20amp, 3 if you can.
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10137899#post10137899 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by jedininja
While I completely agree that his tank is way overstocked and stocked way too quickly, I dont see the point of taking care of a 90 first. In the long run, it will take more money to upgrade twice. At least with a 300g, he wont be able to afford to max out the bioload very easily.
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The hardest thing about having a big tank is the planning. Much harder then a fresh water tank and a nano. Until you have actually maintained a salt water tank, that you can't do a 50% water change from a salt bucket, you really have no idea what to plan for. The books help, but not enough. You can always pay someone or find a really experienced reefer I guess. If I designed the tank I have now, the way I designed my first tank, it would be a disaster. I am sure my next tank will be even better.

I think a 90 is a great tank to start with as you can run it off good equipment that you can later put on a 300 gal. You have the size and freedom to house the tang he has and some other cool fish. It isn't so big that you can't stock it. How does a newbie stock a 300 gal tank without making a million mistakes and spending to much money. He can stock a 90 and move the mature corals to a 300 to have much better tank then a 300 full of frags or wild colonies, that will likely die. He already has 5 to many fish in his current tank so you can see he has a bit to learn about stocking a salt water tank. I think the guy can totally learn everything he needs to know, but making a mistake on a smaller tank, is much cheaper.

Also, making a 6 figure salary around here doesn't mean you have money to burn. Ask anyone with a morgage and a car payment.
 
To answer everyone question;
My floor does support the weight.
Because I have lots of heavy tanks, I had concrete pour for that area of the house.
The reason i want a three hundredth gallon is that I hate to have to redo thing over again. And end up with a 90 and a 300 because I don't sell my tank once it in my house. It just a bad habbit.
I had also figure out a way to have water handy at all time.
I had bough an old 650 gallon drums and can have salt water pump in from a guy who pump water for lots of stores. He charges 1 buck a gallon and will drive to your house.
I've put this drum in my backyard and will have water pipe in soon, so no more salt bucket. Also, I also got an RODI unit put in a while back, because I use to have discus ( not anymore)


And I don't have money to burn, but I don't have a mortgage nor car payment, all are pay off. I lived the dot com and ride the wave.
 
It sounds like you want a nice reef tank and a big one at that. It also sounds like money is not limitless, but you are willing to put a large sum of money into it and earnest in doing so.

So with that said, why don't you hire a company to do it for you? It can save you a ton of time, and let someone else do the thinking for you.
 
How does one figure out these things?

1) How did you know Beerguy find out?

2) How did Beerguy know it was Lucky Goldfish (of SJ)?
 
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