Ok ok i give in. Build thread.

nismo_32

nismo_32

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And of course like most people know we can never really stay away from this hobby. After selling the wholesaler and deciding to take a break from the hobby forever I knew it was only a matter of time before I came back. After almost a 5 year break I decided to get a small 65g tank just for looks and a few fish for my kids. Boy was that a lie. That 65g lasted all but 2 months before it was packed and left me looking for a bigger tank. So I decided if I was going to do it again I was just going to take my time and do it right. I was going to go for the 300dd but decide I would rather fill the entire wall space and get a 96" long tank. After patiently waiting the tank is finally here. Please be patient as I'm going to patiently take my time with this built as I get everything together. With that being said. I would love to get as much help and feedback from you guys as possible. I know a lot has changed in 5 years. So just getting acclimated now. If like to extent much thanks to everyone that helped bring this monster home and put it inside the house.
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Tank and stand arriving at shipping location. Hired a flatbed truck to do the pick up and delivery.
 
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Tank arriving to the house. Fortunately I had some friends to help with this very nerve racking moment


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Had to change the windows to the house for the tank to be able to fit in the house since my doorway is a weird angle. So took advantage and did all hurricane Windows them change the home floor to tile from wood floor just in case since I know it's a fish tank and the weight also would probable ruin the floor. So had them reinforce the floor a bit where the tank was going to go.


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This part was not fun..... I was super nervous. Specially when we realized we didn't account for the external overflow when we measured the window width. So we had To flip the tank on is front panel to move it in.



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And finally in. Not yet in place since now I have the fun part of plumbing and working on all the details. But at least the dangerous part is done. Can't wait to get this thing running.
Tank dimensions are 96"x 30"x28
Definitely want to do the continuous water change and I know a few in here already have it so I'm going to definitely need some help. Any advise I will gladly take. Although I'm somewhat of a veteran in this hobby there's always room for learning and things changes I fast that we get left behind. So any help I will gladly appreciated.


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Although I like the skin of the stand and canopy I'm going to change it to match the kitchen that I'm building.
I'm also going with (2) ATI sunpower 8x54w fixtures. I currently have one and liking for another if anyone has one for sale I'm very interested. Doing T5 with led supplementation.


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ghstrider said:
AWESOME BROTHER!!!! Good to see u healthy and back in the game
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Thanks bud. Yeah now that I'm half way in I'm starting to wonder why I got myself into again. I gave myself an 8k budget that flew right out the window. Literally lol


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