275g Oasis Build

[Archit]

Hello everyone!

As many of you know, I've been in process of setting up my own personal piece of oasis at my home, and with my personal account now setup, I am happy to share the progress

Tank: Miracles tank -- 84" (length) x 30" (width -- front to back) x 25" (height). Center overflow. 3-sides starphire glass + A custom frag tank
Sump: Advanced acrylics Alpha series
Skimmer: Tunze 9430
Lights: 3 x Ecotech Radion Pro + 6 x T5s (12 x 39w T5s split evenly so it's really 6 T5s)
Pump: Ecotech Vectra L1
Powerheads: 2 x Ecotech MP60s


Tank when delivered:

Bringing the bad boy in:

 

[Archit]

All setup at it's final destination:

Rockwork all done:

Video of the rockwork:

[video=youtube;oJwK_g5ezxw]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJwK_g5ezxw[/video]

 

[Archit]

And the cycling begins! (this was around 3 weeks ago)

 

[Dekon]

Really liking to aquascape.

 

[aresangel]

Beautiful tank!


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[s_kelley]

That tank is awesome! Congrats archit! Poor yorgos had to carry that beast? Lol
If ya put the word out ya could of had a bunch of people to help.
Can't wait to see this thing full of livestock, what are u using for equipment? Skimmer, etc..

 

[reefstarter]

he put that in first post

 

[dz6t]

Nice, I do see a bad boy in the third photo, hahahah

 

[s_kelley]

he put that in first post

What do ya think, I read these things? Lol

 

[Archit]

Thanks guys! Pretty excited myself! Can't wait to get the lights up!

Still have a long ways to go though ... need to finish the plumbing, have to setup the Apex, have to setup the lights, and the list goes on and on and on ... hopefully soon!! THEN will be the fun part of filling this baby up! I'm pretty positive it's already cycled by now but I'll just keep throwing in some ammonia to keep it going.

I do anticipate a lot of algae issues in the first few months the rock work was done on an impulse and I ended up using rock that had been sitting at my house for the last 2-3 years ... it used to be live once. So I'm pretty positive I'm going to have some serious phosphate issues in the near future.

 

[charged45]

Awesome tank Archit. Let me know if you need any help.

 

[jdeb101]

Nice tank Archit! Can't wait to see more photos on the setup and eventual livestock. What do you plan for corals? Mix?

 

[Archit]

Awesome tank Archit. Let me know if you need any help.

Thanks Bill! Will do!

Nice tank Archit! Can't wait to see more photos on the setup and eventual livestock. What do you plan for corals? Mix?

Most definitely mixed

 

[Jb83]

That's a serious tank! Congrats!

 

[Curren007K]

It's beautiful.

 

[this is me]

Excellent! Looking good! Can't wait to see it filled with high end corals and fish.

 

[firstimer]

Nice tank!! How's the house renovation?

 

[Archit]

Thanks! not sure how many "high end" corals and fish I'd be able to afford now though, since I don't own a shop anymore I was lucky enough to get the O.K. from wife for the tank .. don't want to push it too hard by revealing my "want" list

I have to admit though, doing it as a hobby vs business has a whole different level of excitement that I love! I can finally go on my "reef shop hop" tours again!

home renovations are "almost" over. Just a few small things left

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[Alex]

All I can say is wow. Can't wait to see the progress.

 

[Alex]

Where did you get the suction cups to move the tank? I might be needing a set shortly.