Crib's 210g Build

[Crib]

First I would like to say Hello to a lot of folks that I have been fortunate to have met over the last couple of years.

I have taken about a year off from the hobby and now I am ready for a come back.

I still have questions and could use your advise if you can offer your expertise.

So I'll start with my first picture of my new project:

 

[pvh]

Welcome back Barry. Can't wait to see the build.

 

[delta]

Welcome back, looks like you have a nice tank to jump back in with

 

[Crib]

Welcome back Barry. Can't wait to see the build.

Thank you Peter.


I see your family is growing.

I remember that I was at your house when your wife was pregnant with the first one.....

Congratulations.....

 

[Crib]

Welcome back, looks like you have a nice tank to jump back in with

Thanks Greg,

I also will be attending the Seaport Event and look forward to seeing you all there.

 

[pvh]

Thank you Peter.


I see your family is growing.

I remember that I was at your house when your wife was pregnant with the first one.....

Congratulations.....

Thanks Barry. See you at BRASS.

 

[Aquaman_68]

Hey there, Barry...Thought you were a goner...Good to see you getting back in...(are you sure your ok?) JK..

 

[reeferpj]

welcom back

 

[Behrmon]

Welcome back, SWEET tank! What will yo be lighting it with?

 

[Crib]

Hey there, Barry...Thought you were a goner...Good to see you getting back in...(are you sure your ok?) JK..

I am never sure that I am ok, I just think that I am....
I will be calling to see what you have available soon enough...

welcom back

Thanks,
I hope everyone is going to make the BRASS Event......

Welcome back, SWEET tank! What will yo be lighting it with?

I ended up with three Lumenarc III reflectors , 250K XM -SE and 2 6" VHO Actinics.

 

[Crib]

Final resting point.

 

[Bobbofin]

I hope you are not going to use a 10 gallon tank for a sump on a 210 gallon tank with two overflows?

 

[Crib]

I hope you are not going to use a 10 gallon tank for a sump on a 210 gallon tank with two overflows?

That is a good one..
I thought it was going to be a frag tank below, but that didn't work out either.

 

[Crib]

marco rock

So I purchased (5) 50 lb. boxes, more rock than I actually need.
I will have plenty left over available by the piece soon.

Decided to lay the rock out and choose what I liked..

 

[Aquaman_68]

nice rock...LMK what you have left... (I can never have enough rock on the side!!!)

 

[sciknen]

Veyr nice.. What you should do is get a piece of wood or just tape an area out the same size as the tank.. so you can plan out all the rock work ahead of time.. and then you can drill it together or whatever you know.

 

[Crib]

Veyr nice.. What you should do is get a piece of wood or just tape an area out the same size as the tank.. so you can plan out all the rock work ahead of time.. and then you can drill it together or whatever you know.

Steve that is exactly what I did, follow along with me and you will see.



So like many have done I decided to use Plexiglas as the base and acrylic rods was used to secure the rock to the bases.

I placed the bases in the tank and took several pictures so I had an idea of how the bases would lay out.

 

[coralcor]

wait do i see 2 tv's in the same room????? thats sweet!

 

[pillowfish]

WOW Barry, that is going to look amazing! Tagging along

 

[Cherokee_Dude]

Hey Barry! Welcome back! LMK when you're ready for Chalices again... I've got you covered