Tonyscoots84's 80 gallon deepblue rimless tank upgrade

[Tonyscoots84]

Hey guys this is my future tank upgrade thread. I decided (well with permission from the wife) to upgrade my tank which will be a 80 gallon deep blue rimless or with a rim dunno yet 48x24x16. I plan on putting a fuge in the sump as well, something i really wanted for my cube but no room in my cube :irked:

i plan on using acrylic rods and stacking dry rock to make pillars and branching rocks with that as well.

Upgrade will be happening beginning of next year.

things i will need

Tank
custom built stand (Father and Son time :scratch: :beer
2 vortech mp40 w
Ati 6 or 8 bulb sunpower fixture 48"
reef octopus 3000 or 5000 internal skimmer or just use the one i have reef octopus ssss 2000
sump (dont know what size yet) any recommendations? maybe 30 gallon breeder 36 3/16 x18 1/4 x12 15/16 :scratch:
Plumbing
salt
Dead Rock

What i have that will be used

Eheim 1262 return pump
Phosban reactor
Apex
Heaters
Dosing pump
Tunze ATO
Live Rock

 

[noelskii]

:lol2: there's no water in the other tank yet!

 

[Tonyscoots84]

:lol2: i dont have the other tank yet :biggrin:

 

[jerl77]

what i am not doing this again
it took 4 years for a 60 cube
so what other 8 years for this tank
not doing it

 

[Tonyscoots84]

jerl you just have to do it, you just have to :lol2: this one will happen alot sooner then i even think i just gotta do some sneaky sneaky stuff to get this equipment without my boss catching on :theyareon

 

[xxxAngeloxxx]

what i am not doing this again
it took 4 years for a 60 cube
so what other 8 years for this tank
not doing it

Lmfao read my mind Jerl

 

[jerl77]

i guess all the sun from being on the jersey shore show got to his head

 

[jerl77]

lmfao he put two corals in the 60 cube and said damm i need more room lmfao

 

[garys reef]

He is your mini me lmfao

 

[jackson6745]

lmfao he put two corals in the 60 cube and said damm i need more room lmfao

lmao!!!

Tony you are crazy man. Stock that 60gal. Remove a couple pieces of rock and you have plenty of room :bagfish:

 

[Tonyscoots84]

crazy... you have no idea :lol2: i need room below, i want a fuge, and room to work inside the stand. and want to be able to create something great with the aquascape and i def. can accomplish that with the 80 gallon :biggrin:

 

[masterswimmer]

Uh Oh, deja vu all over again!!!! :lol:

R

 

[strgazr27]

93 cube

 

[Pseudo]

Again Tony?? I thought I was bad. My tank only been up 2 weeks and I already have more corals than you ;-p and you getting a bigger tank??

You got more money than patience!

 

[duke62]

Oh my god 5 corals and he thinks he is a expert already. Dude you just added corals last week in this tank that took a year. Why are you upgrading only 20 gallons dude if your thinking of upgrading you cant go 20 gallons more. its a limit of 40 gallons or its not done

 

[jackson6745]

Einsteins definition of insanity was doing the same thing over and over but expecting different results :shocked:

 

[JonnyJ]

say what?

 

[Tonyscoots84]

If insanity = me happy then im freakin insane in the membrane :lol2:

 

[jackson6745]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxqaXGPVLOk&feature=fvwrel

 

[strgazr27]

Lets see 60 gallons and it took 2 years. So 2.5 gallons a month to build. An 80 now? Looks like 2 1/2 years from now that one will be done lmao....