In wall 300dd upgrade

[charliethetuna88]

I am upgrading from my 120gallon reef to a marineland 300 .my current system has 250 gallons of water my new syatem will have about 375 heres a few pics of the tank and it going into the wall .

 

[charliethetuna88]

My old tank

 

[Jim]

Looks like you definitely needed more room. Welcome to the 300DD club. Good luck with the build.

 

[bigsink]

Need any help, just call me. I just cannot lift anything. Did you pick a skimmer?

 

[charliethetuna88]

I am going to attempt thebone ibhave for now its the royal exclusive vertex alpha cone 200. If I need to, I will get the 300 instead or a bubble king 300 . I called vertex and they told me as long as I dont go nuts with getting to many more larger fish I will be fine with the 200 well see what happens .

 

[charliethetuna88]

A few pics of the construction end

 

[jf2381]

I read some where that they are not making this tank anymore...right? I think I need to find one and put in in my garage until I'm ready to upgrade...

It is looking great. A deep tank like that will look awesome in the wall.

 

[charliethetuna88]

I called marineland cause I heard the same thing and thats not true they are still makinging it but with only starfire front panel before u could get it with regular front glass now it will only come in sttarfire

 

[jf2381]

Thanks, that's good to know..

 

[btldreef]

Looking forward to seeing this.... Good luck with the build!

 

[MIKE NY]

:thrash:...looking forward to this

 

[charliethetuna88]

Thanks guys .im just nervouse about the transfer .do I let the new tank cycle or just transfer everything in one weekend

 

[Awibrandy]

My old tank

Your old tank is amazing! The colors look unreal.:inlove:

 

[btldreef]

Your placing all of your established rock in right??? Then you can do the swap in 24hours. I would test everything on the new tank first. Let it run,check for leaks, etc. then swap everything.

 

[charliethetuna88]

Thanks awilda .yeah all my old rock a few new peices ive been soaking in water change water for a few months and new sand

 

[Deepseabeauti]

Finally someone else doing a 300DD. Ive been working on mine for over a year. The display is upstairs and all my equipment is in my basement. What are you doing with the stock overflows? What lighting are you running?

 

[charliethetuna88]

Cool im using the stock overflows .I dont really see the need to have such a huge turnover rate .if u do some reading u will find the same info .some people arebusing all 4 holes for drains and running pipes up the side with seaswirls for returns .I just dont see the need for that much turnover ...as for lighting im using my halides for now there will be 3 - 250 watt raduims with lumaibrit reflectors .I also have some led for blues .I am planning on going witht the vertex illumina 360 when I really decide if thats the route I wanna go az for now im not ready to give up my halides .for flow I have an mp60, mp40, tunze wave box ..plus my return .I want more of a wave action since I am planning on making it still a mixed reef with sps .I love my lps and like when they sway .I ordered a new calcuim reactor the vertex rg6 duo which will be here monday

 

[Deepseabeauti]

Cool im using the stock overflows .I dont really see the need to have such a huge turnover rate .if u do some reading u will find the same info .some people arebusing all 4 holes for drains and running pipes up the side with seaswirls for returns .I just dont see the need for that much turnover ...as for lighting im using my halides for now there will be 3 - 250 watt raduims with lumaibrit reflectors .I also have some led for blues .I am planning on going witht the vertex illumina 360 when I really decide if thats the route I wanna go az for now im not ready to give up my halides .for flow I have an mp60, mp40, tunze wave box ..plus my return .I want more of a wave action since I am planning on making it still a mixed reef with sps .I love my lps and like when they sway .I ordered a new calcuim reactor the vertex rg6 duo which will be here monday

Sounds like you have everything planed out. My biggest obstacle has been money.

I was planning on going with a modified herbi drain for my tank and like you descibed the returnes over the side. My tank is in my office and I want it as quiet as possible. I have three 175w MH 14K with DIY luminac reflectors. I have a reflow barracuda return pump im going to use and Im going to run my C-skim skimmer I have on my current 125g set up for now. My tank load is very low since I really only have a few fish and mostly soft corals. I run two mp40s, Im sure I will be supplementing them depending on my aquacape.

Here is a link to my build on RC http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2101774

 

[charliethetuna88]

Thisbis the sump im using I picked it up from dace on mr .its 60x30x18

 

[Deepseabeauti]

Thats a nice sump! Are you going to run a refrigum?