you know boss you gotta let me know how you talked your wif into this, going from a 20long to a 200 galon monster.......i am sure i will have to use this tatic one day....

i didn't really have to talk her into it...........she started me in this hobby so it's her fault, lol ...........she loves the 20long and knows the 200 will be beautiful as well one day - - ive told ya'll before ...she is the greatest woman on earth...hahaha

supports will consist of 6x6 beams under the floor joists running to the basement floor by 4 four inch concrete filled posts {loly columns} onto 2 more 6x6 beams on the concrete floor to spread the approximate weight of 2700 lbs out evenly ..........the stand structure itself will be 6x6 pressure treated as well married through the floor and joists with allthread bolt matierial...all other corners will be bolted through with epoxy coated stainless 3/4 inch bolts........so basically this stand will be almost 14 feet tall to the bottom of the tank ...lol

i like the ASM G-2 ,3 or 4 - - but the guy i bought the tank from has a 2 euro reef skimmers one new that i might try to nab at a discount

i've never had a fuge-----so I'll be asking alot of questions about that when the time comes .........

i think i will build some base structures out of concrete and cycle them in fresh water in the tank at first

i'm thinking this will be a good 6-8 month set up program, i know i will be taking lots of time between steps...i blew my 20 up on the first go round because i got impatient - - - -the way i see it , mistakes on this tank should cost 10 times as much as they did in the 20 ......lol


thanks for all the intrest people...it makes it all the more fun ....my wife can only be excited for so long about things.......lol


Boss

jesus ...2500 wats of mh...he's gonna have to put grease fittings on his electric meter, lol

i am planing on full lighting with t-5HO's and a couple PC - -i am trying to figure out how to run a single MH pendant on a track that would be powered and make a ful down and back cycle in an 8 period of time......but that remains to be seen

the tank calls for 3 - 24inch fixtures.........and 24 inch fixtures aren't priced to bad so i could probably do some pretty cool stuff with lights and timers

http://www.mdhydro.com/lightrail.html

Thats the light that he has on his 90 long live rock tank. His rocks are a beautiful purple. You can get extensions there.....or you can get something to slow the motor to make it run slower. I think its the smart box.....but not sure. Its a pretty sweet idea, for sure. Talk about simulating the sun......Put a 400 in there on a arched track.....Ugh.......boss.....thats going to be a cool toy!!!!

Boss, lol the wife will thank me..lmao you are going this far, make things easy..monitor/controler, might as well add a few more hundred to the list..hehe