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The New Tank Has Started!

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jazzsam

So I picked up my new 240 Gallon tank today and the fun has just started. (With lots of help from Gabe and Tom)

It is a little dirty but it will clean up just fine:

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Look, it holds water just fine!

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jazzsam

UPDATE on the Tank progress. Today I picked up my 135 Gallon sump. Although it looks really bad it will make a great sump. They guy had a forklift there so it made loading it SO easy. He said he was going to sell some forklifts on ebay and I SERIOUSLY thought about getting one!

Here is the new Sump:

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MY luck is holding, water does not leak! That is probably the dirtiest water I have ever seen but at least it is not dirty water on the ground but IN THE TANK!

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Now I get to clean both the tanks! FUN FUN!
 
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jazzsam

I put them on Yahoo photos because I was having troubles loading them here. Is that the same for everyone? Can anyone see the pics?
 
JohnS_323

JohnS_323

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Those are great. Once again I have Big Tank Envy! Congrats and keep the photo's coming.

I don't know what your plan is, but the best way I found to clean tanks is to fill them with water and use one of RichtT's ReefGadgets. It makes clean up a breeze.
 
JohnS_323

JohnS_323

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It's a fantastic device that attaches to a mag float or similar magnetic tank cleaner. Here's a link to it. I have a few of them for each tank. I keep one with a plastic blade in the tank all the time for regular cleanings. One with a metal blade is used once a month to clean all of the hard to get stuff that builds up.

The metal blades are great on used tanks. It cleans them up like new.
 
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jazzsam

The plan is 240 dislpay and 135 sump similar to meleves reef F model if you know that one is. Once I get it cleaned I will have to get some glass cut. I have done tons of reasearch and it seems as though the best way to go is to just get a glass tank and put your own baffles in.
 
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Sorcha

WOW! :eek: Man, that's going to be gorgeous. What do you want to keep when you get it up and running?

Scott and I were just talking about Melev's Reef yesterday, we learned alot from that site. Can't remember the URL for it though...

Congrats again and keep up with the pictures so I can live vicariously. One day we want a tank that big...in that next house we get.
 
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jazzsam

Yea, I am going to take Gabe's advice and make a lot of reef in it.

Gabe, I decided to put the tank in the living room and I found out that I can put the Sump and everything in my pantry behind that same wall. I will have plenty of room to do this. Just wait for those pics!
 
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jazzsam

I have to admit I am a bit scared that with a tank this big I am going to put it on the stand and it will come crashing down. I think I would have to cry.
 
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