The new 550 acrylic!

Boydo

Boydo

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Well this tank has been through a few people. To my knowledge Theo imported it, the sold it to Jeremy before I got it. I drove 12 hrs straight to Vancouver Jeremy and his friends helped me load it into a car trailer - great bunch of people - thank you. I over nighted in Abbotsford then drove 12 hrs home to load into my garage where it sat for a few weeks.

I had to move my 230 gal out of my place to move this bad boy of a tank in. Special thanks to Neil from Chiclid Food Canada, Ryan(RDFISHGUY), Paul, Brent and Justin for helping me move this tank in.

I built the sump to 72"L x 24"W x 20"D and it holds 8 bags of Bio Bale, 2500 Bio Balls, 20 sp.ft of Japanese Mat, Crushed Oyster shell and 20 L of ceramics soon to be 50L.

Stocked with 5 Black Diamond Leopoldi (3f,2m) and a Diablo Red at 9-10 inches.

System is controlled by Digital Aquatics "super computer" which monitors and controls temp, ph, water changes and lighting.

I still have lots of work to do on this, but wanted to share before these pictures got forgotten.

More pictures and info to come as I complete this project.

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finally this tank fill up with water and fish :). I been through a 600G tank setup before and seeing your setup really tire me out too. Lots of work, but that red got a nice home and great color.
 
I feel like I ran the first stage in a relay race - I got the tank and stand together - but was unable to continue. Jeremy came next, carried the tank for a bit, but also could not see it through to the end. Bret, you`ve taken the baton (so to speak) and carried it to the finish line. Congrats. :)

Lifetime warranty on that tank from Tenecor. :)
 
hondas3000 said:
finally this tank fill up with water and fish :). I been through a 600G tank setup before and seeing your setup really tire me out too. Lots of work, but that red got a nice home and great color.
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Thanks, I still have lots to do but its getting there.

snow said:
oh..my....:eek:
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Thats what my wife said!

RTG said:
that is awesome Bret!
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Thank you.

Juice604 said:
holy .... what a setup !@!
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Thanks,

chen88 said:
Nice...the Aro must be so happy being there pretty much by himself!
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Thanks,

Its like a lake for him hes only like 9 maybe 10 inches. :)

peacockbass said:
great setup...how loud is the sump??...whatca got in the other tanks off to the side??..lol..
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The sump is quiet except for one of the pumps is on its way out and buzzing pretty bad. I think I'll get it changed out today.

hustler said:
AMAZING!!!!!!!! That is one killer set up.... How did you get it in the door lol?
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My front door is a 36 so it came through back down. Actually an easy tank to move compared to moving in my glass 550 several years ago.

bcarlos said:
Exactly the type of stock I'd have in a tank like this. Looks great, Bret.
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Simple and peaceful!

carcrazy said:
That looks great! Congratulations!
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Thanks

bluebasearoilove said:
what kind of filter media are you using ?
all i see is bio balls ?
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From above:

I built the sump to 72"L x 24"W x 20"D and it holds 8 bags of Bio Bale, 2500 Bio Balls, 20 sq.ft of Japanese Mat, Crushed Oyster shell and 20 L of ceramics soon to be 50L.

HTH
 
Just saw this thread and I love the sump setup you built. Great job. If I ever do another sump, I'd like to duplicate something like that
 
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