A new house comes with a new tank, right? Isn't that a builder option?
So here's my Waterbox 220.6. 6 feet long, display is 160ish, sump is 40ish.
My husband's only specifications for the new tank was that it had to be starfire glass - he's loved Mural's tank in the library at school since he first saw it. After going back and forth between Waterbox and RedSea, I landed on waterbox for a variety of boring reasons. Originally, we were looking at a peninsula tank, but we had an engineer assess the floors in our new construction home since the peninsula would be sitting parallel on the joists. While a peninsula could've worked, it would've involved reinforcing joists (and ripping up the ceiling in a finished basement). We weren't really excited about that, so back to a traditional tank.
This is meant to be a very long term tank - it won't ever move/be replaced unless we sell the house. So I'm hoping to make it an SPS dominant tank, with some of the lovely LPS colonies that my husband enjoys. Most everything from my current 75 will be moved over once the tank is cycled. Stocking list is still being put together while we wait. The current fish who will move over after cycling are:
Yellow Tang
Powder Blue Tang
Melanarus Wrasse
Christmas Wrasse
6-line Wrasse
Yellow Watchman Goby
2 black clowns and their 10? rainbow BTA's
Equipment as of now is:
all the stock stuff from Waterbox - (and I'm very very pleased with the quality)
Sicce return pump - (wasn't the original return pump choice, but a failed return on the 75 forced my hand into what was available locally)
4 AI Hydra 32HD's
2 MP40's - possibly 2 more 40's or 60's in the future
Next up to do:
- choose a skimmer
- rinse and add sand
- choose a fuge light
- bring over apex from the 75 (I'll probably do this the same time I set up the lights ~ 4 month mark)
Now pictures:
On arrival, which was insanely nerwracking:
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Delivery was delayed a day because the tank destroyed its pallet. Thankfully, nothing inside was damaged.
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Stand was easy enough to build. It was flatpacked, and waterbox uses the exact same labeling system as IKEA - even down to the format on the label. Curious if they're made in the same factory.
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We used a shoulder dolly to get it in the house, but needed a couple neighbors to come help it lift it on the stand. Sorry for sideways images.
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So here's my Waterbox 220.6. 6 feet long, display is 160ish, sump is 40ish.
My husband's only specifications for the new tank was that it had to be starfire glass - he's loved Mural's tank in the library at school since he first saw it. After going back and forth between Waterbox and RedSea, I landed on waterbox for a variety of boring reasons. Originally, we were looking at a peninsula tank, but we had an engineer assess the floors in our new construction home since the peninsula would be sitting parallel on the joists. While a peninsula could've worked, it would've involved reinforcing joists (and ripping up the ceiling in a finished basement). We weren't really excited about that, so back to a traditional tank.
This is meant to be a very long term tank - it won't ever move/be replaced unless we sell the house. So I'm hoping to make it an SPS dominant tank, with some of the lovely LPS colonies that my husband enjoys. Most everything from my current 75 will be moved over once the tank is cycled. Stocking list is still being put together while we wait. The current fish who will move over after cycling are:
Yellow Tang
Powder Blue Tang
Melanarus Wrasse
Christmas Wrasse
6-line Wrasse
Yellow Watchman Goby
2 black clowns and their 10? rainbow BTA's
Equipment as of now is:
all the stock stuff from Waterbox - (and I'm very very pleased with the quality)
Sicce return pump - (wasn't the original return pump choice, but a failed return on the 75 forced my hand into what was available locally)
4 AI Hydra 32HD's
2 MP40's - possibly 2 more 40's or 60's in the future
Next up to do:
- choose a skimmer
- rinse and add sand
- choose a fuge light
- bring over apex from the 75 (I'll probably do this the same time I set up the lights ~ 4 month mark)
Now pictures:
On arrival, which was insanely nerwracking:
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Delivery was delayed a day because the tank destroyed its pallet. Thankfully, nothing inside was damaged.
View attachment 17384
Stand was easy enough to build. It was flatpacked, and waterbox uses the exact same labeling system as IKEA - even down to the format on the label. Curious if they're made in the same factory.
View attachment 17388
We used a shoulder dolly to get it in the house, but needed a couple neighbors to come help it lift it on the stand. Sorry for sideways images.
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