Mystery Tank Build :)

**ILuvMyGoldBarb** · 04-02-2010, 12:53 AM

Not going to give any details on the size of the tank or contents other than to say it will be a FW tank. :) Keep your eyes here for more details in the coming days.

**Cliff** · 04-02-2010, 01:00 AM

That's not fare SW Addict.

Yu gota give us more than that

**ILuvMyGoldBarb** · 04-02-2010, 01:07 AM

Ok, I'll give you more, but just a little more.

I'm getting a new tank, and I feel like I'm stealing it at the price I'm getting it for. I felt that it was time to start cutting down a bit, so I am actually going to be selling my other 3 tanks and going with just a single tank.

**Cliff** · 04-02-2010, 03:07 AM

That sounds like it's going to be one really big tank.

**Oscar_freak12321** · 04-02-2010, 03:59 AM

Originally Posted by Cliff

That sounds like it's going to be one really big tank.

Better be.

**Lady Hobbs** · 04-02-2010, 12:42 PM

Oh, Oh. I think I am smelling one super-doper humungous tank.

**ILuvMyGoldBarb** · 04-02-2010, 09:10 PM

Ok, so here's the first little bit of detail. I am getting the tank. It is currently set up as a SW tank and was installed and maintained by the owner of my LFS. So, here are the details on the tank itself.

280 gal(72x30x30) Acrylic aquarium, manufactured by Suncoast Aquarium in Florida. Tank has duel overflows on either end. Both ends are blacked out but the front and back panels are both clear so the tank can be viewed from either side. All corners are rounded to create a nice clean look to the tank. Pictures will be posted as soon as I get the tank.

**Z Fish Man** · 04-02-2010, 09:13 PM

Originally Posted by SW Addict

Ok, so here's the first little bit of detail. I am getting the tank. It is currently set up as a SW tank and was installed and maintained by the owner of my LFS. So, here are the details on the tank itself.

280 gal(72x30x30) Acrylic aquarium, manufactured by Suncoast Aquarium in Florida. Tank has duel overflows on either end. Both ends are blacked out but the front and back panels are both clear so the tank can be viewed from either side. All corners are rounded to create a nice clean look to the tank. Pictures will be posted as soon as I get the tank.

daang if I had a tank that big i wouldn't have any other tanks either. Can't wait for some pics and good luck transporting it.

**ILuvMyGoldBarb** · 05-02-2010, 02:03 AM

Well, sadly, the deal on the 280 fell through. The guy wasn't the most ethical person in the world, and it's come back to bite him. Anyway, the this tank will now be a 125gal natural planted tank, with a slight twist. Generally a natural planted tank is supposed to rely almost entirely on sunlight as a light source, however I don't have any windows in my house quite large enough to provide sufficient light for it. As a result, light will be provided by 8x39w T5HO lights to make up for the lack of sunlight. Since sunlight would naturally make the tank high light, that is what the lighting will be.

Since natural planted tanks are not that common here on AC, I will attempt to document each step for the benefit of the community. These are truly an amazing tank to watch develop, and when you read all the theory behind it, you begin to realize just how the organisms in an ecosystem work together to make it work.