My new 220 gallon

[Jlsardina]

Well. Thanks to Craigslist- I was able to afford a much bigger tank! It's gonna need some cleaning up- but it will be worth it!
I need to raise the stand about 12 inches- maybe build a new canopy and clean up some sand. I bought the tank for 600$ with the stand and canopy. Plus a refugium- but my current refugium is much larger so when I sell the 90 gal I'll keep that one and sell this one that came with the 220. I was able to purchase 150 lbs of sand from my LFS for 40$ (used) and I need to rinse it well. Will do the same with the sand from the 90 before transferring it over.

Here's a pic of the tank filled with water so I can clean it up in the morning. I figured I'd let it soak overnight to soften everything up.



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Here's the stand and most of the stuff that came with the purchase...


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And here's the canopy. My buddy hijacked some lights since I'm just going to use my leds.



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My husband wants it set up by Sunday. I have my work cut out for me!!!

 

[Gti_Leo]

thats the size tank i want eitehr that or if i can find one an 96"x24"x24" although i would liek a DSP so slightly taller then 24" is idle

 

[Jlsardina]

Lol. Nice. This one is 29" high. I'm going to need a snorkel mask to clean the bottom!

 

[Gti_Leo]

lol not if you do a 4-5 inch deepsand bed, although that may be expensive but at the end of it all your system will benifit from the nitrate reductions once its fully established

 

[Jlsardina]

Just measured again. The tank is 72.5 inches by 24.5 inches by 29 inches.

 

[Jlsardina]

It wouldn't be too expensive. They still have about 4-500 lbs of sand at my LFS. I just have to clean it. It's 20 cents a pound.

 

[Gti_Leo]

thats cheap, just take your time cleanign it and do it in bits at a time so you can get any garbage out

 

[Jlsardina]

What's the best way to clean it? I got a tarp today to line my tub do I don't lose any in the process.

 

[Jlsardina]

So I dont* sorry. Fingers are too fast tonight

 

[Sleeperr34]

Congrats on the monster. I have one myself I have been working on. Takes up most my living room wall. But well worth it once it's all up and running.

 

[Jlsardina]

Thanks. It's actually going in my living room set up tight with my table. It's going to be replacing my 90 gal tank that is there now. The 220 is about 15 inches longer than my 90 it will look amazing!

 

[Jlsardina]

Well after 4 hours of scraping and scrubbing the tank is almost clean.

 

[Gti_Leo]

the tank looks so big when your little one stands against it. how old is she?

 

[Jlsardina]

Lol. She's four. But big for her age- so, yeah. The tanks is huge.

 

[Sleeperr34]

Yea looks great. Can't wait to see how to set it all up.

 

[Bige]

Now you have room for all those rbta!

 

[Jlsardina]

Now you have room for all those rbta!

Lol. Very true. Now I just need to get about 200 lbs more of rock to support it! Lmao

 

[Sleeperr34]

I used mostly dry rock with mine. Made the building very easy. Ended up with 170lbs of dry. 40lbs of live. And 200lbs of live sand. But I got lucky and found to huge 65 lb pieces to build off of. Lol.

 

[Jlsardina]

I already have 100 lbs of live rock moving over. Thinking about picking up some rock from the leftover bridgework on the island. Lol

 

[Sleeperr34]

Well free rock is always good. Lol.