Butch"s 210 Build

[chewal]

Well I have outgrown my 125 and have started to go a little bigger to a 210 Just had to get this off my bucket list I wanted to get a 8 ft tank but had no luck in finding one So I picked up a 210 The goal is to get it running by Christmas. So here is where I am at right now I have never done a build thread so bear with me
Step one the TankView attachment 14270

 

[chewal]

Step two the standView attachment 14271

 

[anarchy]

Good luck with the upgrade. That's a pretty quick turnaround

 

[chewal]

View attachment 14272Step three the build

 

[chewal]

View attachment 14273Its coming along I would not be this far if it wasn't for the help of SirJayjerk and The Goon Madjoe Cant say enough about these 2 guys

 

[chewal]

Best part of this build is that I will have a ton of space under the thank for all the toys I will be running a calcium reactor as soon as I find the one I want I already have most of the toys I need from the 125. It will be t-5 lighting And I haven't decided what I am going to do for the flow yet This is going to be a 210 gallon money pit and SPS dominant tank I just have to keep telling the wife that the corals were only 10.00 each

 

[jrpark22000]

Cant wait to see the next steps. Telling the wife $10 only goes so far... Been telling my wife anything new is only $12 for years, I think she's only belived me once or twice. hahahahahaha

 

[chewal]

The trick is to take here with you when you 5 or 10 frags then you get what you want and tell her that you traded them

 

[madjoe]

View attachment 14273Its coming along I would not be this far if it wasn't for the help of SirJayjerk and The Goon Madjoe Cant say enough about these 2 guys

Look great man but jerk has done all the work and im sorry about that obviously have my own moving going on . Btw i still have bunch of that rock left if u need it its all dry i never got around to cleaning it or cycleing it

 

[chewal]

Relax Joe your day is near lol

 

[maidia]

All looking good ��

 

[chewal]

This is starting to look pretty good with the holidays time is scarceView attachment 14519

 

[chewal]

slow but need to be patientView attachment 14520

 

[chewal]

View attachment 14521Who says kids are useless

 

[chewal]

View attachment 14522 Well we got the stand skinned and it really looks great Thanks to Jayjerk

 

[chewal]

Moving along finished up the plumbing today Have to keep it neat I am going to move the manifold from the 125 as soon as the thank is runningView attachment 14523

 

[chewal]

At Last the tank is getting wet The R/O unit has been running for the last 24 hrs and I have about 6 inches of waterView attachment 14524

 

[chewal]

This tank is going to be running T-5s with led strips Geo calcium reactor 4 Jabeo rw 20s for a little flow and an dc12000 for a return pump skimmer is a escopps S300 come skimmer I will also be using my reefkeeper for now until I get a apex Must say that this is a lot of fun to build and when finished I can cross it off my bucket list

 

[jrpark22000]

oh yeah! keep the updates coming!

 

[anarchy]

Following along for ideas