Wills 150 - in progress + pics

Hey all just wanted to share my 150/build i have been around this site for some time but have not had much to show. Until now that is total tank volume is around 230/250 gallons the sumps are consisted of 2 rubber made tubs located in my basement. ReeFlo Barracuda 4300gph is the power house of this system, tank is a AGA 150 sand bed 3 bags of crushed coral i have 150 pounds of dried live rock that was ordered from bulk reef supply most of it being reef saver the rest is figi.
Things i have yet to purchase...
Lighting x3 - LumenArc III Mini reflectors / USHIO 250w 14,000K / Lumatek 250W Metal Halide Electronic Ballast
Vho - 2x 60' Super Actinic R VHO Fluorescents/ ballast ? ice cap 660 maybe.
Skimmer - Super Reef Octopus 5000
Controller - Neptune Apex
Power heads x2 - Ecotech Vortech MP 40s


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 Yes but only fresh, until i am able to afford lights and all the rest ill hold off on the salt.

 

lol nope softener salt would not be a good choice for a reef tank but if it was id have plenty. That really would be a nice setup but 1400.00 is a little high for me. I might consider the 3 ballasts shoot me a PM with the price.

 

A few more pics
 6 stage ro/di
 
Tank with all the rock 

Carbon/GFO reactor

drain pipes

 

Thanks all, i am really happy with the stand and canopy as well i was told it
was built by a carpenter up in Wisconsin he took a lot of time putting
it together some of it was carved by hand just glad i ended up with it.
Dementions of the tank are 72x 18x 29
few more pics
left side plumbing

right side plumbing

back into the wall

inside the wall and going down

 

no problem i am still interested in the ballasts but its going to be many weeks until i am able to purchase the lighting equipment. i did hear that the lumen bright fixtures are top of the line even more so then the lumenarcs wish my tank was a little wider not only to house those type of fixtures but also for stacking rocks.

 

Thank you very much, i did not a carpenter from wisconsin built both the stand and canopy. The plumbing was a major task it took me and two of my friends 3 nights to complete the drain lines and the return line. Drain lines are both 1 1/2" pvc the return is 1 1/2" from the pump until it meets the wall in the basement from there to the tank it gets reduced to 1" then 3/4".

 

Fish rooms make things so much easier with my 75gal everything is crammed in and its hard to empty the skimmer, change carbon and do a simple water change. With the basement build i am able to work all around and get to things so much faster its a must have i think.

 

I replaced the 100 pounds of BRS reef saver rocks with a 100 pounds of BRS Dry Figi rocks and this is what me and my buddy mike came up with.