some pics of my 300g---still pretty new, not much for corals yet

Here's some pics of my 300g acrylic tank, it has dual back corner overflows, it measures 8'Lx30"Dx24"H. I haven't finished the stand or the canopy yet, I just got my lights, so I had to wait on the canopy till I got them, and as for the stand.....just me being lazy I guess

Here's a few more pics

I have about 10 small mushrooms, 10 small zoo's, and a frog spawn, that's it so far....many more to come

For fish I have a regal tang, a kole tang, a purple tang(has slight HLLE, had it when I got him, slowly clearing up), an orange shoulder tang, a foxface, 2 maroon clowns(white stripe and gold stripe), both living in a BTA, and a pair of ocellaris clowns.

I also have 2 peppermint shrimp, 2 cleaner shrimp, 2 sally lightfoot crabs, 3 emerald crabs, and a ton of snails and blue leg hermits, a few small feather dusters, and one large one, and probably a ton more lifeforms that I failed to mention.

Wow! Great start!

I love the size.. Great looking rock too.

can you take more picts of your stand and equipment. i'm trying to get an idea on how to build my stand for the 300. thinking i might have to go with 4x4's??? casue i would like the front of the stand to be open 4 feet so i can put my 80 there

So much room!!!! I wouldn't be able to fill all of that!! How many different species are you hoping to fit in this monster??

Thanks all...

I will take some more pics of the stand(keep in mind that by no means am I an expert on building aquarium stands). I used 2x6's and 2x4's. I believe I used about 10-2x6's, and about 20-2x4's(give or take a couple). I searched around on the internet, and to have one professionally made would cost about $1500+, so needless to say, I went the much cheaper way. I have not had any issues with the stand, it's been full and running now for about 3-4 months. I still haven't finished the outside of the stand, it's still just the framework as I wanted to keep it like a skeleton for the first few months so I could make sure everything was running/setup right, with no leaks or problems. Had a few small leaks(my error of course) in the plumbing, but caught early and resolved with minimal water loss. I guess it's about time to finish off the stand.

To answer your question burgerking, I want as many different species of corals as I can get.

Also, if you search around on the net(monster fish keepers I believe), I found a guy who built a stand for a 300g tank, only he used alot less bracing then I did. So basically, I took his design, and added to it with extra bracing, and alot more 2x4's.

Nice looking tank Acrylic! Is that a kole tang (with a shrimp cleaning it) in the picture above?

Matt

Hey,

Yes it is a Kole tang being cleaned by a shrimp. Now that I look at the pic, he looks a little pale in that pic.....not sure why, he's actually pretty dark.

300gallonacrylic wrote:Hey,

Yes it is a Kole tang being cleaned by a shrimp. Now that I look at the pic, he looks a little pale in that pic.....not sure why, he's actually pretty dark.

He is a little pale in the pic, but he looks great none the less. The Kole is one of my personal favourites!

i think a big ol' toadstool would look nice in there

its a sweet set up

Here are some pics of the stand and how I built it....it's hard to get good shots as everything's set up and there's wires and crap everywhere.

looks good