Wanting to get back into the hobby...

oONightFireOo · 10/17/2020, 03:18 PM

Hi, All...

I used to have a 150-gallon reef years back and enjoyed almost every minute of it. I moved, and due to having to wait on the construction of the new house, I sold the setup.

That was a long time ago (probably about 15 years ago at this point), but I have been wanting to get back into the hobby again ((really badly!!)).

I am wondering if there are any suggestions on where I could find a nice setup (while hoping to avoid having to pay a fortune for it) - especially now that we are living in times of COVID. The local stores that I used to go to have all closed, so I don't really have any local options at the moment.

Lastly - I'm trying to find information on floor support. With the 150, I had a crawl space with a wood frame and ended up adding additional support under the house to hold the weight. Now I live in a house with a fairly large "crawl space" (with about 10' floor to ceiling), but the entire house is built with a metal frame. I'm trying to get an idea for how large a tank I could have, without having additional floor supports installed. Any ideas?

Any help/advice/recommendations would be very much appreciated.
~Kevin

Vinny Kreyling · 10/17/2020, 04:47 PM

The For Sale section here does have both tanks & full set ups for sale.
The other reef site does too. Metal wall studs I know of but the flooring???
Can you contact the builder?

10/17/2020, 03:18 PM	#1
oONightFireOo Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: North Carolina Posts: 56	Wanting to get back into the hobby... Hi, All... I used to have a 150-gallon reef years back and enjoyed almost every minute of it. I moved, and due to having to wait on the construction of the new house, I sold the setup. That was a long time ago (probably about 15 years ago at this point), but I have been wanting to get back into the hobby again ((really badly!!)). I am wondering if there are any suggestions on where I could find a nice setup (while hoping to avoid having to pay a fortune for it) - especially now that we are living in times of COVID. The local stores that I used to go to have all closed, so I don't really have any local options at the moment. Lastly - I'm trying to find information on floor support. With the 150, I had a crawl space with a wood frame and ended up adding additional support under the house to hold the weight. Now I live in a house with a fairly large "crawl space" (with about 10' floor to ceiling), but the entire house is built with a metal frame. I'm trying to get an idea for how large a tank I could have, without having additional floor supports installed. Any ideas? Any help/advice/recommendations would be very much appreciated. ~Kevin __________________ ~~~~~~~~ ~~oONightFireOo~~ ~~~~~~~~ Current Tank Info: 120 Gallon Reef/Fish Tank w/ 20 Gallon Sump. 625 MH Lighting System, 1290 gph pump located in Sump.

10/17/2020, 04:47 PM	#2
Vinny Kreyling Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Miller Place, NY Posts: 7,206	The For Sale section here does have both tanks & full set ups for sale. The other reef site does too. Metal wall studs I know of but the flooring??? Can you contact the builder? __________________ 250 gallon mixed reef, 2 Reefbreeder's Photon V 2, Deepwater BLDC 12, DAS EX-3 Skimmer, MTC mini cal, 2-3/4" Sea Swirls, Aquacontroller & 6 Tunze pumps.