The 10-Foot Build
The largest tank we have ever attempted: a ten-foot acrylic display on its own sump, and the new centerpiece of the fish room. To make space, most of the other tanks moved out of the room entirely, leaving it to the lab, the plants, and the ten-footer. Across the whole house the water volume now passes 850 gallons, run as independent systems. This diary documents the whole thing, start to finish, nothing skipped.
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The Waterbox Comes Down
Teardown day for the 180.5: one last look at years of growth, every colony out by hand, the water down to the sand, and the whole reef settled into temporary quarters by nightfall.
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Clearing the Sanctum
The harder half of the move: emptying the main display into temporary housing. A cleaned-out stock tank, a DIY lid, a light over it, and corals out of water on fill day.
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Moving the 40s
The two 40 gallon grow-outs come off the main display's plumbing and onto a sump of their own. A from-scratch sump build, move day, and getting them stable again.
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The Plan: Why Ten Feet
The fish room is being rebuilt around a new ten-foot acrylic display. Here is the thinking behind the biggest tank we have ever run and what it has to accomplish.
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