Bananaboats 225 custom

[BananaBoat]

the display is a custom 225gal all sides ultrawhite low iron glass 96Lx30Wx18T custom 1/2" glass bracing built by me/lil brother/redneck reef clear mesh screens ( thanks to jimflies) room divider style stand viewable from 3sides hanging pendent/canopy for lights

Skimmer---ATI Bubblemaster 250
Lighting--- 4- 36" T-5 aquablue geismann bulbs on workhorse 5 ballast
2-250watt MH HQI phoneix bulbs in lumenmax pendents with icecap ballast
powerheads-- 2- Tunze 6100s

100gallon sump/fuge 72Lx18Wx18T

return pump--Mag 12

Fish List ( Living in my 120 coral tank 96Lx24Wx12T for now)
13" Unicorn Tang
9" Vlamingi Tang
8" Yellow Belly Hippo Tang
4" Yellow Tang
4" Mimic Tang
6" Stars & Stripes Puffer
4-5" Harlquin Tusk
2-green chromis

im thinking Fish only for now gonna do coral in a smaller tank for now will post pics latter jim

[BananaBoat]

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well i decided it time to start building my new display after amost a year of just a fragtank here are a few pics of the start the tank will be finished with 1/2in euro brace custom cut and design its 96Lx30Wx18T ive built alot of people tanks now i built one ive always wanted

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drilled to holes for 1.5" Bulkheads

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[BananaBoat]

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[BananaBoat]

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kitchen view

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[BananaBoat]

the braces are all 1/2in ultrawhite glass 29"x6" both ends and middle inside 3"x30" both ends and middle top 3"x43" all around spent all day hand sanding to get a good fit
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still have to finish the screens

[BananaBoat]

stand is finished and stained natraul
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well i got the t-5 wired up lastnight thanks to rusty found out that the wires i ordered were not the ones i ordered the with male ends for my Ballast i recieved female ends witch are worthless so i had to cut up a grounded extension cord got the dry rock in the tank now cleaning all the dead crap off it







water test one week full
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[ryeguy28]

may I be the first to say

WOW THIS TANK IS SWEET

[BananaBoat]

may I be the first to say

WOW THIS TANK IS SWEET

Thanks alot :big_grin:


Well i finally found a 100gallon (72Lx18Wx18T)for my sump/fuge been looking for over 2 months will hopefully get the baffles cut and siliconed tommorow along with starting the plumbing picked up 400gallons of instant ocean salt from the Trop today would like to say thanks to the guys that helped me out

[Sir Patrick]

The natural finish on the stand/canopy look great on that wood!

[Fishgeek88]

Lookin good!

[BananaBoat]

well me and rusty got the t-5s to fire right today after a rewire stupid internet diagrams:big_grin: cut the glass for my sump baffles will be siliconeing that tomorrow i used 8mm glass its a bit much but i had some scraps in the fish room will post pics later

[ReeferRob]

The build of the stand is spectacular. Thanks for sharing, can't wait to see more!

[BananaBoat]

well i got the sump baffles siliconed in place stand made for the skimmer and plumbed will be water testing the plumbing this weekend hung the canopy

[Paulo]

Looking good. Was it hard to find glass and was it expensive?

[BananaBoat]

Looking good. Was it hard to find glass and was it expensive?

not to bad i used to work at a glass plant i cut it my self on break so the cost wasnt bad as it was out of scraps when plant make thick glass the size usally is 96x130 so if there a defect in it at 56" the whole piece goes to the crusher nothing wrong with the rest just that defect was larger than customers specs so my glass is defect free getting from a local glass shop would have cost a ton around here but you live in annarbor which is a larger market probly have bigger shops it might be cheaper

[BananaBoat]

some updated pics some updated pics im water testing the plumbing no leaks but the drain design isnt keeping up with the mag 12 and i let my cousin borrow the 9.5 i turned the T it keeps up now but is loud so i need to work on that a bit



note this is not the aqua scape just sat it in there to get it off the floor





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[ReeferRob]

I am soo jealous, that is one sick looking set up. Can't wait to see more!

Do plan on keeping the canopy elevated like that? Looks awesome, love the open top look with hovering lights.

Do you also plan to scape some rock up and out of the surface like that? Very unique, I like it a lot.

[BananaBoat]

I am soo jealous, that is one sick looking set up. Can't wait to see more!

Do plan on keeping the canopy elevated like that? Looks awesome, love the open top look with hovering lights.

Do you also plan to scape some rock up and out of the surface like that? Very unique, I like it a lot.

yes thats the way made it to be like a big pendent easy to get the fish in/out as for aquascape i dont know yet i built clearnet screens that fit into the glass trim to prevent fish sucicde

[BananaBoat]

well i just spent 6hrs cleaning the sand from my old 300gal and 2 buckets i got from townes tank is cloudy will try and get pics up tommorrow jim

[Sir Patrick]

Sweet!! Looking forward to it!

[BananaBoat]

few pics with rock and water

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[Sir Patrick]

Tank looks great!!!!

[MizTanks]

I'm totally impressed with your build BB~You've made it look like something I could do~NOT~lol~I'm gonna love watching this one!!!

[ReeferRob]

Looking good! Do you have any plans to maybe drill through some rock and have the PVC return come up through them to maybe hide the PVC?

[BananaBoat]

Looking good! Do you have any plans to maybe drill through some rock and have the PVC return come up through them to maybe hide the PVC?

no plans to hide it i thought about gluin some rubble rock on it if i drsin it again but probly noy my fragtanks pipes covered in coriline in about 6months

[BananaBoat]

I'm totally impressed with your build BB~You've made it look like something I could do~NOT~lol~I'm gonna love watching this one!!!

Thanks its really not that hard just gotta pratice on something smaller

[Fishgeek88]

Looks really good. Coming together nicely. Oh and I loved my ATI bubble master great skimmer

[BananaBoat]

well waiting on the tank to cycle thought i would post some pics of the fish

biggie
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stars&stripes puffer
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vlamingi & yellowtang
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yellow belly hippo hiding
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Harlquin Tusk(elway)
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[BananaBoat]

Some of the corals lights just came on

frowgspawn colony

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leathers and whats left of my zoas

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Rico rock with 40+ on it
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monti cap

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[ReeferRob]

Dude, I totally got to see this tank some time in person!!!
That ric rocks is dope as ****!
Nice update.

[BananaBoat]

Dude, I totally got to see this tank some time in person!!!
That ric rocks is dope as ****!
Nice update.

next time your gonna be down this way pm me ill give you my adress so you can swing by


Sould mention all fish and coral are in a 120 custom 96Lx24Wx12T with a 120gal sump/fuge 60x25x18 with a ati 250 skimmer tunze 6100s for flow all fed krill,mysis,brine & nori daily

[BananaBoat]

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[ardo_ski]

Man Beautiful tank! Love the Cabinet Work!

[BananaBoat]

Man Beautiful tank! Love the Cabinet Work!

thanks is all pine over 2x4s stained natrual

[BananaBoat]

almost forgot here is a list of the fish and planned future fish

FISH
14" unicorn tang
10" vlamingi tang
8" yellow belly hippo
5" yellow tang
5" mimic tang

copperband butterfly
maroon clownfish
percula clownfish
stars & stripes puffer
humahuma trigger
harliquin tusk
coral beauty angel
flame angel
1-green reef chromis( will be adding at least 5 more)


future fish to be added

flamehawk
fumanchu lion fish
sohal tang
mandrian goby
and one larger angel maybee queen,blueface,majastic nosure yet might not add these just thinking about it right now

[Mike]

Nice looking tank :) Love the tangs

[ReeferRob]

Looking very good in there. Lots of life swimming around. Can't believe there wasn't a single wrasse on that list, wow.

[BananaBoat]

Nice looking tank :) Love the tangs

thanks they are my favs i used to have more i lost my sohal,clown & orange shoulder when the 300gal cracked while i was at work :( my wife manage to save all these into to fraf tank and 100gal rubbermaid with the help of my friend frank

[BananaBoat]

Looking very good in there. Lots of life swimming around. Can't believe there wasn't a single wrasse on that list, wow.

as far as i new a Harlequin Tusk is a member of the wrasse family? but there are a few smaller fish i will add that are not on the lise royal gramma , sixline wrasse and such im not to concerned about the normal "reef safe" as long as they leave the ricrock alone fish as most of these guys eat hermits and shrimp including the larger tangs which have also eating a chromis or 2 when it got to close during feeding time

[ReeferRob]

as far as i new a Harlequin Tusk is a member of the wrasse family? but there are a few smaller fish i will add that are not on the lise royal gramma , sixline wrasse and such im not to concerned about the normal "reef safe" as long as they leave the ricrock alone fish as most of these guys eat hermits and shrimp including the larger tangs which have also eating a chromis or 2 when it got to close during feeding time

Ya, your right it is a wrasse. Wrasse make up the largest group in the ocean. I just always associate it with Trigger in my mind for some reason. Probably because of the teeth.

Must be nice to have some life swimming around in that huge tank now?!
How many sheets of Nori do you go through a week?

[BananaBoat]

Ya, your right it is a wrasse. Wrasse make up the largest group in the ocean. I just always associate it with Trigger in my mind for some reason. Probably because of the teeth.

Must be nice to have some life swimming around in that huge tank now?!
How many sheets of Nori do you go through a week?

7-14 depends on how much they want the big guy eats a sheet at a time but i buy it in 50packs from the asian market in ypsi
it nice to see the fish swimming around been waiting a long time i got a little ich outbreak right now not sure how or where it came from hoping everything goes good i hooked up a 36watt turbo twist uv tonight and started soaking the food in garlic there all eating good -the puffer he hasnt really ate good since i bought him

[BananaBoat]

also you should see the teeth on the tangs they look like pirhana teeth if i had a better camera i could get a pick of them

[ReeferRob]

Whoa buddy, were is the update?