你们中有些人可能已经阅读了我最近的帖子决定何时重新启动。对我来说，现在是时候了。我的家人预计几个月后的另一个孩子的到来，所以房子周围有一些东西来腾出空间。
The first thing on the chopping block was my basement sump. I needed to free up the storage in the small unfinished space. Long story short, freeing up storage space would allow us to move a客房
to the basement and free up a bedroom upstairs for the new arrival.
当面对将我的礁石重新定为传统的“在看台上”污水池并考虑到玻璃坦克的年龄的想法时，我认为现在是重建的最佳时机。这将是一个机会，可以改变我学到的东西并改变我本来会做的不同的事情。我认为我会与我的礁石朋友分享旅程。有了一个新婴儿，时间表很紧。目标是在到期日之前设置所有设置。
Step one was ordering the tank and aquarium furniture：我已经知道那里没有标准坦克适合我的愿望清单。我目前的坦克是180加仑，所以我知道我希望新坦克至少相同或更大。这大大缩短了标准储罐尺寸的列表。
我绝对讨厌的一件事是双角溢出！他们占据了很多房地产，看起来很糟糕，并且很烦人，彼此相对的彼此相反。那把我带到了深海水生（DSA）坦克线。我注意到他们有一个225加仑坦克带有一个溢出，用3条排水管和2个回报钻探。坦克似乎与我想要的非常合适。它比我目前的坦克大一点，为我提供了更多的数量和房地产。但是我确实有一些我想要的东西。
首先，我不喜欢溢出很难靠在中央后墙。我希望单个溢出位于左后角，我可以轻松地访问它。我还更喜欢平滑的丙烯酸溢出而不是它们使用的标准粗腹部（在丙烯酸溢出上卸下珊瑚碱更容易）。
最后，我想让黑色硅胶透明。在纯礁,我们与DSA建造225请求with my changes in mind. The hope was that turnaround time on the tank would be reasonable if I customized a standard tank size, versus going with a non-standard size. I’ve seen some examples of DSA’s work, and even owned a smaller tank of theirs for a while. I feel confident they will do a top notch job.
第二步是支架和树冠：我决定做一个很好的组合Aquariumwoodproducts.com。I made some requests here as well. They offered the option of a side door, which I opted for on the left where the overflow will reside. The side door will make plumbing less of a neck ache! I also decided to go with a 15″ canopy. I typically go with open top systems and hanging lights. I like the ease of access and the added benefit of heat dissipation. However, I couldn’t ignore the glare of the bright lights hitting my young daughter’s eyes. And with kid #2 on the way, this will be a duplicate issue. So, canopy it is… One side benefit to the canopy is the ability to mix and match different lighting without making it look ugly. I like to tinker and experiment with lighting, so this will be a bonus.
Next up is Phase 2, planning out the filtration and lighting!以及等待水族馆到达的耐心。希望一切都按预期到达。
