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hey guys welcome back to another video i am troy i'm alec i'm gwen and together we make up the sickle grows today i'm going to be unboxing my brand new custom aquarium we're really excited to get this project started and let's dive right in [Music] so my new custom aquarium was delivered last week and i cannot wait to get this unboxed and down to my basement if you've been following along with the channel you know i've had this planned for many months not only the fish that are going to go in this tank but also the setup and the tank itself this tank will be going into my basement which is on the same corner next to my 180 gallon acrylic tank i'm really excited for this custom aquarium and seeing all this planning come together i had to get a custom aquarium after quinn and i toured the custom aquariums facility last year and got to see up close the level of detail and the quality of these tanks as they're being made all the way from the glass cutting to the silicone itself is all top quality and also one thing we noticed was the level of packaging that they have for each of these tanks to ensure nothing goes wrong with a delivery i absolutely cannot wait to get this tank on box so let's get to it [Music] all right there she is wow what a beaut okay so up top we have the stand which has the sun in it and then down below is the tank which is 150 gallons it looks like the tank came on a foam pad which will also go on the stand when it's down and set up one thing we've always noticed with custom aquariums is that they box this very well so that there's no issues in shipping it does take quite a bit of time to unbox but it's definitely worth it [Music] doing great work rob quinn as usual
doing nothing what would you say you do here got the screwdriver quinn who is this for those of you that have been following along you might recognize cichlid brother-in-law rob here he was in our video setting up billy donovan's custom 180 gallon aquarium so uh rod does good leg work for us and also we'll film a little bit so thanks rob i'm gonna hire a gun today so the tank and stand look great from first inspection just gotta get this completely unboxed and then the hard part is gonna be putting this down into my basement and down the stairwell which is never a fun thing at my house all right so here's the stand and the sump this is the seamless sump from custom aquariums i'm really excited to finally have one of these and try it out there's alec being a creep back there all right some of the plumbing stealth box and more hosing so we'll get all that down and then the stand and then unbox the tank itself filter media [Music] the muscle of the organization i think you say that every time alex you talk about me yeah i would go all the way into the kitchen and then we can stand it upwards and then get it done it's gonna be a real tight one let me get both hands under here [Music]
i'm glad i joined [Music] you want to explain uh the silicone of this tank yeah so when we toured the custom aquarius factory uh it was pretty cool because we saw from start to finish how these awesome aquariums are made um so they use a really uh high density black silicone for all of the corners here and the edges and you can see at the bottom here it's really thick so they purposely make that as thick as possible because that's where obviously all the weight is sitting and it doesn't really matter that it's all thick and not very aesthetic because we'll be covered by the substrate if you would request for a bare bottom tank they would not make it as thick there it would be cleaner like you would see on the corners here probably the most important thing with the tank is you don't want any seals to break so that's why there's a lifetime warranty for these absolutely yeah so this is about as quality as it gets in terms of aquariums the other thing i love is that this aluminum brace can come off temporarily so if you ever have a huge piece of driftwood or decor you could actually remove that and then put it back on before you fill the tank it might be coming in use whenever i set up the tank we will have to see also we got the glass lids that are very high quality thick lids um that look very good on the tank so we'll take those out before we move the tank obviously the glass they use is ultra clear low iron glass which makes it even more crystal clear uh the makes your aquarium even more aesthetically pleasing so that's what i got for the front panel i believe the other panels are just normal low iron glass yeah and you can see the
black the back panel is black glass there so we don't need to use one of those flimsy backgrounds or anything like that so um already painted and you can see the pre-drilled holes which are cleanly cut and we've actually seen those made and it's a pretty cool process yep yep okay now good this is the full mat that comes with custom aquarium to keep the lifetime warranty you have to have the foam at here it's crucial for making sure we have a level surface and it's even on the stand okay so we got the custom aquarium in place it was not fun getting it down here in the basement um but we have it off the wall just a bit as we're gonna be setting up the seamless sump and then gluing some of the plumbing in place before we move it back so the tank is 150 gallons it is five foot long by two feet deep and two feet tall and it's basically the same dimensions as my 180 here just a foot shorter although the tank does actually look bigger in person than i was expecting it almost looks bigger than the 180 for some reason but overall just can't be happier with the overall quality of the tank the glass looks awesome the tank the stand everything the seamless sump is going to be one of the more exciting parts of this tank i can't wait to set it all up
and get it put together so you'll have to go ahead and hit that subscribe button so you don't miss the future update hopefully we'll get that video out in the next couple days so to be continued uh are we doing it or what what we're saying i don't know so we're doing the dang thing or what so we put the sand in or what [Music] you
