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Well, like the tides or sunrise, it was inevitable and I caved to my impulses and started another tank. I decided to go with a low rent "ghetto" style, mostly made up of used parts, etc. This was both financially easier, and a whole lot of fun so far to put together.
It's a standard 20, corner drilled with a 3/4" drain on an iron stand. I'm using a rubbermaid tub for the sump, and found out the hard way that the sides are curved, which made putting the sump partitions in a nightmare. I've used four of them, three for the bubble trap and one on the pump side. There is a decent amount of space for a planned refugium. I have a used Mag5 for the 1/2" return. On both the drain and return I've got ball valves (thanks for the help Wazzel, muchos thankos amigo). The overflow was my first and likely last attempt at freehand cutting acrylic (yes Bingo, I know you said make a jig
). It's kinda rough looking but once it gets covered in corraline it will look fine.
I plan a DIY skirt for the bottom of the stand as this tank is in my bedroom so I'll need to do something or live with the 'fuge light being on reverse 24. Speaking of lighting, I have a Coralife 2 x 65watt fixture I got used, it has dual controls and four fans. I've got 50/50 10,000k/actinic lamps for it so the light should be adequate for most stuff I plan on keeping. Have eggcrate for the top, and a small raised wooden stand to keep the fixture up a bit.
Will need to pickup a new skimmer, I got the used Seaclone in the pics on a trade but it's too darn big and I hate the thought of HOB'ing it and cluttering the main tank. I see that the Tunze 9002 is coming out soon and that would do the trick nicely. I also have 60lbs of fine aragonite sand I got from a guy, new in the package(s) so that will be the substrate.
So far the cost has been $175 or so. I plan on using dead cheapo rock to build the structures I want and seed it with some good quality live rock. The planned stocking list is one (or a pair ifI can find them) of Yashia gobies+pistol shrimp as centerpiece fish. Coral must haves will be zoas, palys, rics and a few smaller frags of LPS to be determined.
Thanks to all of you who tried their damnest to get me to do this the "right" way :lol: but as most of you know I am totally bassackward when it comes to plumbing and hardware. Heck, I'm just happy it holds water :lol: . Feel free to post up in this thread as long as you're not too critical of my lack of finesse
It's a standard 20, corner drilled with a 3/4" drain on an iron stand. I'm using a rubbermaid tub for the sump, and found out the hard way that the sides are curved, which made putting the sump partitions in a nightmare. I've used four of them, three for the bubble trap and one on the pump side. There is a decent amount of space for a planned refugium. I have a used Mag5 for the 1/2" return. On both the drain and return I've got ball valves (thanks for the help Wazzel, muchos thankos amigo). The overflow was my first and likely last attempt at freehand cutting acrylic (yes Bingo, I know you said make a jig
). It's kinda rough looking but once it gets covered in corraline it will look fine.I plan a DIY skirt for the bottom of the stand as this tank is in my bedroom so I'll need to do something or live with the 'fuge light being on reverse 24. Speaking of lighting, I have a Coralife 2 x 65watt fixture I got used, it has dual controls and four fans. I've got 50/50 10,000k/actinic lamps for it so the light should be adequate for most stuff I plan on keeping. Have eggcrate for the top, and a small raised wooden stand to keep the fixture up a bit.
Will need to pickup a new skimmer, I got the used Seaclone in the pics on a trade but it's too darn big and I hate the thought of HOB'ing it and cluttering the main tank. I see that the Tunze 9002 is coming out soon and that would do the trick nicely. I also have 60lbs of fine aragonite sand I got from a guy, new in the package(s) so that will be the substrate.
So far the cost has been $175 or so. I plan on using dead cheapo rock to build the structures I want and seed it with some good quality live rock. The planned stocking list is one (or a pair ifI can find them) of Yashia gobies+pistol shrimp as centerpiece fish. Coral must haves will be zoas, palys, rics and a few smaller frags of LPS to be determined.
Thanks to all of you who tried their damnest to get me to do this the "right" way :lol: but as most of you know I am totally bassackward when it comes to plumbing and hardware. Heck, I'm just happy it holds water :lol: . Feel free to post up in this thread as long as you're not too critical of my lack of finesse
