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so i've had a 29 gallon setup for a little over a year now. a few weeks ago i finished my upgrade.

i was originally planning to have the tank in the middle of an alcove with a bay window but seeing how it would be in direct sunlight, i decided to swap it with my old tank which was in the living room.

the tank is 36" x 36" x 13" and made of 1/2" thick glass. The display comes out to around 70 gallons. i've got around 50lbs of aquacultured fiji live rock and about 40lbs of sand. the sand isn't more than half an inch deep. There is a single drain in the middle of the tank which empties into a filter sock.

the sump is a 20 gallon long tank (about half full). so i figure total system volume is about 80 gallons. the sump contains an aquaC remora skimmer (from my 29 gallon, underpowered, i know) and cheato (still need to get a fuge light). i plan on running carbon or chemipure. i've got a big thing of carbon but i can't seem to find my filter bags. the return pump is a mag 7 (with nylon screws) and it goes to a u-tube over the side of the tank (only side with minimal bracing). i've also got a jbj auto top off unit on the sump.

the light is a PFO 250w hqi running the phoenix 14k. i love the color. i'm using a 4 stage ro/di unit for water.

i only have 1 year of school left before residency (hopefully pediatric dentistry) so i was originally thinking of setting up this tank for a tank bred epaulette shark from tropicorium but thought better of it. even though i think it'd be fine in the tank for a year, buying a shark is kind of like buying a dog. i'd want to ship him to wherever i move to. so in the end this turned out to be a reef.

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my old 29 gallon tank

here are some pics of my old tank
 

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leak testing the new tank

random pics whenever i remembered to take them
 

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more set up pics

just wanted to make sure everything works and the set up would be suitable. i was trying to get the drain to be quiet. also, some pics of making the water right before the change
 

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at last some pics of the almost final set up

like i said in the first post, there are still a few things that need to be done but this is pretty much it
 

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more pics

last pics
 

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noodleman, where you going to school? congrats btw. if you ever need any help/advice, let me know.

h20freak, they get along fine. the clowns stay in their anemone and the damsel swims everywhere else

note: the tank isn't really as blue as the pics show. i think the video is probably a better representation of the color
 

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Dude...you have my tank!!! Lol, for the past 2 weeks I've been designing my dream tank, that pretty much looks exactly like yours...(well I didn't think I should put the pipe in the middle, was going to go for a corner, but yours looks neato).

That looks really nice, good to know I'm not crazy thinking anems and cool fish and other corals wont be pretty/display worthy in a shallow tank. I like being able to stand over it and see what's going on, without also having to bend like you do in some nice LFS's

Did you order the tank from somewhere already built/plumbed or did you make it (especially with the minimal bracing)
 

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