dragoneggs
Well-known member
Happy New Year fellow reefers!
For those of you who followed my previous thread titled, "Help with island tank design" it is found at http://www.reeffrontiers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=14874
Here I will present the installation phase of the project. I started this project last April and have been taking my time, saving my money (lots), and reading and learning all I could about reef tanks.
First I must thank Jason at Clear Fabrications (a forum sponsor) for all of his knowledge he has imparted on me, not to mention the world class aquarium he designed and built for me.
Some details of the tank and then lots of pictures. It is 3/4in all polycast acrylic tank with center overflow and located for four sided viewing. Dimensions are 54in by 36in by 30in. It is designed with a sump directly under the tank inside the stand. There is one main pump for sump/filtration and four additional pumps for the closed loops. For details of the stand and canopy please visit my link above.
I think when I last posted to the forum... somewhat out of frustration a few months ago showed off my beautiful home built solid mahogany stand posing as a plant stand and cat house!
Well, things have been happening quite fast over the past week. I have pulled a few close to all nighters setting this bad boy up so enjoy the photos and feel free to comment and ask questions!
Here Jason and I are loading the tank into my truck at Clear Fabrications... Jason has a very nice shop and I very much enjoyed the design and build phase and especially working with him. I finally get to bring it home... it is pretty darn heavy. I can't imagine a glass version.
Here we are positioning the tank on the stand. I think pulled something!
Okay, we didn't waste anytime and got busy drilling the tank and stand for the CL bulkheads. 12 holes in all for the four intakes and eight returns.
For those of you who followed my previous thread titled, "Help with island tank design" it is found at http://www.reeffrontiers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=14874
Here I will present the installation phase of the project. I started this project last April and have been taking my time, saving my money (lots), and reading and learning all I could about reef tanks.
First I must thank Jason at Clear Fabrications (a forum sponsor) for all of his knowledge he has imparted on me, not to mention the world class aquarium he designed and built for me.
Some details of the tank and then lots of pictures. It is 3/4in all polycast acrylic tank with center overflow and located for four sided viewing. Dimensions are 54in by 36in by 30in. It is designed with a sump directly under the tank inside the stand. There is one main pump for sump/filtration and four additional pumps for the closed loops. For details of the stand and canopy please visit my link above.
I think when I last posted to the forum... somewhat out of frustration a few months ago showed off my beautiful home built solid mahogany stand posing as a plant stand and cat house!
Well, things have been happening quite fast over the past week. I have pulled a few close to all nighters setting this bad boy up so enjoy the photos and feel free to comment and ask questions!
Here Jason and I are loading the tank into my truck at Clear Fabrications... Jason has a very nice shop and I very much enjoyed the design and build phase and especially working with him. I finally get to bring it home... it is pretty darn heavy. I can't imagine a glass version.
Here we are positioning the tank on the stand. I think pulled something!
Okay, we didn't waste anytime and got busy drilling the tank and stand for the CL bulkheads. 12 holes in all for the four intakes and eight returns.
