Jesse's 40B with 20L sump

[Jesse_emel]

It has started. I picked up this 40 Breeder and a 20L at the PetCo at the $1 per gallon sale. I got the stand from another local reefer and gave it a fresh coat of paint.

I quickly ordered a overflow kit from glass-holes.com

Prepared the template per the instruction videos on the site...

Just add water and start drilling. Torque super light, speed super high

Once the hole it started they say to remove the template..but it makes it hard to keep the blade wet. Next time i'll keep it on.

Hole finished, just a minor chip on the back side. Next time more speed and water and should be cleaner.

Waiting for the drill to charge and will cut the 2 holes for the inlets. I'm attempting to make this super clean. Updates coming soon....

 

[Jesse_emel]

Battery all charged up..... preparing to do more drilling.... Choose my inlet locations.

Time to drill inlet hole #2

Results.... all 3 holes drilled in less than 30 minutes

 

[Jesse_emel]

Test fit the overflow and inlets...

This over flow is supposed to handle 700-750 gph.

 

[eww]

Nice work. We will follow along.

 

[Slate]

Looks sweet! Gotta love the petco sale. Did you notice if your petco happens to carry 40 gallon long tanks?

 

[Jesse_emel]

Nope i was all over the 40 breeders. I was pretty focused. I happened to step in the morning the sale started. Sorry you'll have to call or visit the one in Hayden and see. But i think the sale only applies to certain tanks they carry. i can never find the 30L.

 

[Slate]

Yeah, I may go with a 55gallon for the sump anyways. I was just looking for info in case the one here didn't have what I wanted. I am waiting to see my skimmer before i may a decision. I want to be able to remove the skimmer if need be without breaking anything is the grand plan.

What are you planning on keeping in this tank?

 

[Jesse_emel]

keeping? well now your thinking way to far down the road. But i was thinking sand, rock, corals and maybe some fish. LoL

 

[Slate]

lol, well I didn't know if you had a certain type of corals or anything you were doing with the tank. So I guess you are doing a little of whatever sounds good at the time.

 

[Jesse_emel]

Nice work. We will follow along.

thanks for your support!!

 

[Jesse_emel]

lol, well I didn't know if you had a certain type of corals or anything you were doing with the tank. So I guess you are doing a little of whatever sounds good at the time.

I'm a zoo fan but i want to start getting more into some sps and other things that's why I'm starting tank #2. So we'll see what time and money allows for.

 

[ntswift]

Good to see it getting up so quickly! Cant wait to see it up and running! Hopefully without all the problems I encountered! If you need any help just let me know!

 

[Jesse_emel]

Good to see it getting up so quickly! Cant wait to see it up and running! Hopefully without all the problems I encountered! If you need any help just let me know!

Thanks for the offer, so far so good I'm trying to be patient and think things through. I even think next i will paint the back of the tank black to hide the overflow and drill the sump for the in and out plumbing. all bulkheads and keep as much stuff outside the tanks as possible. trying to use the rule of KISS=Keep It Simple Stupid!

 

[Rothany]

I have a 40b also. Cant wait to see how this turns out

 

[ntswift]

Good idea! what are you putting on there for lighting again?

 

[Jesse_emel]

I'm working a deal for a T5 fixture

TEK LIGHT T-5, 36" Light
Fixture 6 x 39W lamps

but it's not secured yet so I'm still working on it.

 

[Xtremedave67]

wow this started out fun, gonna have to watch this one. after seeing rainydave's 40B he set up, Im thinking about one someday.

 

[Jesse_emel]

wow this started out fun, gonna have to watch this one. after seeing rainydave's 40B he set up, Im thinking about one someday.

Thanks and welcome aboard.... I'll be setting it up pretty fast I hope cause i have a vacation coming up and want it to cycle while i'm away.

 

[jake65]

good job Jesse, nice and clean, I like it

 

[Jesse_emel]

good job Jesse, nice and clean, I like it

Well i made it through day 1 of glass drilling with no mistakes (knocking on wood) tonight I'll be painting the back of the tank black and will try to better job of updating a build thread. I learn a little something with each build. I'm sure this will be no different.