I was trying to hold off on starting this thread until I at least had the sump but I'm getting too excited and wanted to start it now!
My new tank is being built by Precision Aquariums and will be 80x36x24 peninsula style with internal coast to coast overflow. The 3 viewing sides will be starphire and it will have the mitered corners. They are also making the stand to go with it which will be around 40" tall.
Advanced Acrylic is making my sump (55x24x16) and another small tank(24x15x20) that will be used as a chaeto/frag/couple small fish for the kids tank.
Here are a few pics of the tank being built:
The sketch
Coming together
Mitered corner
And here are some quick mockups I made of the sump and fuge
Sump
Fuge
The #1 goal for this tank is to make things easier than my current tank. I am going to be pumping rodi and dosing alk/calc from the garage and also doing auto water changes every night also from the garage. This means less hassle than carrying heavy containers of rodi into the house and rigging up my water change hoses, so maintenance will be less of a chore. I alrady have two 55 gallon containers in the garage for my rodi/sw.
My new tank is being built by Precision Aquariums and will be 80x36x24 peninsula style with internal coast to coast overflow. The 3 viewing sides will be starphire and it will have the mitered corners. They are also making the stand to go with it which will be around 40" tall.
Advanced Acrylic is making my sump (55x24x16) and another small tank(24x15x20) that will be used as a chaeto/frag/couple small fish for the kids tank.
Here are a few pics of the tank being built:
The sketch
Coming together
Mitered corner
And here are some quick mockups I made of the sump and fuge
Sump
Fuge
The #1 goal for this tank is to make things easier than my current tank. I am going to be pumping rodi and dosing alk/calc from the garage and also doing auto water changes every night also from the garage. This means less hassle than carrying heavy containers of rodi into the house and rigging up my water change hoses, so maintenance will be less of a chore. I alrady have two 55 gallon containers in the garage for my rodi/sw.