reefermike
New Member
well guys its time to start something new. I miss my nano, so i decided to start something back up again. Going to go all out on this one. Going to be stocked with mainly LPS, some softies, zoos, mushrooms and rics.
The tank is a 20 gallon cube. Roughly 17" x17"x 17", I have drilled 3 holes on the bottem (2 drain, 1 return) The drain holes are 1.5" and i used male and female pvc coupling to make the bulkheads (Only one drain will be in use, the other is a back up. More on that when i get the plumbing done) The return is a 1" bulkhead that i had sitting around. I have some Smoked acrylic that im going to be making the overflow walls with. I was planning on painting them with krylon fusion to make them black. This should be fine correct? I have seen people use krylon on things that go into their tanks.
Lighting Is the Clip on coralife 150 watt, with a 14000k Phenix bulb. The fixture is pretty much the reason a tank is being born. I bought it because one of the adjusting points cracked and the person was selling for $120 with the new bulb. Brought it home and fixed it right away
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Sump will either be a replica tank of the display that i will section off into skimmer compartment, Fuge, and Return. The other option is acrylic as i have a 4 x8 sheet of 1/4" in the garage, just dont have the weld on for it.
My skimmer options are as such, DIY skimmer using and old berlin skimmer (chop it up)... my idea with this is to mesh mod a maxi jet 1200 or 2 900's and build the skimmer in the form of a BK mini. If this route does not work then most likely a Remora nano or Remora will be the skimmer. Maybe even a coralife 65 might do ( well see)
As for water movement and return, i have not as of yet decided on a return pump. I have a pump that does 650 gph at 0 head and the distance from the pump to tank will probally be around 3 feet or so. Of course i can always put a valve to regulate flow. My other idea concerning this is to tee off my return and feed my Fuge with some of the return water. The return will run into a SWCD that will sit in my overflow as i dont want to many holes in the bottom of the tank. My idea with this is to have 4 out lets into the main tank, 2 on the right and 2 on the left.
Im going to be building the stand shortly and hopefully get the plumbing done soon after.
Sorry about the long read. I just want to get everything down this time and make this set up a great one. PLease comment on my plans or pitch in your input and advice concerning any of the aspects of this to be set up.
And of course.... pictures
The tank is a 20 gallon cube. Roughly 17" x17"x 17", I have drilled 3 holes on the bottem (2 drain, 1 return) The drain holes are 1.5" and i used male and female pvc coupling to make the bulkheads (Only one drain will be in use, the other is a back up. More on that when i get the plumbing done) The return is a 1" bulkhead that i had sitting around. I have some Smoked acrylic that im going to be making the overflow walls with. I was planning on painting them with krylon fusion to make them black. This should be fine correct? I have seen people use krylon on things that go into their tanks.
Lighting Is the Clip on coralife 150 watt, with a 14000k Phenix bulb. The fixture is pretty much the reason a tank is being born. I bought it because one of the adjusting points cracked and the person was selling for $120 with the new bulb. Brought it home and fixed it right away
. Sump will either be a replica tank of the display that i will section off into skimmer compartment, Fuge, and Return. The other option is acrylic as i have a 4 x8 sheet of 1/4" in the garage, just dont have the weld on for it.
My skimmer options are as such, DIY skimmer using and old berlin skimmer (chop it up)... my idea with this is to mesh mod a maxi jet 1200 or 2 900's and build the skimmer in the form of a BK mini. If this route does not work then most likely a Remora nano or Remora will be the skimmer. Maybe even a coralife 65 might do ( well see)
As for water movement and return, i have not as of yet decided on a return pump. I have a pump that does 650 gph at 0 head and the distance from the pump to tank will probally be around 3 feet or so. Of course i can always put a valve to regulate flow. My other idea concerning this is to tee off my return and feed my Fuge with some of the return water. The return will run into a SWCD that will sit in my overflow as i dont want to many holes in the bottom of the tank. My idea with this is to have 4 out lets into the main tank, 2 on the right and 2 on the left.
Im going to be building the stand shortly and hopefully get the plumbing done soon after.
Sorry about the long read. I just want to get everything down this time and make this set up a great one. PLease comment on my plans or pitch in your input and advice concerning any of the aspects of this to be set up.
And of course.... pictures
