125g Build

[Turbosnail]

Hey everybody. So I thought my 90g was leaking(bulkhead was cracked instead) and had the opportunity to upgrade to a 125g. My landlord gave me permission to put pipes through the floor for a basement sump also so I decided to do a build thread.

First off I built the stand. I made it out of 4x4s and 2x4s and skinned it with luan plywood.

 

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Tank drilling

Next I drilled the holes for the Bean overflow. I drilled to one end so I could get to the plumbing later if I needed and I wanted to be able to reach the gate valve for the full siphon drain.

 

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Overflow

Next I made and installed the overflow box. I made it out of glass. I thought it looked nice. I went with a 3' box instead of the coast to coast.

 

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Next I brought the new tank in the house and plumbed it to the basement.

 

[arch85]

damn! looking nice man!!

 

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Canopy

Next I made the canopy. I used 2x3s and skinned it with luan again.

 

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Last night I put the lights in the canopy and put dry sand and dry rock in it.

 

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Here is a pic of my temp tank in the basement. I will try to keep the progression going.

 

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damn! looking nice man!!

Thanks it is coming along I am going to start putting water in it tonight.

 

[Flame Angel]

Nice! All in one day...kidding.

when you’re done I will leave the wood in the driveway for you to get started on mine.

 

[Turbosnail]

Nice! All in one day...kidding.

when you’re done I will leave the wood in the driveway for you to get started on mine.

Thanks I started like a month ago. I wish I could have done it all in one day.

 

[jamesdong009]

Wow Chris! Great job on everything.

Definitely digging the rock work. Are you keeping it like that?

Do you have an airline for the bean setup?

 

[jfourn83]

Looks great is the 90 in the basement gonna be a refugium??? What size sump are u gonna use?? And 1 that bothers me is the oak trim on the tank I'd try to paint it

 

[Turbosnail]

Wow Chris! Great job on everything.

Definitely digging the rock work. Are you keeping it like that?

Do you have an airline for the bean setup?

Thanks Anthony. I had not drilled the hole for it yet when I took pics.

 

[Turbosnail]

Looks great is the 90 in the basement gonna be a refugium??? What size sump are u gonna use?? And 1 that bothers me is the oak trim on the tank I'd try to paint it

I have not decided on the sump yet. I was going to use the 90 but I'm not sure. I am having some physical issues and I am trying to keep everything to a certain height to make it easier to work on. I was thinking of getting a couple of 40b and doing a refugium, sump and remote deep sand bed(I kept the sand in the DT shallow). There was somebody recently that was getting rid of 8 of the 40b but he never got back to me. Yes I hate the oak trim I meant to paint it before I brought it in. I will take care of it tonight.

 

[jfourn83]

If it was me I'd make the 90 a macro seagrass tank and slow the flow down and add some ponys and grab a 40 breeder for the sump and tie both tanks into the sump lol

 

[gonorth16]

Love the rock work!! Thats going to look sweet when full of corals

 

[jayinh]

nice, i love all the pics. i think your rockscape is totally rad

 

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Thanks a lot everybody!