With the price of acrylic sky rocketing due to Covid, when I made my DIY sump, I got the local glass company to make the baffles; cheaper and easier to attach. I haven't priced acrylic lately so maybe the price has dropped back down.
Chapter 3: 150g SCA Tank
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Yeh I know what you mean…sumps are stupid pricey for basically a plastic box with baffles
yup!
Glass is expensive too, if I do another DIY sump I'll probably cut up a cheap used tank to make the baffles.
I just picked up about 75lbs of dryrock. I didn't realize how many different types of rock there were.
Will be working on the rockscape sometime in the future.
I also really fell in like with naso tangs and have been reading, well watching videos, on them for the past few days. I found out Rit had a small blonde naso in stock (hidden away) and picked it up today. It'll be living in the frag tank until I get this one up and running
Will be working on the rockscape sometime in the future.
I also really fell in like with naso tangs and have been reading, well watching videos, on them for the past few days. I found out Rit had a small blonde naso in stock (hidden away) and picked it up today. It'll be living in the frag tank until I get this one up and running
So this probably isn’t the best idea but I’ve started collecting fish for this tank.
I bought a blonde naso and a m/f pair of blue throats
My half-assed plan is to “qt” them in my existing tanks because I know I won’t be able to catch them in the 150g.
The blonde naso is in the 50g lowboy and the 2 triggers are in the IM40.
This should light a fire under my ass to get the 150 plumbed, scaped, etc
I bought a blonde naso and a m/f pair of blue throats
My half-assed plan is to “qt” them in my existing tanks because I know I won’t be able to catch them in the 150g.
The blonde naso is in the 50g lowboy and the 2 triggers are in the IM40.
This should light a fire under my ass to get the 150 plumbed, scaped, etc
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What kind of rock did you end up getting?
I think mostly marco with some odds and ends - a couple pieces of shelfing and tonga.
I think most of it will be broken or sawed apart and glued back together to create a super groovy reefscape
I think most of it will be broken or sawed apart and glued back together to create a super groovy reefscape
Ok...Im confused - this is what the back of the tank looks like.
How are you supposed to plumb this?
How are you supposed to plumb this?
I've used bean animal for my last 2 setups and love how quiet they run.
I guess you would have to run a return over the top for that.
Wait sorry, how do you reach down the overflow to plumb the bulkheads?
Lol nevermind I see how bulkheads work....baby steps man...
Figure out the sizing of everything that goes inside the overflow, then pre-assemble outside of overflow. So you would connect plumbing to bulkhead first then lower into the hole. I think I am understanding the question correctly? Thats what I did for my 210.
Picked up a sump from an ARC member…and it’s huge. I have to gut my stand and build out the bottom to make it fit.
Platform built. Sump in
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Looks good.
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Waiting for plumbing parts to arrive. Decided to mess around with the aquascape. My initial idea was to do a negative space aquascape but I quickly nixed that idea due to the amount of work involved.
Well I think I’ve got it plumbed
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