foxrazr
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First of all I have had this tank since December 2010. Like any reefing junky I have changed equipment around and like everyone else I have dreamed of upgrading my tank. This year I would upgrade I said but when I looked into upgrading big surprise, custom tanks cost more, a lot more. I started researching and got me thinking what about if I upgrade what I already have.
I currently have a 180 gallon reef ready Aqueon tank which is 72"x24"x24". It was nice in the beginning but with time the overflows in the back got crusted with algae and are hard to clean. They have become a distraction and realize they take too much space inside the aquarium. Current plan for the tank is to remove the overflows, drill the back or side for a bean animal overflow increasing the space inside and making it silent all at once.
Current tank stand is the regular of the mill pine stand you buy at petco. Again it was nice in the beginning but with time the stand has become my enemy. It makes my cleaning routine difficult because it is short. It is difficult to access the sump and skimmer. Also the stand builder forget or believed that the bottom platform didn't need any cross bracing and the plywood has bowed like a canoe. Putting my sump uneven. Current plan is to make a metal stand 40" tall and skin it to make it look like my kitchen cabinets. The metal stand is currently being made by a close friend of mine.
Last item to be upgraded is the sump. Current sump is an aqueon proflex model 4. This sump has an identity crises because it doesn't know what it wants to be. One day it wants to be a berlin sump. The next day a wet dry bio ball filter and on sundays wants to have a refugium. Through Aquarium Specialty I got My Reef Creations to create my dream sump. Sump is to be 48"Lx20"Wx18"T. I received my sump yesterday. Pictures to be posted soon.
I will post updates on the transformation. Stay Tuned.
I currently have a 180 gallon reef ready Aqueon tank which is 72"x24"x24". It was nice in the beginning but with time the overflows in the back got crusted with algae and are hard to clean. They have become a distraction and realize they take too much space inside the aquarium. Current plan for the tank is to remove the overflows, drill the back or side for a bean animal overflow increasing the space inside and making it silent all at once.
Current tank stand is the regular of the mill pine stand you buy at petco. Again it was nice in the beginning but with time the stand has become my enemy. It makes my cleaning routine difficult because it is short. It is difficult to access the sump and skimmer. Also the stand builder forget or believed that the bottom platform didn't need any cross bracing and the plywood has bowed like a canoe. Putting my sump uneven. Current plan is to make a metal stand 40" tall and skin it to make it look like my kitchen cabinets. The metal stand is currently being made by a close friend of mine.
Last item to be upgraded is the sump. Current sump is an aqueon proflex model 4. This sump has an identity crises because it doesn't know what it wants to be. One day it wants to be a berlin sump. The next day a wet dry bio ball filter and on sundays wants to have a refugium. Through Aquarium Specialty I got My Reef Creations to create my dream sump. Sump is to be 48"Lx20"Wx18"T. I received my sump yesterday. Pictures to be posted soon.
I will post updates on the transformation. Stay Tuned.
