I've been in the freshwater planted tank world for many years, have had a wide range of tanks and set ups. Reefing has always been the "ultimate" result of the hobby for me. So despite my better judgement, I've decided to go with a nano reef as my first attempt, not only that but I'm going to DIY as much as possible. I'll document my progress here for anyone interested in following along.
This will be a "peninsula" tank placed between our kitchen and living room. Side note, at some point I'd love to put a custom built 6ft acrylic tank across this entire area and have a true show piece...one step at a time.
Started out with a 20g long from Petco ($1/gallon). Derimmed it very carefully, cleaned up the silicone, wet sanded the edges from 800 to 1500 grit. To hopefully put the uncertainty of derimming standard tanks to rest I did a very simple 2" euro brace setup with 1/8" glass from a local stained glass shop. Only geing a 20g long, I think it'll have plenty of strength.
Since it'll be a peninsula tank, the back end will be a fully enclosed "AIO" style compartment with 1/4" black acrylic.
I'll be using Caribsea Life Rock and bare bottom. For lighting I'm going with the Current USA Orbit Marine, gets good reviews and should support the corals I plan to keep.
I will have a pair clowns, a Yellow Clown Goby and a Royal Gramma. A mixture of softies and LPS.
The tank is now set up and cycling, need a bit more rock to finish the scape I have in mind and still need to finish up the ATO.
Will update with more photos as I get them.
This will be a "peninsula" tank placed between our kitchen and living room. Side note, at some point I'd love to put a custom built 6ft acrylic tank across this entire area and have a true show piece...one step at a time.
Started out with a 20g long from Petco ($1/gallon). Derimmed it very carefully, cleaned up the silicone, wet sanded the edges from 800 to 1500 grit. To hopefully put the uncertainty of derimming standard tanks to rest I did a very simple 2" euro brace setup with 1/8" glass from a local stained glass shop. Only geing a 20g long, I think it'll have plenty of strength.
Since it'll be a peninsula tank, the back end will be a fully enclosed "AIO" style compartment with 1/4" black acrylic.
I'll be using Caribsea Life Rock and bare bottom. For lighting I'm going with the Current USA Orbit Marine, gets good reviews and should support the corals I plan to keep.
I will have a pair clowns, a Yellow Clown Goby and a Royal Gramma. A mixture of softies and LPS.
The tank is now set up and cycling, need a bit more rock to finish the scape I have in mind and still need to finish up the ATO.
Will update with more photos as I get them.
