40 gallon breeder build

[scelona]

On Wednesday afternoon, I brought my first fish home who are currently in phase 1 of the tank transfer method: two ocellaris that are about 6 months old. I watched about 18 different pairs for an hour and these two seemed to be inseparable with no visible aggression and healthy appetites. They have been eating small amounts and swimming around happily. I will post a picture in 10 days once they are in the quarantine tank.

I have also been accumulating a variety of corals which I will post a photo of this weekend. The list is: kenya tree, two kinds of pulsing xenia, a frogspawn, a tiny duncan, a devils hand, branching gsp, a few softies that I don't know the names of, two different kinds of zoas which are mostly green, and 4 different mushrooms. Everything seems to be happy and growing quickly. I managed to get every coral for free or a trade which is pretty awesome. I have been unbelievably patient with this hobby (tank is over 6 months old) and it has been really gratifying to finally get livestock and to see everything doing so well.

 

[Ou8me2]

Looks very good so far. I'm doing a 40B build also:fun2: I was up in the air on what overflow to get and I was thinking 1200gph and I see you are running the same. I was unsure if that would be too much and now I feel better that that is what I was thinking on the overflow. I am however still nervous about drilling my tank for the overflow. I've watched tons of videos on it, but I have never drilled an aquarium myself. I think I'm going to go with a 20 long to give me plenty of space for the sump and so I can add a refugium also.

 

[scelona]

Looks very good so far. I'm doing a 40B build also:fun2: I was up in the air on what overflow to get and I was thinking 1200gph and I see you are running the same. I was unsure if that would be too much and now I feel better that that is what I was thinking on the overflow. I am however still nervous about drilling my tank for the overflow. I've watched tons of videos on it, but I have never drilled an aquarium myself. I think I'm going to go with a 20 long to give me plenty of space for the sump and so I can add a refugium also.

It is definitely not too much. If I was building again I would definitely build my own overflow box, they are so overly priced and after working with some acrylic it really isn't that difficult. I would actually go bigger if I could've, you will only get more efficient surface skimming.

 

[Ou8me2]

It is definitely not too much. If I was building again I would definitely build my own overflow box, they are so overly priced and after working with some acrylic it really isn't that difficult. I would actually go bigger if I could've, you will only get more efficient surface skimming.

I'm not the handy D.Y.I type of guy but I found this on Ebay. I'm pretty set on going with it and I think it's a fair price. I'm sure some may say that's expensive. :spin2:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/251987115641?_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT

Actually if I went this way I would save myself another $7.55

http://www.ebay.com/itm/251975684230?_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT

http://www.ebay.com/itm/171837090952?_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT