75g build

saveafish

saveafish

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So many times I have built systems with no pics. Well this time I will do that with some pics

Here is a craigslist special. A 75g brand new, broken tore up stand for 50$



Bracing and rebuilding the stand. NOTE I will be using a 40g Breeder as my sump. So I had to redo a lot to make it fit the way I wanted it to.


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Getting there.

Now for fun things taping glass for a C2C overflow.

This will help aid me in my messy sillycon job and make it pretty.

Back to painting the stand.
 
In my having fun I skipped a lot of pics woops soo sorry. New to photlogs on this. But the top is made from a couple old pallets I had PLUS a test fit to see how it look.


Back to the C2C done yeaa it looks good too.

Nice and perfect photo lies and makes it look crooked

This a better pic


Holes like you never seen drilled before. I use rough grit lapping compound and a a wood hole bit and run it backwards.

See

Closer. Dang I need to cut that nail
 
2 Holes done and test fit plumbing

Painted "T" shut off.

Getting closer to being done

Them will be trimmed to later be able to have unions on them for other things later.

This is the good part. I wanted to do something special with the return. I wanted it to go through both the C2C and the back. This way I will drill me a small hole to break the siphon and it will drain into the C2C while in operation.
 
Looks crooked but it 100% straight.

No rain so I got to paint more.


Looking lonely with out the tank there.

Thats better

Plumbing time.......
 
it works very well. Just go slow and slowly wobble the bit as it goes through. Once a side goes all the way through the glass go from the other side using the part that made it through first as a starting point. it is messy very messy.
 
Wow! Impressed doesn't even state how this build makes me feel! Astounding work! I will be following your thread closely as I am new and building a 75g of my own! Looking forward to seeing this grow!
One question, how difficult would you rate the making of a coast to coast with an over the top return?
I did build my own sump. Not very pretty, but I believe it is functional as far as compartmentalizing the water.
 
@FishysPlace Very easy. 1-10, I would say a 2. The hardest part was getting the measurements for the glass and getting it cut.( driving in rush hr traffic made me give it a 2 and not a 1) I used it as 4" deep and 3" wide. 47 & 3/8 long. Note I had to sand down the rough spots but fights tight and clean. Drilling the second hole for the return I lined up the glass on the out side and drilled through both pieces at once to make sure it was perfect before silly coning it.
 
I love budget builds. I got my 75g for free and built my stand out of wood i had laying around the garage. Good luck with yours.
 
saveafish said:
This is the good part. I wanted to do something special with the return. I wanted it to go through both the C2C and the back. This way I will drill me a small hole to break the siphon and it will drain into the C2C while in operation.
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So I was asked why I went through both the back glass and the C2C for my return. A couple reasons. FIRST, I wanted to give the C2C a brace. I think a 4"tall by 47" long sheet of glass needed a brace. This acts as a brace for one. Second. I can let the siphon break drain right back into the C2C with out having it spray every where.
 
ReefersEdge said:
I love budget builds. I got my 75g for free and built my stand out of wood i had laying around the garage. Good luck with yours.
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I do too. so far I am out 50 for the tank and stand. 10$ in paint. 12$ for the glass. 7$ for a box of deck screws. Every thing else I have had laying around in my boxes and boxes of leftovers from the years of keeping the leftovers.
so $79 so far. I will need another tube of silly con and maybe a few plumbing parts here and there. plus a few sheet of glass for baffles on the sump and 2 pumps. I wont have too much into it till I reef it up than it will get $$$$$ fast due to my taste in livestock.
NOTE: The boxes of spear parts are a priceless addition to keep.
 
ok but insted of using a hurbie i would use a bean systom its much better and its quit and safer
 
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ok i am a bit futher into my build i am almost done with my wallfor the back of my tank and all my center work is done seramic /porsland none panted got in with a fue fokes from gurmeny on that part just working on my pump figurs right now on it
 
I am doing that now. I am debating on a mag 12 or a mag 9.5. I went with the schd 21 thin wall due to this the schd 40 or thick wall has a area of .864 and the thin wall has a area of 1.115. That 25% will give me an increase of 25% more flow. 1 1" will flow 600gpr and the thin wall will about 800gph free flow. Using it as a vacuum or as a suction it will increase. The schd will do about 800-900 and the thin wall will do about 1100-1300. After head loss I should be able to do a mag 12 easy. Here is a link to a youtube as to why I went with 2 instead of 3 on the bean
 
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