My 40G corner build
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Capt_Cully
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Love the uniqueness. What are lighting plans? Those funky ones can be tough to light....depending..
Namyar
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Re: My 40G corner build
The stand as you can see is over sized to fit the sump. Side behind the tank will be used for cabinet space or a refugium.
Lighting will be low light mostly non-photo coral. Possible I might put on an actuator to lift it up and down. Not sure yet.
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The stand as you can see is over sized to fit the sump. Side behind the tank will be used for cabinet space or a refugium.
Lighting will be low light mostly non-photo coral. Possible I might put on an actuator to lift it up and down. Not sure yet.
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Vadimshevchuk
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looks cool so far
Capt_Cully
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a 2 foot T5 would be plenty. Like the one Tom used to have over his corner at TRS. Don't know if that still up, haven't been there in a year or two.....but that tank always looked great.
reefscape15
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there's a guy on URS that's selling 2 PAR38 bulbs for $80 a piece. Even one would be fine for low light corals, but it'd be pretty easy to fit both over your tank. They just screw into a regular light socket, so your could pick up 2 of those clip on, adjustable fixtures for $10 each. Rockin nano light for $200 with amazing color.
I like the oversized stand alot. It'll give you a much nicer space than a stock pent. stand. Very cool little tank. Should make for a very interesting display
I like the oversized stand alot. It'll give you a much nicer space than a stock pent. stand. Very cool little tank. Should make for a very interesting display
sg1838
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Love the sliding sump idea!
Since the sump does slide out, you MAY want to consider putting a vertical piece between the middle horizontal braces. The vast majority of the weight of the tank is being supported by the upper middle horizontal 2x4. Not that your tank will be extremely heavy, but with water and rock it will be 300+ lbs. At first I though you may have left that vertical support out to have access to the sump, but with the sliding sump that's not the case. You may not need that vertical support, but better to be safe than sorry IMHO (it wouldn't even need to be a 2x4 if you wanted something smaller, but using a 2x4 which you most likely already have is probably easiest).
Nice job!
Since the sump does slide out, you MAY want to consider putting a vertical piece between the middle horizontal braces. The vast majority of the weight of the tank is being supported by the upper middle horizontal 2x4. Not that your tank will be extremely heavy, but with water and rock it will be 300+ lbs. At first I though you may have left that vertical support out to have access to the sump, but with the sliding sump that's not the case. You may not need that vertical support, but better to be safe than sorry IMHO (it wouldn't even need to be a 2x4 if you wanted something smaller, but using a 2x4 which you most likely already have is probably easiest).
Nice job!
Twinpanther
Just Livin' Life
I think SG is talking about adding support between the X's as it looks like you have no vertical support for the back of your tank:
But my guess is that you are going to cover the top with a solid piece of ply or something to finish the stand off which would move your weight out to the edges where you do have vertical support.
But my guess is that you are going to cover the top with a solid piece of ply or something to finish the stand off which would move your weight out to the edges where you do have vertical support.
sg1838
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That's exactly what I was talking about Twin. Thanks for the illustration and further explanation.
Jason
Jason
I think SG is talking about adding support between the X's as it looks like you have no vertical support for the back of your tank:
But my guess is that you are going to cover the top with a solid piece of ply or something to finish the stand off which would move your weight out to the edges where you do have vertical support.
