Scuba_Steve
Premium Member
Hey guys,
Slowly but surely I am starting up a new tank. I am just going to leave my build thread here where I think it belongs.
I have been without a tank for over a year now, and it is tough for me. I have few things that relieve my stress and anxiety more than working on my tank. I am 100% p&t mostly due to tbi/ptsd related stuff.
I am pretty broke as well, but I have access to everything I should need to build things myself. This will be a fairly high tech, but mostly DIY build. It may be slow though, due to fabrication times and saving piece by piece.
Also, I am learning as I am going with acrylic. Ive been to demos, read all the threads, and have woodworking experience. I am building everything out of acrylic! Damn near at least...
Here is the plan!
This will be a 22" half cube with a matching sump. 22"x22"x11"
I will start with some easy sump components, build the sump, then build the display tank. Hopefully this will give me enough practice!
I ordered my acrylic through estreetplastics. Got a great deal. I ordered the pieces precut almost to size, although I will have to trim everything down. Just saves wielding a big piece of acrylic on the tablesaw.
I have a new skimmer already as well. Cheap and effective. SCA-301
I have an old 300w LED fixture, though I will eventually put a DIY LED fixture on when I can afford it.
Base rock arrived yesterday. 10lb of Marcorocks Cut Key Largo, and 8lb of rubble. It was almost exactly enough for free shipping, because thats how I roll! Never had rocks that had a flat side cut off. I am using it as the base under the sand.
Live rock wilk be Tampa Bay Saltwater. Ive already been in contact with them, and they sell the best from what I have read!
That is about it for now. Pictures to come as soon as I get started!
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Slowly but surely I am starting up a new tank. I am just going to leave my build thread here where I think it belongs.
I have been without a tank for over a year now, and it is tough for me. I have few things that relieve my stress and anxiety more than working on my tank. I am 100% p&t mostly due to tbi/ptsd related stuff.
I am pretty broke as well, but I have access to everything I should need to build things myself. This will be a fairly high tech, but mostly DIY build. It may be slow though, due to fabrication times and saving piece by piece.
Also, I am learning as I am going with acrylic. Ive been to demos, read all the threads, and have woodworking experience. I am building everything out of acrylic! Damn near at least...
Here is the plan!
This will be a 22" half cube with a matching sump. 22"x22"x11"
I will start with some easy sump components, build the sump, then build the display tank. Hopefully this will give me enough practice!
I ordered my acrylic through estreetplastics. Got a great deal. I ordered the pieces precut almost to size, although I will have to trim everything down. Just saves wielding a big piece of acrylic on the tablesaw.
I have a new skimmer already as well. Cheap and effective. SCA-301
I have an old 300w LED fixture, though I will eventually put a DIY LED fixture on when I can afford it.
Base rock arrived yesterday. 10lb of Marcorocks Cut Key Largo, and 8lb of rubble. It was almost exactly enough for free shipping, because thats how I roll! Never had rocks that had a flat side cut off. I am using it as the base under the sand.
Live rock wilk be Tampa Bay Saltwater. Ive already been in contact with them, and they sell the best from what I have read!
That is about it for now. Pictures to come as soon as I get started!
Sent from my LGLS992 using Tapatalk
