cm11599ps
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I had a 55 gallon reef that crashed August 2015 for unknown reasons. I woke up to find the tank looking like 55 gallons of milk. I never bothered doing anything with the tank again because I was contemplating moving but that's off the books so now I can revive the tank. Here's where it is now.
I've got a custom lifereef sump/fuge in the cabinet but that drawer really screws up my sump maintenance. I probably lose about 8" of headroom to do any work in there. I can remove the drawer to do work but it doesn't make things much easier anyway.
Option 1. Once I set the tank up again I'd like a different cabinet which gives me more room to work. The tank would remain where it is. The new stand would have taller doors.
Option 2 is to again get a new cabinet but rotate the tank 90 degrees to sort of act as a room divider between the kitchen and living room. If I did this then the tank would be viewable from almost all around which is appealing to me. The tank would still be tucked into the corner so if you're in the kitchen then you wouldn't be able to see about the left 12" on the tank due to the wall.
Option 3 still includes rotating the tank but getting a 75 to replace the 55. This would give me greater flexibility in scaping the tank. Even though a 55 and a 75 have the same width and height, it'll give me about 6" more depth.
Rotating the tank would take up almost 1/2 of that opening between rooms but would still allow for about 36" of walking room between the end of the tank and the counter where the keurig is. There is another opening to go between rooms so it's not like it would be a huge inconvenience to have it act as a room divider.
I am on the second story of my house and I have a tenant in the bottom floor of my house. The current position of the tank means that the tank runs parallel to the floor so I don't want to get a bigger tank for where it is now. If I rotate the tank then it would run perpendicular to the floor which obviously is a little better.
I'm recently divorced so I don't have to get approval for anything right now. ;-)
I've got a custom lifereef sump/fuge in the cabinet but that drawer really screws up my sump maintenance. I probably lose about 8" of headroom to do any work in there. I can remove the drawer to do work but it doesn't make things much easier anyway.
Option 1. Once I set the tank up again I'd like a different cabinet which gives me more room to work. The tank would remain where it is. The new stand would have taller doors.
Option 2 is to again get a new cabinet but rotate the tank 90 degrees to sort of act as a room divider between the kitchen and living room. If I did this then the tank would be viewable from almost all around which is appealing to me. The tank would still be tucked into the corner so if you're in the kitchen then you wouldn't be able to see about the left 12" on the tank due to the wall.
Option 3 still includes rotating the tank but getting a 75 to replace the 55. This would give me greater flexibility in scaping the tank. Even though a 55 and a 75 have the same width and height, it'll give me about 6" more depth.
Rotating the tank would take up almost 1/2 of that opening between rooms but would still allow for about 36" of walking room between the end of the tank and the counter where the keurig is. There is another opening to go between rooms so it's not like it would be a huge inconvenience to have it act as a room divider.
I am on the second story of my house and I have a tenant in the bottom floor of my house. The current position of the tank means that the tank runs parallel to the floor so I don't want to get a bigger tank for where it is now. If I rotate the tank then it would run perpendicular to the floor which obviously is a little better.
I'm recently divorced so I don't have to get approval for anything right now. ;-)