Dsekula
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Like most reefers I started with one idea, learned, learned some more and decided on some other ideas lol....
So originally my main tank was that idea all of us have thought about when looking at those small spare tanks laying around.
That's right I took two 22ish gal tanks and fused them to an L shaped corner tank. I love the tank, I hate the giant blind spot in the middle
somehow I just didn't consider this blindspots and can't stand it. I also need more elbow room in my sump(s). I'll post some current pics so we can compair as I work 
. Over all I haven't change much of this original design in two years and probably wouldn't.... But.... The hubby and I are redoing alot of our floors including the room the tanks are in [emoji50]
The hubby said well just store the reef in the basement (he obviously doesn't have much to do with the tank).
This spurred my idea. I'm going to add a basement workshop area including a nice spacious sump setup. I will slowly move biomaterial down and add volume eventually moving all the reef inhabants to the basement along with the existing lights etc and faze out the current display system. The existing volume of my system is 110gal and the new sump I'm planning will be about 100 so this should be a feasible transition with only minor upset if done slowly. While this is transitioning I plan on building a new tank setup for display. Then refinishing the floors, placing the new tank into the sump setup and slowly transitioning the reef back to it's display location bringing the final total gallons up to about 200. I hoping that by taking these steps and moving the existing equipment with all the biofilters intact etc we can cause the smallest upset possible and take care of some system upgrading at the same time. View attachment 389118
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So originally my main tank was that idea all of us have thought about when looking at those small spare tanks laying around.
That's right I took two 22ish gal tanks and fused them to an L shaped corner tank. I love the tank, I hate the giant blind spot in the middle
somehow I just didn't consider this blindspots and can't stand it. I also need more elbow room in my sump(s). I'll post some current pics so we can compair as I work . Over all I haven't change much of this original design in two years and probably wouldn't.... But.... The hubby and I are redoing alot of our floors including the room the tanks are in [emoji50]The hubby said well just store the reef in the basement (he obviously doesn't have much to do with the tank).
This spurred my idea. I'm going to add a basement workshop area including a nice spacious sump setup. I will slowly move biomaterial down and add volume eventually moving all the reef inhabants to the basement along with the existing lights etc and faze out the current display system. The existing volume of my system is 110gal and the new sump I'm planning will be about 100 so this should be a feasible transition with only minor upset if done slowly. While this is transitioning I plan on building a new tank setup for display. Then refinishing the floors, placing the new tank into the sump setup and slowly transitioning the reef back to it's display location bringing the final total gallons up to about 200. I hoping that by taking these steps and moving the existing equipment with all the biofilters intact etc we can cause the smallest upset possible and take care of some system upgrading at the same time. View attachment 389118
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. Well given the scale of the project I'm happy with the progress and product so far.
