Thought Id introduce my tank/build

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ibmgeek

New member
Well since i finally found and joined the fmas club on sunday in south florida id thought i share my tank build and setup with you guys and gals.

I started building my setup about 10 months ago an finally got it running about 2 months ago.

Equipment List
90 gallon tank (60"x18"x20")
55 gallon custom sump/refugium
4x54w Tek t5 retro
Octopus NW200
Knop C ca reator
PA Lighthouse controller
Panworld100Pxx return pump

This is what we were aiming for.
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We cut the wall to see where the tank would go.
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The frame
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Here we dug a tunnel under the tile to have plumbing going under the floor and up into the roof (water changes and electricity)
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Heres the sump I had made.
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Heres the tank plumbing
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Rockscaping
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Light bracket we made.
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Plumbing, When i close the first ball valve and open up the other ball valve the water is pumped outside with the same return pump (for water changes)
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Heres a shot of the plumbing on top.
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My tank already running
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Corals i got on the Sunday frag swap

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Feel free to ask me any questions or give me opinions or whatever.

Thanks
 
sweet setup and congrats... Those frags look nice especially the rics and the brain.

im also a new member.

Eddy
 
Thanks, I was looking for a reef club in south Florida but was not aware of fmas until a week ago. I live down in Miami
 
Welcome to the club! :D

Tank looks great.

I also like the glass work you have done with the sump. Great quality.

-Matthew
 
Wow, very impressive. I love how you hid the overflow in the rockwork. Could you give more info on the the hole you cut in the tile? Where did you run your plumbing too? I also like that you'll be able to see the tank from four sides.
 
If you look closely on the picture with the hole on the tile you'll notice i had to cut the wall on the other side. Since the tanks width is greater than the width of the wall it replaced i had to compensate for that by cutting about 6-7" of the other wall. Then i did a hole under tank on the floor and made a tunnel by digging under the tile and then passing the plumbing up the wall, into the roof, and routed outside the house. Like this i could do all my water changes from outside the house (i have 2 pipes one for water coming in and one for out)So when i need to do water changes i just close/open a couple valves and im set, no messing around with buckets inside the house and stuff.

The tank is viewable from all the sides. I had the holes drilled in the middle of the tank for this reason. Then i had to carve the rock with a grinder to place it around the overflow and return pipes.
 
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Awesome tank set-up for sure...
Question, who did you buy those amazing looking rics from?
LMK if you'd be willing to sell some or trade? I have a few brains
bigger brains I trade for them....
PM me. :)
 
Great job, I love the planning that really saves you a lot of work in the long run. Can you provide a link to the sump design, or give us more details?

And welcome to FMAS! We can always use another geek. :)
 
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