blfuller123
Premium Member
A little more than a year ago, I built a 500 gallon tank and had plans to build it into the wall in my house ( http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=906741). Just as I made the first cut on the wall, we found out we were going to have another baby. Our then house was already full so we came to the conclusion to buy a house with another bedroom. I sold the tank and most of the goodies I had with it. We had a baby boy in May and moved into a bigger house about two months ago. I always said when I built another tank, it would of course be bigger than my last and it will be. I now have the acrylic to build my next big tank (all 5 sheets).
I have a wall that divides our living room and our family room that is 11 feet long. I am going to put this tank into the wall and it will be viewed from two sides. One viewing side will be flush in the wall. I plan on keeping mainly large fish-not a reef. The tank will measure 96 long x 48 wide x30 tall. Lighting will probabaly be some T5s. I have the acrylic tubing to build a pretty good size needle wheel skimmer (12 inch diamater) with an Orca pump. I still need to get a recirculating pump(s) for the tank.
I am going back and forth on the overflow(s) for the tank. I cant make up my mind if I want two external overflows: one on each side of the shortside of the tank or a single overflow in the center of the tank. The two external overflows would be nice because you wouldnt see anything inside the tank, but I would like to build a nice stand for the tank on the one side of the wall and that wouldnt look right with the over flows on each side. I would probabaly end up having to build another wall so it would be flush on both sides if I went this route. If I do a single overflow in the center of the tank, I was thinking of building up the rock around it and it would be like a center piece in the tank. Any suggestions?
This will be a really slow project because with three kids (two still in diapers) my spare time is limited. I will post pictures of my progress as it happens.
I have a wall that divides our living room and our family room that is 11 feet long. I am going to put this tank into the wall and it will be viewed from two sides. One viewing side will be flush in the wall. I plan on keeping mainly large fish-not a reef. The tank will measure 96 long x 48 wide x30 tall. Lighting will probabaly be some T5s. I have the acrylic tubing to build a pretty good size needle wheel skimmer (12 inch diamater) with an Orca pump. I still need to get a recirculating pump(s) for the tank.
I am going back and forth on the overflow(s) for the tank. I cant make up my mind if I want two external overflows: one on each side of the shortside of the tank or a single overflow in the center of the tank. The two external overflows would be nice because you wouldnt see anything inside the tank, but I would like to build a nice stand for the tank on the one side of the wall and that wouldnt look right with the over flows on each side. I would probabaly end up having to build another wall so it would be flush on both sides if I went this route. If I do a single overflow in the center of the tank, I was thinking of building up the rock around it and it would be like a center piece in the tank. Any suggestions?
This will be a really slow project because with three kids (two still in diapers) my spare time is limited. I will post pictures of my progress as it happens.
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