whoo hoo! Got water in my new tank today!

[mfp4073]

My new 75 gal.

Ok, so its just fresh water and I still need a permant sump and need to put the doors back on and need to build a hood. But other than that I am ready to go! Had a problem with one of the bulkheads leaking in the overflow. And the mag 7 return is acting up (does not always want to start up). But other than that, its all good!

Will be combining my 2 20 gal nanos and 10 gal frag tank into this one. Will have a lot of good nano stuff for sale in the near future.

Have to make a hood. I made the one below for my 10 gal plant tank and am pretty happy with it as its my first hood.

the 75 gal!

Plant tank hood, from the front

angled

opened from the side

open from the side

 

[MitchReef]

I like that hood....what stain did you use? I would really recommend sealing the inside of the SW tank hood with Kilz or something, as the salt moisture will eventually invade the wood and cause big rot problems....just a recommendation, as we like to think of out reef setups lasting a long time without having to tear down....and a stand or hood turning to crap could become a huge mess....

 

[brittany<3]

looks good! good luck with gettin it together

 

[mfp4073]

The hood is not stained on the inside, but is urethaned....2x coat! The stain I used was a black from lowes. The stand in my bedroom is black also, so did it to match. Still need to do a little sanding. It closed fine before the urethane but after was a little tight. The 75 gal will have the same design with a few extra tweaks like vents for the light fans and moonlights!

 

[teog]

Nice. Im debating setting up a malawi cichlid tank. Local LFS has a awesome looking one.

 

[mfp4073]

plant tanks are great when you get them grown in! If you can do coral you can easily do plants.