66 gal with wall-to-wall overflow

[Kryten]

Here's some pics of my 66 gal that I have finally gotten set up at my office. Wall-to-wall overflow built in to hide all the powerheads and the overflow box for the sump/fuge. I took Albert's advice and used white for the wall and I quite like the look of it. Only thing I would do different is use 5ml acrylic instead of 3ml because even with a 1-2 inch drop, the pressure difference is more than enough to make it really bow in, so I had to put extra supports behind the wall to keep it somewhat straight.

http://members.shaw.ca/steveboer/Office1.JPG

http://members.shaw.ca/steveboer/Office2.JPG


Shot looking down at the 33 gal sump/fuge which has a bunch of lr and chaeto:
http://members.shaw.ca/steveboer/Office3.JPG


Shot from the side, I'm losing 4" of depth, but it's worth it compared to how the 45 gal that this replaced used to look with all the equipment inside of it. Trust me, it was ugly!
http://members.shaw.ca/steveboer/Office4.JPG

[Beverly]

Nice clean look to the tank with everything hidden away :biggrin:

[mark]

Definitely nicer without the overflow towers.

[Quagmire]

Is that a glass tank? If so how did you attach the overflow? I made a sump with acrilic baffles from an old glass tank.I used silicone,and the baffles lasted about a month before the pressure broke the bond.Maybe I didn't use thick enough pieces

[Kryten]

Yes, it's a glass tank. I used aquarium silicone to attach the acrylic piece along the sides and bottom. It is braced with eggcrate the entire length of the bottom, and with three strategically placed pieces in the top/middle which you can see in the fourth pic.

[muck]

Looks great Steve. I really like the white background as well. :wink:

[Quagmire]

Ya Ok makes sence now.This would work good in a breeder type tank,they're a bit wider than a regular tank,so the loss of a few inches wouldn't be so bad.

[Joe Reefer]

Tank looks good, I was thinking of using a white background on my new tank.

[Kryten]

Yeah I'm sold on the white background. It still ends up looking quite blue anyway with the actinics and depending on the K of your main bulbs. I have 2 175watt mh bulbs in there, supposedly both 10K, but the one on the right looks more like a 14. Then 2 40watt flourescents, one actinic and one marine-glo.