So I placed my order of epoxy, and cloth
I`m sorry to mention that I went to US composite for all this, I would like to have the local company to make a dollar as well, but for me it turned out to be Canadian price –45% and than is the shipping already in it.
I have 12.5 gallon of epoxy coming over, I will probably need 3 to 4 gallons for my sump (3x7 and 16 inches tall) the sump will function as a frag tank as well, the plan is to put the skimmer in one corner of it (about 18 x 18 inches) than next to it 18x18 my fudge corner with 4 inches of live sand, and than the remaining 5.5x3 feet will be frag tank.
plan is to put a divider in the 5.5x3 feet frag part, by placing a 3.5 feet strip of acrylic in the middle, making it 5.5x1.5 feet x 2 (2 sides).
reason for the divider is to direct flow of the pump, in this case I only need one tunze mounted on a sea swirl pushing over 2.000 gal. of water into one channel, and by the movement of the sea swirl, it will push water into the other channel, giving the water direction in the channel a 180 degree turn, each 8 ore some what seconds.
the remaining epoxy I will use later on to build my main tank, but this would be a few months later.
all sides will be covered with 2 layers of 7.5 oz. woven fiberglass, this should keep it nice and stiff, egg crate on the entire bottom, and it should last (I hope !!)
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