Future frag room set up help

[mr_alberta]

Or that

[kuatto]

Been there and seen what they have for glass,but I have no real work spce to start cutting glass.Thought about having everything cut and just assemble them myself.I like the idea of using acrylic.

[kuatto]

Originally Posted by Dez

Or you could have Dez make 'em for you

And Harvey to drill em....

Hey!! sounds like a great idea!

[Denis]

I would stay away from acrylic. I have fish room with 4 tanks, one is home made 1/4" acrylic. I hate to clean this one the most. Go with 14" to 16" depth as anything less is realy hard to move water around without blasting some corals too hard.

[Denis]

Old picture, bottom right tank has been cleaned up and is BB.

[TheReefGeek]

Denis, what lights are you running on those tanks?

[kuatto]

Nice fish room,was also wondering what lights you are running? I've been going cazy trying to figure out how I can get the most use out of the small room,and how many lights and pumps,and heaters,and......... (good thing I'm already bald, )

[Denis]

The top two tanks share dual VHO ballast with Actinics plus two NO daylights from Home Depot on each. Bottom left just has 2 shop lights with 2 daylights and 2 03 Actinics. I'll be replacing this fixtures soon with waterproof sockets, just like the ones above. Last tank (bottom right) has 4 VHOs on IC660.
My logic behind the upper setup is that I reuse VHO actinics from my main reef upstairs and the daylights are cheap. Ultimately I'll replace dual VHO ballast with IC660 and share it among all 4 tanks. All bulbs are 4'.
Bottom right tank is 53"x35"x20", but will be replaced by 48"x24"x16" just like the others. For circulation from the sump I run Ampmaster 3000. This is completely separate system from my main reef system. Room was prewired for all the outlets (4 circuits), I hate extension cords and power bars.
Hope this helps.