Phil's new 46 gallon frag tank

[intarsiabox]

Looks good, off to a great start! What were you welding in the middle of the back legs of the stand?

[Phil]

Lol good eye I had a apprentice at work cut all the tube on a band saw. I told him what I wanted 4-36",4-24" peices and what was left leave for the legs. He forgot and cut two of the leg peices so I had to weld them back together. I was going to sandblast it and paint it but I ran out of time. It onley cost me $70 bucks for the steel and 30 for the plywood

[Phil]

so today i got the tank on the stand and installed the bulkhead fittings and i installed the locklines returns.


i went to town and also picked up a few things i got a mp10wes and a 1" check valve and 2 1" true union valves and 1 1"1/2.



All thats holding me up now is to get the sump in and figure out what return pump to use. Im thinking of useing a water blaster 5000 then double teeing of with 2 gate valves to run two reators on the same return pump.

[Phil]

got the sump into the stand lastnight.


heres a close up of the sump concepts made for me.



also order a water blaster 5000 and a ebo jager 200 watt heater last night from reef supplies.

[intarsiabox]

Why the frowny face in the title of your last post? Sump looks great. It sure looks like you maximized the space usage under the stand! What are you going to use for a skimmer?

[Proteus]

Yes looks great. Looking forward to seeing it stocked so I can pop over

[Phil]

Waiting for mail order lol. Ya the sump just fits I thought the more water the better so it holds more than the display tank. Skimmer I'm going with a Vertex Omega 150 Protein Skimmer.