my 104.72G Shallow Lagoon

[JDigital]

It is just me, or the picture, but is your stand slightly too long/wide on that one corner (nearest the camera)... or is the tank not positioned yet? The questions been nagging at me since you posted..

[lobsterboy]

where have i been, i cant believe i missed this build.

looks wicked, shallow tanks are killin it

[kien]

Originally Posted by JDigital

It is just me, or the picture, but is your stand slightly too long/wide on that one corner (nearest the camera)... or is the tank not positioned yet? The questions been nagging at me since you posted..

Good observation Josh :-P I had to push the tank and stand into the corner to take pictures of it and I ended up pushing the tank slightly off centre. The whole rig was in the middle of the room in preparation for priming and painting but some eager canreefer kept nagging me to take pictures of it..

[JDigital]

Originally Posted by kien

Good observation Josh :-P I had to push the tank and stand into the corner to take pictures of it and I ended up pushing the tank slightly off centre. The whole rig was in the middle of the room in preparation for priming and painting but some eager canreefer kept nagging me to take pictures of it..

You should just tell that eager reefer to pound sand! lol

So when do you expect to have water in this bad boy?

[schroeder]

stocking ideas??

[kien]

I need to find time to paint the stand, then plumb, leak test, build sump, then I should be ready for salt water. I have a rubbermaid tote sitting in that room right now with about 70 pounds of live rock in it (from a tank shutdown). It has a 6 bulb tek t5 fixture over it :-D

I plan on just stock this tank with corals (mostly SPS) for now. Going to go fishless and see how that goes for a while. If that doesn't work out I'll probably throw in a bunch of threadfin cardinals and call it a day.

Found a great deal on a used skimmer. Just need to go pick it up. Also got my powerheads used. One tunze 6105 and two 6101s pretty cheap. Will control those with the tunze controller I got also for cheap on boxing day :-D

I'm debating about getting a used profilux for a pretty good deal.. Are you sensing a theme yet?

[JDigital]

Have you gotten around to plumbing this thing yet? I WILL be home all weekend and still got that PVC laying around if you want it...

[JDigital]

Updates?

[kien]

I lined up the tank with the stand so it isn't off centre anymore :P

Actually you are right I should probably update this thread. I have the stand painted, sump built, plumbing purchased, skimmer (Hydor 700) and return pump (magdrive 12) acquired, lighting purchased (2 x 6bulb tek T5s). I am planning to plumb the tank tonight and if all goes well should have water coursing through the system by the weekend.

I've also had a couple of tubs (33gs each) of water with cured live rock from a fellow canreef that's been cooking for the past 3 months so I'll be dumping those into the tide pool this weekend.

[kien]

Okay, so here we go! Finally got around to putting it all together. Here's what the guts look like.



33g two chamber sump. Return on the left, skimmer on the right. Herbie overflows with 2 1/2" drains. Return is driven by a mag 12 into 1" pipes. Skimmer is the awesome Hydro 700.





Here's a shot of the overflow box with the herbie overflows. At the opposite end is the return. The third pipe in the overflow box is currently blocked off. I was going to use it for a return as well but decided against it (for now).







Aerial shot.



So all that's left to do is wait for the PVC cement to cure, then tomorrow night hang my lights. Push the whole setup into its corner and we're off to the races!