Today's project was constructing the aquascape. I live in a townhouse and am constrained on space for a mixing station so I'll need to get creative with it. My remaining major purchases are an RO/DI system, ATO, and lights. We're nearly at the point where I can check for leaks! I may change it up to use polyfil down the road for mechanical filtration They are easy to put together and function well. I really like the FijiCube sump baffle designs. I'm not a fan of having to buy twice so I rarely do this but I've seen some decent reviews for the Jaebo return and Bubble Magus skimmer.įinished putting together the sump. That'll free up more space in the box.Īlso picked up a protein skimmer and return pump. I have the beananimal pieces cut although I may make the primary drain a simple pipe instead of the two elbows. I would want a union before the plumbing in the stand but I didn't see much of a need to replace the run down the tank. I decided to put a large pipe off the back of the overflows instead of a short run to a union. I wanted to put in more unions but there wasn't much space for more. I forgot I got a threaded bulkhead so I need to get another transition piece for the return. Snowy day means time spent inside working on the tank. I may also paint a border trim to cover up some of the reinforcement. Ifinished buffing out the micro-scratches and painted the back panel. Made some progress since the last update. Should I step down the sump to a 20L for the extra headroom? I think it'll be large enough, it's just nicer to have the extra 30% volume. There is a width of a 2x4 with of space above the bottom of the opening for some minor maneuvering. Since i don't have a skimmer yet I can't test whether I could remove it for maintenance. Unfortunately, I may have gone too large as I don't have much room to work above the sump. I went with the largest standard size aquarium I could fit in the stand. I installed a 40B sump with the FijiCube baffles on the freshwater 150G and absolutely love it.įirst major challenge is the sump. Current plan is to step down the 1" return to 3/4" and use locline. I plan on placing the overflow on there left 1/3 on the back wall and then putting the 1" bulkhead for there return in the upper right. My current tasks are buffing out the minor scratches in the acrylic display tank, drilling the holes for the bulkheads, and painting the background black. I have been slowly accumulating the supplies to make the jump up.ĭry rock (foundation and bulk), super glue, mortar - I'm going to do a negative space aquascapeĬurrent top priority on this list is the skimmer. That freed up a 100G acrylic tank that I think would look great as a reef. I recently combined my two large freshwater tanks into a new 150G. I've mostly been barely growing the few corals I have. I started with a Fluval Evo13.5 which I converted into a 20T. It's about time I jumped into this hobby for real.
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