Rimless Build thread - fast forward
 

Hi everyone,

I built this new set-up right around the end of August of this year. So this will be a build thread on fast forward :-)

I tore down my wall mount 120G to build this 55G Rimless. I downgraded because I wanted to move my tank to the main floor (120G was in the basement for the past 2 years) and I am limted in space.

This build will consist of:

- Rimless 54 gallon “waterhome” glass tank (39x16x20)
- Basement sump design
- Dual sump. 1 with a deep sand bed and Skimmer, 1 with cheato (Same set up that I have now)
- NO MORE Metal Halide lights! I’m going with 6 x 36″ T5 HO via a TEK Light fixture and Giesemann bulbs
- Mixed reef, mostly SPS with some LPS
- The stand is a modified solid wood buffet. The only way I was to set-up a reef tank on the main floor is if my wife liked the stand. So I opted for a piece of furniture rather than a typical aquarium stand. The stand is very well built, so it need on a little reinforcing...just in case.
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I opted to go with a split return line. I used 1/2″ PVC and painted it flat black with Krylon Fusion.

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We have water!

I finally got to filling up the tank! I padded the tank (between glass and stand) with 1/8″ rubber mat, before filling it up.
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TEK lights are in!!

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I have since replaced one of the 6000k bulbs for an Actinic +
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My set-up is as follows from from to back. Giesemann AquaBlue+ 15000k, Pure Actinic, Midday 6000K , KR Fiji Purple, AquaBlue+ 15000k and the new Actinic+

I painted background black and finished plumbing the return and drain to basement sump

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Here are some pictures and video of my dual refugium / sump with DSB, Cheato & auto top-off.

Dual 33G basement sump
Cheato
Deep Sand Bed (DSB)
Gravity feed auto top-off
Carbon reactor
Mag-18 return pump

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I have since replaced the skimmer. I purchased a Bubble Magus NAC7 because my Vertex in-180 was too much of a tight fit. In fact, I initially was going to put the skimmer in the same chamber as my return but I calculated my height wrong, I needed an extra 4 inches. The second sump was a tad lower but I still would not have enough height to raise it to the recommended water level. Rather than re-building the stand, I bought a shorter skimmer.

The cheato is now in the last chamber right before the return pump.

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I will be posting the rest tomorrow. Thanks for looking!

i think you need LED Fixture for that build! make it look smooth and cost effective. Let me know if you need one ;)

I love what I see so far it's looking fab. Where did you get that overflow? That's a fantastic idea and they look to be very shallow.

Finally someone on here is running a glass-holes overflow. I heard they are awesome as long as nothing fails.

edit. brett look up gl*******s overflow

they are like $100

Thanks guys!

Yupp, Gl*******s http://www.glass-holes.com/700-gph-O...t-gh700kit.htm

It took roughly 10 hours to move everything from the old tank to the new rimless. The move went pretty smooth. One of only issues I had was with some moti caps, for some reason they were the only ones who did not adjust to well to the move. A couple of them started to STN.

Oh and one of my clown fish took a death dive onto my living room floor.

Roughly 1 month after the move, I noticed that most of my moties had black bugs on them. I'm not sure if this was brought on by the move but I quickly fixed the problem with interceptor. You can read more about this here

Today, 3 months after the move, the caps seem to be doing fine once again and no more signs of black bugs.

Future plans:
Deltec PF501 calcium reactor (should receive this early next week)
Some sort of Aqua Controller
Vortec MP40

Here are some of my most recent pictures

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Thanks for looking!

how do you like that overflow set-up, is it quiet or is there alot of noise?
what about if that single overflow plugs, there is no back up or emergency drain?