90 gallon & DIY built in stand project
 

Putting together a 90 gallon reef and building my own built in stand,
quick outline of what I'm doing with some pictures as I go along.
Display tank 90 gallon rear drilled with overflow siliconed inside.
Sump is a 50 gallon Oceanic reef ready.
Started this in August: These are the pictures so far with more as I go along.
http://i1225.photobucket.com/albums/...ver1/002-2.jpg starting the stand

http://i1225.photobucket.com/albums/...ver1/001-1.jpg some skinning and trim done.

http://i1225.photobucket.com/albums/...over1/0012.jpg Display tank in place to finish trimming.

http://i1225.photobucket.com/albums/...ver1/003-4.jpg AI lighting I'm using

http://i1225.photobucket.com/albums/...ver1/003-2.jpg

Looking good Laurie. Can't wait to see it finished.

Wow looking good so far.

The last picture is my current 50 gallon,

Couple more pictures.....................Nov. 11/12 update - ttt
120 GPH overflow box:
http://i1225.photobucket.com/albums/...ver1/003-3.jpg

started the herbie drain system piping:
http://i1225.photobucket.com/albums/...ver1/001-5.jpg

AI lights installed and running,ventilation fan in the right top corner of the enclosure November 12/12:
http://i1225.photobucket.com/albums/...ver1/002-3.jpg

set @ 80% white, blue & royal blue:
http://i1225.photobucket.com/albums/...lover1/004.jpg
:cool:
http://i1225.photobucket.com/albums/...ver1/003-5.jpg

More pictures:
My sump area lighting
http://i1225.photobucket.com/albums/...ver1/001-7.jpg

Full galvanized pan covering the entire bottom of the sump area coast to coast with a drain to outside of the house
http://i1225.photobucket.com/albums/...ver1/002-4.jpg
http://i1225.photobucket.com/albums/...ver1/004-1.jpg

i wish i was handy! Great work so far.

Looking good! I can't quite make it out but are your corners soldered on the galvanized pan? If it's not you can just run a bead of clear silicone up those corners if they're just spot welded.
It's been my experience (journeyman sheet metal worker) that any part of galvanized parts that no longer have galvanizing on them rust. It is just a coating on an iron sheet. I'd imagine it'll rust even more so around salt water. Any edges of the sheet, where it was cut to size, has exposed iron and will eventually rust. Just something you may want to consider. A coat of Tremclad would certainly help, but you'd have to pickle the galvanizing for the paint to stick. Easy as wiping the sheet down with vinegar.
Just a thought... I may be over thinking it :) I do that, lol.

This is coming along nicely! :pop2:

I thought the same things - nothing wrong with a little over thinking

Laurie, your build is looking great so far
Great idea with the drip pan

Not to add to your costs, but an acrylic/plexi pan would be much more hassle-free

Keep up the pics :smile:

Looking good Laurie,

Good job with the enclosure. Think I saw you at Home Depot a couple of weeks back, I was in too much of a hurry to come have a natter.

Keep up the good work,
Dunc

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the corners are soldered and water tight, putting a thin coating of silicone over all the joints and raw edges. thanks for the input :smile:
thanks for all the nice comments from everyone. I"m taking my time on this whole project and of course it's going slower than I would like.

:thumb: Looks like you got 'er well in hand! I hear ya about it going slower than you like. My 210 build has been creeping along too. But you're doing it right, that's what counts and what you'll be thankful for when it's done. Besides... the build is a ton of the fun anyway :)

Ya! for sure building it has been a lot of fun and am really enjoying it. :smile:

December 1/12 Finally got my sump in place and plumbed it in.
http://i1225.photobucket.com/albums/...ver1/002-6.jpg
December 1/12 Got the water & salt mixing, the final herbie adjustments will be after I get the sand and rock settled in. Letting the emergency over flow take some water down it to get rid of any salt foam until the final adjustments are made, no doors yet!
http://i1225.photobucket.com/albums/...ver1/003-7.jpg

Looks really good. I'll have to drop by and have a look. I'm jealous of the amount of room you have around your sump.....my stand is rammed, barely a spare square inch for anything else.

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More pictures
 

Rock and sand in Dec.2/12 in first picture, then second picture today Dec.3/12

http://i1225.photobucket.com/albums/...ver1/002-7.jpg
http://i1225.photobucket.com/albums/...er1/001-10.jpg
picking up a couple of small chromis to start it off tomorrow :mrgreen:

Lookin good Laurie
Umm, is that rock on the right against the glass ?
Don't forget to leave yourself enough room for algae cleaning :wink:

Ya I got to move it and probably will move some other ones as well, till I get it the way I want it.

Tank is coming along nicely bud. Great work on putting everything together. I will have to stop by for a visit soon.:razz:

Dec.5 /12 newest pictures a couple of little Chromis and added skimmer; excuse the grainy pictures lousy camera.
http://i1225.photobucket.com/albums/...er1/001-11.jpg
http://i1225.photobucket.com/albums/...ver1/002-8.jpg

Some new pictures Dec.8/12 a few fish, coral frags and a picture of the bottle of a product called Colony that I used from start up, this stuff seems to work well although I was skeptical at first of what it says it will do. It's 1 week and my levels remain very good, the guys on the tv show "tanked" use it all the time for there set ups. So far so good.
http://i1225.photobucket.com/albums/...er1/001-13.jpg
http://i1225.photobucket.com/albums/...ver1/002-7.jpg
http://i1225.photobucket.com/albums/...er1/001-10.jpg
http://i1225.photobucket.com/albums/...er1/001-11.jpg
http://i1225.photobucket.com/albums/...er1/001-12.jpg
http://i1225.photobucket.com/albums/...ver1/002-9.jpg
http://i1225.photobucket.com/albums/...ver1/003-8.jpg
http://i1225.photobucket.com/albums/...ver1/004-2.jpg
http://i1225.photobucket.com/albums/...ver1/006-1.jpg
http://i1225.photobucket.com/albums/...lover1/008.jpg

Wow it's looking great so far. Love the clowns.

More corals added: Dec.11/12
http://i1225.photobucket.com/albums/...ver1/001-3.jpg
http://i1225.photobucket.com/albums/...er1/002-11.jpg
http://i1225.photobucket.com/albums/...er1/003-10.jpg

Wow this is certainly progressing fast

Holee, somebody went shopping :smile:
Lookin' good Laurie

I've been collecting for a while and were spread around the other tank and my frag tank.

Jan.2/13 some more pictures,1 month in.
http://i1225.photobucket.com/albums/...ps9d17d654.jpg
http://i1225.photobucket.com/albums/...ps3a151c0f.jpg
http://i1225.photobucket.com/albums/...ps73187bef.jpg
http://i1225.photobucket.com/albums/...ps2eb15258.jpg

Looking good Laurie

I like those blue mushrooms,.... need to get some.

Wao its filling up fast! Tank is looking awesome Laurie!

Thanks Zee I'm happy with the progress so far.

[quote=clown lover;762509] 90 gallon reef :biggrin:
Started this in August: These are the latest pictures Feb.23/2013
http://i1225.photobucket.com/albums/...ps9b9ec09d.jpg
http://i1225.photobucket.com/albums/...pscfde8ce9.jpg
http://i1225.photobucket.com/albums/...pse8170196.jpg
http://i1225.photobucket.com/albums/...lover1/008.jpg

August 2013 pictures:
http://i1225.photobucket.com/albums/...pscfde8ce9.jpg
http://i1225.photobucket.com/albums/...ps9b9ec09d.jpg

Laurie,

Tank is looking awesome my friend. I was hoping you were home today when I dropped off your salt but alas, it was not meant to be. I will try to time it better next time. I'm sure Felicia would love to see your tanks as well.

Anthony

Ya those pictures are kinda grainy, going to take some new ones as I have a better camera now.

i lke the look of the tank laurie well donr man how about a pic of the whole setup.... hows the softies holding up.. I still love the softies lots of movement on the corals you know when you have good flow

They seem to like the flow, just changed from a mag 950 to a Speedwave 1320 dc return pump, it's got 6 speeds and it very quite, I run it full bore so at 5' of head I'm getting approx. 900 GPH which is a pretty good turn over for my system.