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![]() So the story starts a couple years ago with me being fairly inexperienced around saltwater and getting a 180 gallon tank. I drilled the tank myself and built an internal overflow box. now both of those things i ended up doing wrong, I drilled a single downpipe and built a massive overflow box.
Fast forward to last week. I was tired of my tank being loud and was also tired of worrying about a flood. All of that plus the fact that my oversized overflow restricted my ability to get flow around the back side of the rock structure, resulting in a large amount of detritus accumulating in the dead spots. Soooo. i decided i would set up a holding tank and remove EVERYTHING from the tank and sump so i could do things right. or at least better. Last edited by tim the toolman; 10-24-2013 at 03:17 AM. |
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![]() Here is the tank before the tear down. Notice the oversized overflow.
![]() ![]() Here is a sideview. Almost impossible to get proper flow around the rock structure. ![]() ![]() Last edited by tim the toolman; 10-24-2013 at 03:25 AM. |
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![]() Brought in a holding tank for the fish and coral during the overhaul.
![]() ![]() Here is everybody happy in their new home ![]() ![]() And all ready to drain the beast. ![]() ![]() |
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![]() The tank all emptied and filthy as hell
![]() ![]() Here is the carnage that ensued in my living room ![]() ![]() ![]() And the tank all cleaned re-drilled and the new much smaller overflow installed. ![]() |
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![]() Tank back on the stand.
![]() ![]() The new overflow. ![]() ![]() And the tank put back together and re-aquascaped ![]() ![]() ![]() Can finally get flow behind the rockwork ![]() |
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![]() All said and done it was alot of work but definitely worth it in the end.
The tank now runs silent and i have an emergency drain as well so i can sleep at night without fear of a flood. Didnt lose any livestock during the transfers either so all in all must consider it a sucess. |
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![]() What a makeover! From the pics everything looked like it went out as planned. Love the new overflow box over the old one!!
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![]() Im monitoring to make sure i dont get any ammonia spikes, but yeah so far so good. The overflow definitely made everything much more functional and opened up the tank nicely.
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Hey! I never "LEFT" the hobby, just doing fresh water now. Which is still listed as part of Canreef if I'm not mistaken. ![]() |