MJ's 150 gallon rimless aquarium build

[Emjay1983]

I first started my planning almost 8 months ago, when we decided to move.

Just like other reef junkies, with a promise of having a fisheroom, i gave the full authority of choosing house, interior, and furnitures (simply everything related to house) to wife..

Well guess it was a good deal for me !!!

I started my planning with sketchup.

Since i already got many equipments to use again, the size was pretty restricted..

I decided to use my ATI Powermodule 8x54w..
(Which i can't think anything better atm..)

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So the tank size would be 60"l x 30"w x 20"h

I wanted 3 side starphire glassed rimless tank..

Because i'm a DIY person, first i was going to build it my own..

However after getting some quots for glasses i needed, i didn't see a reason for DIY.

I ordered my aquarium from Concept.

Here it is!
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When i ordered my tank, i already ordered my synergy overflow...

So i didnt ask for a overflow box(which i kinda regret.. i could saved some money there).

Here is my tank design.
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It wasn't bad.. but i wanted something more..

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Now it's better
(But i changed my design little bit)

Because i wanted a big sump, i decided to save some space by using steel frame.

I decided to use 2x4 tubes for top frame and 2x2 tubes for legs and bottom frame.

I was going to make it with steel..
But i decided to use aluminum tube to reduce the total weight of the system.
(Remeber.. aluminum tubes are much more expensiver than steel. It didn't really metter to me because as a cnc machinist, i could get them really cheap through company)

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I asked Dug.(who works in my company)to weld my frames. I did it because he is the best welder i know and he is a person who dealing with precision instruments... for him project like this is a piece of a cake!!!

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The table you see is very very accurate table... (and extreamly expensive..)

These are with in a precision of 0.003" for 10' long.. (guess it's good enough for a fish tank stand haha.. XD )

Will be continued..

















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