My 300 gallon Drop Off Reef Tank Build

[MarkoD]

Ladder? Pffff just make escalators

[Gripenfelter]

Escalators are so 5 mins ago.

Elevator and submarine dude.

Btw, going with a Bean Animal overflow if anyone has any pointers in that regard.

[Gripenfelter]

Only took 7 guys to lift it.





Now the plumbing starts.

[lastlight]

Wow that thing's tall (and braced like fort knox!).

Scaping is going to be a real adventure looking forward to seeing that update. Do yourself a favour and buy the 500 pack of zip-ties =) I'd silicone a series of anchors to the cliff face so you can tie to it...

[Gripenfelter]

Originally Posted by lastlight

Wow that thing's tall (and braced like fort knox!).

Scaping is going to be a real adventure looking forward to seeing that update. Do yourself a favour and buy the 500 pack of zip-ties =) I'd silicone a series of anchors to the cliff face so you can tie to it...

Good idea!

[evaneatspie555]

that is soo kool i cant wait to see more progress and the final results of this build. as for lighting are you going to need more powerfull lighting for the drop off part and less intense lighting at the top or are you going to go with the same lighting and have corals who need more intense lighting at the top and corals who dont need such intense lighting of in the drop offif your going to do corals at all that is.

[claymax]

[Gripenfelter]

Originally Posted by evaneatspie555

that is soo kool i cant wait to see more progress and the final results of this build. as for lighting are you going to need more powerfull lighting for the drop off part and less intense lighting at the top or are you going to go with the same lighting and have corals who need more intense lighting at the top and corals who dont need such intense lighting of in the drop offif your going to do corals at all that is.

Eshine's CREE 3 watt LEDs. On my 24" deep tank I have them at 60% power. So for the 36" deep portion I'm thinking 100% will be fine. If they aren't strong enough I can always source some 5 watt LEDs.

Most of the SPS and light demanding coral will be on the shelf (18" deep) and stuff like mushrooms and leathers will be on the bottom.

Everything else somewhere in between.

[Myka]

I can't wait to see the rock in there.

[evaneatspie555]

This is amazing