G&D's Foray Into a 90G Tank (Take One)

[reefgirl189]

It's very nice. Good job guys!

Glad to see Nemo is still kickin' .

[gridley]

Originally Posted by reefgirl189

It's very nice. Good job guys!

Gad to see Nemo is still kickin' .

Yes, Nemo is doing just fine - as you will have noticed I decided to add some dry rock for the dry fish!

[subman]

Stand looks great! love the removable middle section. Whats supporting the span if that middle section is just for looks?

[gridley]

Thank to both Reefgirl189 and Subman for the compliments on the stand.

Regarding what is supporting the span since the front panel is just for looks - the upper rail is in essence a 2x4 header. At a 4' span it has adequate strength to support the load and the load is transfered to the legs which the rail sits on top of. I did most of the planning in advance (my first hobby is furniture making). That being said I wasn't convinced I was right until I was forwarded the following link. It is a very close design to what I had come up with. Just to be safe I adjusted my plans and went with the recommended plan in the link.

http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1169964

[gridley]

Originally Posted by subman

Stand looks great! love the removable middle section. Whats supporting the span if that middle section is just for looks?

Hi again - further to your question - which, by the way, is a great question. Because of the design of the legs, which is 2 2x4s which form an "L" shape, the span is 38" rather than 48". That puts much less stress on the upper rail.
Thanks for the question.

[gridley]

Despite it being spring and the need to get lawn work done, we have been able to get a little bit done on the tank. On the weeked we did some shopping and picked up an Elos ATO, two Radions, and a RLSS R8-u skimmer http://www.rlss.ca/#!protein-skimmer/vstc2=r8-u http://www.advancedaquarist.com/blog...by-h2o-systems Thanks Dave for your help with all this.







I have also been working on the sump. The system we purchased was a used one and the original design was for the drain from the tank to splash onto the hloder for the filter socks. Thinking that this wasn't a great idea I decided to add a baffle and extend the drain pipe so that the water will drain directly into the water, flow up and then through the filter socks. This makes the main compartment a few inches smaller but still large enough to hold the necessary equipment.

We have started getting serious about thinking through the aquascaping and will be having a few conversations with some local people to get tips and ideas. We are also trying to think through what we want for livestock and are a bit overwhelmed yet learning about different fish, LPS, SPS etc.

The next task will be to finish gathering the needed material for plumbing and get serious about doing that. I hope that will take place in the next week.

So, on with the yard work for today!

[FishyFishy!]

Nice work on the sump. That is personally my favorite type of mechanical filtration setup. Only difference is I prefer a filter floss as apposed to filter socks....maybe becuase i'm too lazy to constantly change the socks out lol.