Phil's new 46 gallon frag tank

[Phil]

ya just taking a little brake lol. hoping to get water in it tonight just need to do the over flow pipe.

[Phil]

ok filled the tank with water and onle 1 leak!?!?!?! it was a union missing a rubber oring i found it on the floor and replaced it and no more leak

Now problem #1

my overflow is too small for a herbie in 1 1/2

so im gonna try 1 1/4 and if that wont fit im going to use 1"
any suggestions are welcome.

problem # 2

now i know this was going to happen so i didnt glue the drain line in.


Whats the best way to make it quiet and less splashing? put a 90 half in the water or run the plumbing down to the bottom on the sump?

[subman]

Just run the piping into the water. I liked to have it close to the bottom and a ninety so the water would swirl keeping debris up so it would make it to the filter socks

[Phil]

so i had the tank running for about 6 weeks now and just got around to building a skirt for the stand.


side view before painting trim.


front view
front panel is held on by magnets still have to put the trim on the front and u can allso see i put a ledge around the tank too.


finnished side other than needing another coat of black paint.

[Phil]

got my skimmer today from steve at redcoral. Vertex omega 150


here it is in my sump brakeing in.



i can tell right away that this skimmer is a light year ahead of my swc on my other tank.

[Phil]

picked up a light fixture today for the sump and installed it. u can see it with the front panel off.




i finished painting and putting all the trim on the stand.


i got my apex jr set up and mounted along with the ato and mp10wes.

[Phil]

so i figured its time to update this build. what stared as a frag tank got turned into a zoa garden.



as u can see i got rid of my t5 fixture and replaced with a mitra
also added a sand bed.


some of my zoas


top down

[whytey]

Looking good Phil good to see you went with the GHL mitra

[Azzkr]

This will be a sweet frag tank. Looks like it will be a full reef tank now and no longer a frag tank lol Great job

[explor3r]

Well done I love the idea of displaying the frags in rocks it looks more natural.
Now thats a skimmer