Paddy's Ocean - 70 Gallon Mixed Reef **Phoenix Rebuild**

[lastlight]

Those last 2 shots give you a nice idea of what your tank might look like dominated by green star polyps!

[snow1]

Looks good so far, it will be an interesting thread to follow for sure.

[paddyob]

So I drove to Calgary today and picked up the tank. It is just as shown in first pics.

It is almost new. There is a manufacturing sticker inside the frame that shows made in November 2009.

I paid $70 with stand and he threw in a couple pumps as he was not using them.

Now I need to plan for an internal overflow and sump.

I dont know best style of sump... or best size for a 70 gallon system.


Anyhow... the fun begins.

I move in 2 weeks so once I move the actual set up begins.

[intarsiabox]

You got a hell of a deal Patrick! BTW what did the actual dimensions of the tank end up being?

[paddyob]

48x19.5x18

[paddyob]

Also.... thanks Ned for driving and the use of your vehicle.

Tony... Tank. Nice. Clean. Great deal. Thanks!

Originally Posted by paddyob

So I drove to Calgary today and picked up the tank. It is just as shown in first pics.

It is almost new. There is a manufacturing sticker inside the frame that shows made in November 2009.

I paid $70 with stand and he threw in a couple pumps as he was not using them.

Now I need to plan for an internal overflow and sump.

I dont know best style of sump... or best size for a 70 gallon system.


Anyhow... the fun begins.

I move in 2 weeks so once I move the actual set up begins.

[abcha0s]

Originally Posted by paddyob

Now I need to plan for an internal overflow and sump.

My current tank is a 90G converted from fresh to salt water. I had to figure out how to make an internal overflow.

Take a look at Beananimals solution:

http://www.beananimal.com/projects/s...ow-system.aspx

Have fun!

[Greenmaster]

Sorry about this it's just something that I feel needs to be done... I hate having to click on pictures to see them... I'll be following your set-up too

[paddyob]

Can someone teach me to post pics properly....haha. I only know how to make the little attachment links. If you dont wanna click.... let me know how to attach full pic!

Thanks

[Greenmaster]

where ever the image can be viewed you can right click it and click "Copy Image Location" then you can paste the link after clicking the "Insert Image" button of the post location (the one with the mountains and the sun or moon on it)