My 300 gallon Drop Off Reef Tank Build

[Gripenfelter]

7 ft x 3 ft pieces of glass. 5/8" thickness. Beveled edges.

[Gripenfelter]

Stand is powder coated.

[Gripenfelter]

7'x3'x2'. Bottom piece is 3/4" thick.

[Gripenfelter]

Bracing for the drop off shelf put in.







Is it a sump or a tank?

Tank should be done by the weekend. Then the plumbing fun begins.

[tgrover]

wow, this will be fun to follow!

[hillegom]

Is it a sump or a tank?


Tank! the title gives it away

[lastlight]

crazy so looks like you're making the compartment open to the rest of the tank? what's the plan there?

[Hustler]

Sweeeeet Looks like a very cool project indeed

[Gripenfelter]

Basically building this:



But instead of using an L shaped tank and having a huge stress point on the inner corner I'm doing it out of a rectangular tank and leaving the hidden area accessible to small fish, snails, crabs, and shrimp. Sides will still be hidden and covered by live rock just like the above pic.