My 300 gallon Drop Off Reef Tank Build

[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.

[Nano]

nice I've seen these on youtube, very cool tanks

[MarkoD]

looks awesome.

how are you going to incorporate flow into the braced section?

what if detritus and stuff gets stuck in the corners there?

maybe you should do the bracing length wise and then have a closed loop intake at the end and have water constantly passing through

[Myka]

Originally Posted by MarkoD

looks awesome.

how are you going to incorporate flow into the braced section?

what if detritus and stuff gets stuck in the corners there?

maybe you should do the bracing length wise and then have a closed loop intake at the end and have water constantly passing through

I agree. I'm not sure your design for the accessible areas is going to work out that well. I do love the drop off idea though! Since I learned of this style I am reconsidering the brand new tank I have sitting in the garage! ACK!

[MarkoD]

this was my mini design of a drop off.

worked great for a the month i had it set up. might try this in a 70 gallon when i have some time





water flowed into main area, down through the rock wall, and rose up into the pipe and into the sump... basically the opposite of an overflow

[Gripenfelter]

Crabs and shrimp can always find detrius.

There will be a circulation pump on the back end to pull water through the area.

[Delphinus]

Neat, should be really interesting to see how this works out!

[MarkoD]

Hope it works out for you