The Best of Both Worlds

[Arok3000]

Looking good, are you having Concepts building you an identical tank for your discus?
The Eheim 1262 has nearly 12' of head capability, so I think 5' with a few elbows should be fine.

Thanks for the comments.

I most likely will go with Dave again for the discus tank. They are still small juveniles (less than 4 inches) so it will be awhile before they move to their new home. I'm also planning on having the exact same setup for the discus tank, except I will also incorporate two canisters to it. The sump will be a refugium for hornwort and auto water change.

The Eheim 1262 has to run 11 feet horizontal and up 5 feet total (gradual slope).

[The Guy]

I like your plans of what you are doing, keep the pictures coming, looks great so far.

Okay the drywall is up and were onto the 2nd coat of drywall mud. Still 3 more coats to go before we can paint.

I decided to add more rock to the display. Let me know what you think.



My corals are still bleached and faded, still trying to bring the colors out.







I want to add a sand/crush coral substrate on the new tank, but I don't think I'll be able to keep it clean. There's just too much rock covering the sand. Also, my water flow inside the tank will be about 120x turn over.

Moving the sumps and refugium into the fish room has definitely given me lots of space under the stand. I'm going to keep the drawers in the stand. I bought the wood for it so hopefully I can reinforce it this weekend.

[Arok3000]

I think that's a perfect amount of rock. Sparse enough to have lots of open room, but substantial enough that your coral has room on the rock and some to grow also.

Looking good! Can't wait to see how your build ends up.

[cuz]

Thanks guys, especially you 'Cuz'. The majority of my corals came from you!