30 gallon Mixed Reef wonderland

bauder1986 · #1 03-14-2010, 06:35 PM

All I can say is, good bye simple and hello future gadjets haha.

So, all thanks to Terry(themarineaprentice) for entering that nano contest and showing me how to build your own acrylic tank.

Watching this guy build his tank made me realize that this is so easy that I could definitly do my own and for only $85.00. So I got to thinking....and drawing....and more drawing....and some measuring....and some arguing with myself until finally I came to the conclusion that the perfect tank upgrade for me is a 20.25 x 20.25 x 11.75 cube tank with a nano style built in sump.

With these dimensions, i didn't really have to worry about light upgrades at the moment, but still gives me the opportunity to add a phosban reactor and all that shiny stuff to spend my money on

So since no one on Canreef likes to read without have at least 10 pictures there

I shall give you pictures.

....K so I guess you people can only have a few pictures because my internet is being gay....

bauder1986 · #2 03-14-2010, 06:36 PM

oh and thanks to Greg(grizz) for letting me use his shop to build this thing till the wee hours of the night haha

Kryptic4L · #3 03-14-2010, 07:20 PM

MOAR PIKTURES!

Seriously though I love it. The scape is looking good. Just some clarity issues you need to fix.

Now go slap some mangroves in the back.

Flash · #4 03-14-2010, 08:03 PM

that looks awesome!!! good job!

fishytime · #5 03-15-2010, 03:51 AM

Looks great Josh!....hmmm.....*starts wondering about trading frags for tanks*

The Grizz · #6 03-15-2010, 04:06 AM

Hey what about me Doug, my shop, tool's, power and weldon 4.

bauder1986 · #7 03-15-2010, 07:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fishytime

Looks great Josh!....hmmm.....*starts wondering about trading frags for tanks*

Trading frags eh? coooool ill start using some miracle grow to hurry up the process haha JK

Skimmerking · #8 03-15-2010, 12:06 PM

hey man love the tank. what is the back chamber for .

bauder1986 · #9 03-15-2010, 07:45 PM

Thanks asmodeus, the back chamber was tossed in as a 'sump' of some sorts. its main porpuse is a spot to have my protein skimmer and future phosban reactor hang with out having thier pumps in the way of everything in my tank. I also have a heat in their, another pump and maybe a future refugium. It functions as a sump in every way possible but I kept it pretty simple. And in the mean time I can aquascape any way i want and not have to work around heaters, and pumps of skimmers and such.

superduperwesman · #10 03-15-2010, 08:49 PM

Yeah it looks good. Like the dimensions