Ok those who know me know I am new to the hobby. In 3 months I have gone from a 10 gallon nano to a 30 gallon cube. Well I'm pathetic LOL and have purchased a new acrylic 55 gallon tank. I'm a sucker for a good deal, don't beat me up! I had 4 small fish in the 30 gallon and I guess some consider that overstocked. Now I will have more breathing room. I will eventually transfer my 30 gallon to the 55 gallon as it cycles.

You think my LED light will be enough for it? This question is mainly for Phys lol

The tank is a rimless acrylic with curved corners. It's 4 feet wide and pristine. It's not reef ready but I will be drilling 2 holes and adding bulkheads and gluing an overflow over one hole, the other will be a return. I am also painting my stand black. I guess this will be my build thread and will post pictures as I update. For now this is the start product. Wish me luck!

lookin good

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Can't wait to see this take off Levi. Your previous 2 tanks have been pretty cool too, so I'm excited to see what you do with this one.

Thanks guys! So far I painted the stand black and added some nickle finish handles. I've drilled 2 holes on the back for my 2 returns and have cut up some acrylic for the overflow box that I am mounting on the back. I am going to cut slits in the back of the tank for surface skimming/overflow right in the top middle. Water will pour through to the back box then drain into the sump from there. Basically like my HOB on my current 30 gallon but with out anything inside the tank. Hopefully it comes out the way I see it in my head lol. I will post pics tonight or tomorrow when I am done.

I did take some time and got some new corals lol. I got a rainbow acan, a duncan, some bambams, a blue hornet, some big piece of some sort of tort, eagle eye zoas, rose nebulas, area 51 chalice, psammacora and orange digi.

new tank looks great i love acrylic now that i have one, so much lighter and more clearer to see everthing inside, good luck with the new setup looking forward to seeing the process
Rob

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How about some pics of the new corals?

ugh so don't laugh at the slits I made... I tried a router, then a dremil both made chips. Then I ended up using a drill and a hack saw. I'm bummed lol...

Anyway here's a couple of pics of the tank with the overflow and box in place as well as the two returns with bulkheads.





I will do coral pics when everything is in the new tank. My 30 gallon looks cluttered.

Guess it's evil of me to make you wait a week or two to see my new frags lol. Here's a couple of pics.

Area 51


Duncan


Bam Bam in the middle and the Psammacora at the top left


The unknown tort (from reefkoi)


Rainbow Acan


Bambam (I love it)


Eagle Eye Zoa


ORA Red Planet


The blue hornet was closed but will post when it wakes lol

blue hornet is shy i guess

Oh yeah here's a couple of pics of the stand painted with added handles. These pics have ghosts in them too lol if you believe in that. They're "orbs"

Sweet.

looks great
Rob

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thanks

tank looks OFF the HIZZY! stands not too shabby either..goes with the black background of the tank (i guess thats what u were going for?)

like the eagle eye

thanks

Well it's finally set up. I don't think the LEDs I have will be enough for the whole tank but for now it still looks sweet. Me and my fish are happy with the results.

like the way you setup your rocks. what is the egg crate for? and what is that under the power head? looks like a giant snail WO

I am using the eggcrate as my ghetto frag rack lol. I initially made it to stack rocks on and will likely do the same. I will be adding more rock this weekend. I think that's the frogspawn lol. Just waking up, or if you mean the conch that's just a shell myclowns like to hang out around

Ghetto frag rack? I think egg crate is what most use for frag racks.

yeah just saying ghetto since its not store bought and rough around the edges lol