My Never Ending 200 Gallon Build

[TaboutWealth]

So I recently moved out on my own to and decided to upgrade from my 55 gallon to a 200 gallon. I will like to make it a reef tank with a refugium. Its been a about 2 months since I got this tank and havnt got it running yet, from lack of time because of my work schedule to breaking the bottom trying to move this heavy a%* tank.

Got Tank>Resealed it>Sanded and repainted stand>Broke bottom moving tank>New Glass Bottom....

I plan on drilling tank for overflow (glass obviously isnt tempered)

 

[piranhapat]

Lots of luck getting it running. Nice job on replacing bottom glass. Did you do it yourself? Looking good. I like the dimension of your tank.

 

[TaboutWealth]

Lots of luck getting it running. Nice job on replacing bottom glass. Did you do it yourself? Looking good. I like the dimension of your tank.

Thanks yea i did it myself. Ran out of clear silicon and only had white thats why the seal looks kinda ugly its a mix of both.

 

[albano]

Ran out of clear silicon and only had white thats why the seal looks kinda ugly its a mix of both.

Is the white silicone, aquarium safe?

 

[TaboutWealth]

Is the white silicone, aquarium safe?

yea its 100% silicon 1 wasnt paying attention and picked up a tube of white

 

[TaboutWealth]

Does anyone know where I can buy a overflow wall instead of the overflow boxes from glassholes.com ?

 

[bigsink]

Try BRS or Custom King

 

[samksy]

Nice job on the build. Is this going to be full blown reef? Sps only or mix?

 

[thirty6]

nice job so far, dont feel bad its been two months

i bought my tank in october, it was running end of january/early february....life happens!

 

[TaboutWealth]

Nice job on the build. Is this going to be full blown reef? Sps only or mix?

was thinking mix but not 100% yet

 

[TaboutWealth]

found what I was looking for...think I should have 2 overflows or should 1 be good enough ? was thinking 2" bulkheads

 

[TaboutWealth]

so I made progress ........drilled the bottom and brought a overflow standpipe kit , way to short?

 

[TaboutWealth]

glass is scratched alot wish i could remove them

 

[cmantis]

Yeh you wanna raise the drain otherwise that will be a lot of water going down into the sump.

 

[Adamc1303]

Hey did you consider bean animal drain. One Bean animal system will be way more then enough for that tank using 1.5" bulkheads. Since you can drill the tank yourself adding another hole should be simple. I have the overflow and I love it. It's dead silent.

check this out.

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1541946&page=235&highlight=bean+animal+overflow

You can do it with a tank drilled on the bottom too.

 

[TaboutWealth]

Hey did you consider bean animal drain. One Bean animal system will be way more then enough for that tank using 1.5" bulkheads. Since you can drill the tank yourself adding another hole should be simple. I have the overflow and I love it. It's dead silent.

check this out.

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1541946&page=235&highlight=bean+animal+overflow

You can do it with a tank drilled on the bottom too.

i wish i would of thought about that before i no longer have the drill bit