I’ve got enough ¼” polycarbonate to build section lids for the sump as well. An acrylic rod welded to the media rack will let me pull it out easily. I’ll also build a media rack to fit between the baffles if I ever need to run carbon or anything else. ![]() The full siphon main drain will be plumbed to a manual fleece roller mat I’ll build from polycarbonate to fit the sump and a 4” roller fleece. It will be fairly long (28”) and narrow (10”) to fit the closet without blocking the bifold door opening. ![]() I’ll build the sump from 3/8” acrylic with eurobracing and structural baffles. I typically use aniline dyes and Osmo to finish my furniture but to keep saltwater drips at bay I’ll go with Arm R seal sprayed on for multiple coats and a thicker finish. I’ve done this for a floating bathroom vanity that worked great. To keep the open stand design I’ll weld a frame from 1-1/2 square tube and build around it with 4/4 maple. The ¾” drains will be neatly routed through removeable wall plates to the closet behind the wall and you won't really be able to see any of it except from a tight angle to the wall. I’ll build the ghost overflow from black acrylic and some leftover 3/8” clear acrylic and plumb it with a bean animal drain. (This has since changed to a 16 gallon Waterbox clear mini due to availability and timing.) I’ll build from precut 6mm glass with a 10mm bottom. The tank will grow from 12” x 12” x 12” to 28” x 16” x 14” high - roughly 27 gallons. I especially like sitting in the chair to the left of it with my face pressed to the glass looking for cool little creatures in the rock.Īnd here's the new plan: Intricately drawn to exact dimensions including the room and wall studs (because that's important here). I’m aiming to keep the feel and serene quality of this in the new tank. Luckily I have a coat closet directly behind the wall from the tank.Ī nice little reef that fits the room fairly well (maybe a touch small), doesn’t scream FISH TANK EQUIPMENT at you and is a positive and interesting addition to our living room. A sump in a tiny stand under the tank will not help my goal of easy and accessible. BUT.I had to keep the aesthetics of the room in mind with the open stand, no visible equipment and rimless unassuming tank with few protuberances and distractions. The solution? More room/less equipment in the display and a sump. The goal is to be able to easily maintain EVERYTHING! I'm OCD so I want to make each task perfectly easy and hopefully even enjoyable. These are little nitpicky things for the most part so to remove the little annoyances while keeping all the things I love about it took some planning.
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