Manny Tavan Posted February 9, 2021 Share Posted February 9, 2021 (edited) Two months ago, when I started gluing acros on top of other corals like monti, birdsnest and psammacora that's when I realized I needed a new tank. Here is the plan. My goal is a "cheap" bare bone system that will be stocked with only acropora. So far I've got the rocks and the lights and I will be reusing some stuff from my reefer 170 breakdown (Apex, tunze ATO) Tank - 120G, 48x30x21 eurobraced acrylic 1/2" thickness. Peninsula style. External overflow Stand - 8020 aluminum stand, no skin. Topped with 1/2 inch white HPDE starboard Sump - 29 gallon breeder with clarisea 3000, simplicity 240DC skimmer, eheim jager 200W x 2, media bag in baffle for rowaphos and carbon, jebao DC 8000 return Light - Photon V2 50" x 2 side by side Flow - 2 MP60's on the overflow end of the tank only ATO - 10 gallon breeder with tunze ATO Rock - Addicted reef rock shelves. I have 120 lbs Controller - Apex - Trident Dosing - 2 part DOS (ESV b-ionic) - 2 little fishies Kalk reactor Fish - 2 clown fish - 2 blue damsels - 5 to 7 yellow tangs This thread will get updated from start to finish like my previous build Edited February 9, 2021 by Manny Tavan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manny Tavan Posted February 9, 2021 Author Share Posted February 9, 2021 This is always my favorite part of any build...gotta let those creative juice flow... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
obrien.david.j Posted February 9, 2021 Share Posted February 9, 2021 5 hours ago, Manny Tavan said: Stand - 8020 aluminum stand, no skin. Topped with 1/2 inch white HPDE starboard I used 1/2 inch black HDPE "marine board" in my build, and its great! (I think Marine board, and Star Board are the same thing - based on this tap plastics link.) I used one sheet on top of my stand. I used a second sheet as the inside "floor" of my stand. I love how sturdy if feels. https://www.tapplastics.com/product/plastics/cut_to_size_plastic/king_starboard/526 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The ReefBox Posted February 10, 2021 Share Posted February 10, 2021 I use 4 mp 40’s on my tank. 48x32x18 and they are over kill. Two mp 69’s willl have to be throttled way down IMO. Love new builds! I’m starting one as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manny Tavan Posted February 10, 2021 Author Share Posted February 10, 2021 7 minutes ago, The ReefBox said: I use 4 mp 40’s on my tank. 48x32x18 and they are over kill. Two mp 69’s willl have to be throttled way down IMO. Love new builds! I’m starting one as well I am aiming for tsunami level of flow inside the tank so the mp60’s will probably run on full blast Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
albertareef Posted February 10, 2021 Share Posted February 10, 2021 19 hours ago, Manny Tavan said: I am aiming for tsunami level of flow inside the tank so the mp60’s will probably run on full blast Guessing you won't have sand - or at least not for long 😄 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pdxmonkeyboy Posted February 10, 2021 Share Posted February 10, 2021 geez.. zero shout out to the guy building your tank 😞 If you want me to check if piedmont has 1/2 marine HPDE I can. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manny Tavan Posted February 10, 2021 Author Share Posted February 10, 2021 18 minutes ago, pdxmonkeyboy said: geez.. zero shout out to the guy building your tank 😞 If you want me to check if piedmont has 1/2 marine HPDE I can. Didn't know if you wanted the bad publicity or not... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manny Tavan Posted February 10, 2021 Author Share Posted February 10, 2021 (edited) 21 minutes ago, pdxmonkeyboy said: geez.. zero shout out to the guy building your tank 😞 If you want me to check if piedmont has 1/2 marine HPDE I can. That would be cool. Tap plastic would charge $150 per panel and I need two (47.5x30) Edited February 10, 2021 by Manny Tavan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manny Tavan Posted February 10, 2021 Author Share Posted February 10, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, albertareef said: Guessing you won't have sand - or at least not for long 😄 Sand would likely end up in the sump with the amount of flow i am planning. Also it's acrylic and I hate gambling. I can scratch a glass tank like no other even bare bottom so I can't imagine what I would do with sand in an acrylic tank Edited February 10, 2021 by Manny Tavan 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pdxmonkeyboy Posted February 10, 2021 Share Posted February 10, 2021 (edited) like I said, tapp plastics is absolutely criminal in their pricing. Tapp wants $300 for a 30x48 piece of 1/2 starboard. Piedmont wants $221 for an ENTIRE 4x8 sheet..... That is over 400% more expensive.... Edited February 11, 2021 by pdxmonkeyboy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
albertareef Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 3 hours ago, pdxmonkeyboy said: geez.. zero shout out to the guy building your tank 😞 If you want me to check if piedmont has 1/2 marine HPDE I can. Sweet! I will have to hit you up one of these days when I get tired of the scratches in my glass tank 😄 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pdxmonkeyboy Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 Ok, we will talk in 2030. Lol 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manny Tavan Posted February 12, 2021 Author Share Posted February 12, 2021 20 hours ago, pdxmonkeyboy said: Ok, we will talk in 2030. Lol 2030 is like next week in reefing years... 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manny Tavan Posted February 12, 2021 Author Share Posted February 12, 2021 (edited) Can you kill a fish with too much PAR? Asking for a friend Edited February 12, 2021 by Manny Tavan 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manny Tavan Posted February 13, 2021 Author Share Posted February 13, 2021 Scape taking shape. I call it acrolandia. Only flat surfaces to grow big acro colonies. It’s gonna be a lot bigger... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willapa Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 Nice bonsai.....oh yea, aquascape is nice too 😆 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manny Tavan Posted February 14, 2021 Author Share Posted February 14, 2021 Scape is about halfway done and the tank is taking shape Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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pdxmonkeyboy Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 Lots of people post what it looks like when you make an aquarium. This is what YOU look like. Lol 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manny Tavan Posted February 15, 2021 Author Share Posted February 15, 2021 To be honest...you look better that way 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reef-fisher Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 Manny, are you using the glue and sand method? How is that working and what sand did you use? I used a finer aragonite in mine and it seems to be pretty strong. I’m excited to watch this build progress. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manny Tavan Posted February 15, 2021 Author Share Posted February 15, 2021 6 minutes ago, reef-fisher said: Manny, are you using the glue and sand method? How is that working and what sand did you use? I used a finer aragonite in mine and it seems to be pretty strong. I’m excited to watch this build progress. I grabbed a bag of sand from addictive reef when I bought the rocks. It's a fine sand mix. I'm using that thin glue from gluemaster and honestly it's super strong. As strong as marco mortar. How I know? I stepped on of the rock by accident and the rock broke while the bond was intact lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manny Tavan Posted February 23, 2021 Author Share Posted February 23, 2021 Today is drilling day. This is gonna be a forever tank for me. Hoping for 20+ years. That means it needs to be modular. No corals will ever grow on the rock itself so I can move them around as needed. The whole structure is modular but frag plugs and frag disks will be modular as well 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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