Ok, so today I moved the tank and stand frame I built upstairs to the sun room (to the wife's dismay) The stand frame is made out of 2x4's and 2x6's. I made it 3' high because I never liked how low the standard hight is. I glued a 1/4" black acrylic to the bottom with a 1/4" bead of silicone for impacts from rock fall's and such. I left the edges unglued so the gases from the silicone could escape. I'll seal the edges in on monday.It will also keep light from the refugium from shining up.( good idea witfull
Wasn't easy but I got it in in one piece. I was given a 75gal. Tenacor acrylic fish tank from the LFS (Tropical Show Case long island NY, thanks Gene!
for the building of the refugium. Its a brand new tank with a blue back on it. I am going to be framing out the refugium part and that will be on display under the tank. The two sides that im sectioning off will be behind black glass doors and will house the overflow area, sump/dropin chiller/skimmer. The sump will be designed like the one im running now but on a larger scale. I'll put a pic of the 30gal. one in now. Its a mud/fluidized bed system that Gene helped me design. works great and there are no gas buildups in the mud. Oh and the lock line came in today but short 3 T's. Its cool, since I still have to swiss cheese the tenacor and wait till next friday for the sump return pump.
