We are getting started on setting up a 140gal. cube in place of our 210 gal. tank. Tank size is not really that much smaller, but hoping to keep the costs down a bit with the new set up (less lights, smaller pump, etc.).
We got the tank from glasscages.com and picked it up in Chicago to save on shipping. Very happy with the tank and the experience of glasscages.
The tank is 36x36x25 and has a single 1.5" drain. We are having a stand and canopy built for the tank, which will hopefully be done this week.
Sump will be a 45gal. cube (24x24x18) and will house a Reef Octopus NW-200 skimmer. The return pump will be a Iwaki 40RLXT with a Oceans Motions Squirt supplying 4 returns in the tank. Lighting will be a single 250w Radium on a PFO HQIballast in a Lumenarc III reflector. Cal. and Alk. will be taken care of with a GEO Kalk reactor run by a Litremeter III dosing pump. A Ranco dual stage temp controller will control heaters and fans.
Here's a quick shot of the tank. It's on its front so I could paint the back black. More pics to follow as things progress over coming weeks.
The woman is in charge of the fish , so she has plans. But fish we kept from the 210 that will go in there are a midas blenny, bicolor blenny, red sea sailfin tang, 2 perc. clowns, fathead anthias and a royal gramma. This may change as things progress.
Yeah, there is bracing on the bottom, inside the tank. The bottom glass is not floating, so I assume that is why they do that.
I'm not familiar with floating glass. Can you explain?
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The sides are sitting on top of the bottom glass, like an acrylic tank. Where AGA has there bottom glass higher than the bottom of the sides. That make sense?
I'm not familiar with floating glass. Can you explain?
american glass tanks are generally made with a frame/trim on the bottom and top. since the bottom piece of glass is not touching the platform that the tank is sitting on, many people refer to this as the a floated bottom or floated glass. OCEANIC and ALL-GLASS refers to the trimless tank as "brick style".
OK guys, I got it. Now I'm going to tell you why a guy who's been in the hobby nearly 60 years, me, didn't know that simple fact about glass aquariums.
It's because the last time he owned a glass tank was back in the mid seventies when they were either stainless steel framed or the "New All Glass" aquariums. I have not even looked at a glass tank with any seriousness in all those years. I even owned iron framed tanks in the fifties. OMG, can you believe the headachs they caused the early marine aquarists?
It would be safe to say I'm into Acrylics!!!
Thanks.
Dick
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Reaching my 70th BD, I realize that I cannot help but grow old. However, I refuse to grow up!!! My wife would tell you, "He may be 70 but, He's going on 17". Life is wonderful with a woman like that.
I would have liked to have gone with acrylic, but the price is just too steep. Maybe someday.
We'll the guy who is builiding the stand and canopy is really busy, so it's looking more like next week. The week after he's on vacation, so the possibility it won't get done until after his vacation. I'll know later this week.
Alright, made some progress today. The stand and canopy are almost finished. The builder just needs to add some trim, sand and throw some clear coat on them. Should have them tomorrow.
Here's a couple of rough pics.
Back of Stand/Canopy - 2 outer holes will have fans on a temp. controller, 2 inner holes will have fans on when light is on. 2 notches on the canopy are where the return lines will come through.
Looking from the right front - Stand and canopy will have doors on all 3 sides for easy access to whatever we need to access.
Shot from the left front
I'll start adding baffles to the sump tomorrow, should have the finished up this weekend.
I almost have the sump complete, just 2 more baffles to go. The sump is a 45gal. cube (24x24x18).
The water will flow from the back left corner (big section where a RO NW-200 skimmer will be) to the front, then right and back to the return section (you can see the bulkhead for the return pump).
, so she has plans. But fish we kept from the 210 that will go in there are a midas blenny, bicolor blenny, red sea sailfin tang, 2 perc. clowns, fathead anthias and a royal gramma. This may change as things progress.
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I even owned iron framed tanks in the fifties. OMG, can you believe the headachs they caused the early marine aquarists?
