I have been wanting a peninsula tank for quite some time and always thought I would have to move house to accommodate one correctly, but found a way round the whole house move thing by knocking down a wall instead
I have been working on this project for the past 3 weeks and decided to start a thread to track the progress and share my journey with the reefing community.
My design is to fit into a specific space so a tank 48" in length 24" deep (at the deep end) and 20" wide was the maximum I could go without it being too intrusive into our living space. The deep end is 20"x20"x24" with a 6" step up to the shallow 28"x20"x18" section. I have calculated the volume of the display tank at around 80 gallons and will probably end up with roughly 13 gallons in the sump.
In terms of aquascape, I am thinking of having two main sections, one just higher than the step at the front, but moulded around the step and then another large section raising up toward the weir and back of the tank. I intend on having smaller isolated rocks dotted around.
I expect to have the tank delivered at the beginning of January based on the lead time required of 12 weeks, but there is still plenty I will be working on in the interim period, with either equipment, sump, aquascaping and starting the cycle process off with the rock in a Brute bin.
Hope fellow reefers find this little build interesting and thanks in advance for taking the time to look and comment.
Which aquarium manufacture did you use, and would you recommend them? I’ve been looking at either Fit Filtration or Aquariums 4 life.I have been wanting a peninsula tank for quite some time and always thought I would have to move house to accommodate one correctly, but found a way round the whole house move thing by knocking down a wall instead
I have been working on this project for the past 3 weeks and decided to start a thread to track the progress and share my journey with the reefing community.
My design is to fit into a specific space so a tank 48" in length 24" deep (at the deep end) and 20" wide was the maximum I could go without it being too intrusive into our living space. The deep end is 20"x20"x24" with a 6" step up to the shallow 28"x20"x18" section. I have calculated the volume of the display tank at around 80 gallons and will probably end up with roughly 13 gallons in the sump.
In terms of aquascape, I am thinking of having two main sections, one just higher than the step at the front, but moulded around the step and then another large section raising up toward the weir and back of the tank. I intend on having smaller isolated rocks dotted around.
I expect to have the tank delivered at the beginning of January based on the lead time required of 12 weeks, but there is still plenty I will be working on in the interim period, with either equipment, sump, aquascaping and starting the cycle process off with the rock in a Brute bin.
Hope fellow reefers find this little build interesting and thanks in advance for taking the time to look and comment.
