Jjd531
Active Member
- Joined
- Dec 3, 2019
- Messages
- 106
- Reaction score
- 109
- What state or country do you live in
- Pennsylvania
Hello, so I have a pretty ambitious plan for an a paludarium reef tank. I'll get into that in a moment, but I'm interested in possibly making the tank from scratch, glass/acrylic, and silicone.
How hard is this? is it even worth it? Would someone with no experience other than siliconing some baffles into a sump be able to put something like this together? How do I come about acquiring glass or acrylic of the various sizes or shapes I'll need, willing to cut it as well, but would need recommendations for that..
I plan to do a large tank possibly as big as 80 to 100 gallons and tall, possibly L shaped, I want to put a baffle in let's say the middle, and have a semi wet (dare I say moist) beach on the left side that slants into a beach which drops into an SPS reef. On the beach land side I plan to keep land hermit crabs, I've always loved them, but they'd never live long and replicating their natural environment is very difficult.
I plan to have a large freshwater pool/dish on the far left side or around the L bend on the land side possibly with an aerator to keep it fresh and for easy changing so the crabs have access to fresh drinking water. If your not familiar with land hermit crabs they also need a deep sand substrate to molt as they'll burrow and bury themselves till its complete. They require both fresh and saltwater which would make this a very interesting paludarium probably one of a kind since my looking around for similar projects failed to yield results.
For filtration I would probably drill a hole for an overflow and inflow on the reef side and have a sump under the whole setup.
This tank would probably be a dream come true, I picture my giant white spotted hermit crab meeting the land crabs on the beach in the middle lol, would be an awesome sight.
Any ideas about glass work, or experiences making your own tanks and how you acquired the glass, what type of glass acrylic I should use ect. To point me in the right direction, I would greatly appreciate it.
How hard is this? is it even worth it? Would someone with no experience other than siliconing some baffles into a sump be able to put something like this together? How do I come about acquiring glass or acrylic of the various sizes or shapes I'll need, willing to cut it as well, but would need recommendations for that..
I plan to do a large tank possibly as big as 80 to 100 gallons and tall, possibly L shaped, I want to put a baffle in let's say the middle, and have a semi wet (dare I say moist) beach on the left side that slants into a beach which drops into an SPS reef. On the beach land side I plan to keep land hermit crabs, I've always loved them, but they'd never live long and replicating their natural environment is very difficult.
I plan to have a large freshwater pool/dish on the far left side or around the L bend on the land side possibly with an aerator to keep it fresh and for easy changing so the crabs have access to fresh drinking water. If your not familiar with land hermit crabs they also need a deep sand substrate to molt as they'll burrow and bury themselves till its complete. They require both fresh and saltwater which would make this a very interesting paludarium probably one of a kind since my looking around for similar projects failed to yield results.
For filtration I would probably drill a hole for an overflow and inflow on the reef side and have a sump under the whole setup.
This tank would probably be a dream come true, I picture my giant white spotted hermit crab meeting the land crabs on the beach in the middle lol, would be an awesome sight.
Any ideas about glass work, or experiences making your own tanks and how you acquired the glass, what type of glass acrylic I should use ect. To point me in the right direction, I would greatly appreciate it.
