JD's 300 peninsula

[jduong916]

I ordered a custom peninsula from CDA 72"x36"x27" back in June of 2021. Before I got my tank I built my sump, skimmer and mixing station. I'm kind of a DIY guy as you'll see from the photos. I also had to break down a ridiculously placed awning above my front door.



I received the tank in early November 2021. I started putting everything together.



I had to wait a while for the lights, so I made a rack and hoped I could make a cantilever without any additional support. This didn't work once I attached the lights, the rack started to flex, so I added a temporary support.



Here are a few pictures of my sump.



I didn't like the exposed canopy so I decided to cover it, and I decided on a guy wire for support. If I knew I needed the guy wire to begin with I wouldn't have had this huge plate welded to the light rack. You can still see the plate and it is totally unnecessary now that I have the guy wire. I still need to add 4 tunze 6255s, but Tunze is way behind on orders. So here is the semi finished product.

 

[reef_ranch]

Great start! I love the stand and light canopy! You did that yourself?

 

[jduong916]

Great start! I love the stand and light canopy! You did that yourself?

Yep. I built everything except the tank, lights, and pumps.

 

[reef_ranch]

Impressive! Is the canopy hinged or did you leave enough space to get your head and shoulders in there for maintenance?

 

[jduong916]

Impressive! Is the canopy hinged or did you leave enough space to get your head and shoulders in there for maintenance?

No hinges, just enough space to bang my head if I really need to get in there lol.

 

[Gundy]

Very nice peninsula build. I am in love with the peninsula style tank and am in the process of building one myself. Did you install a closed loop or are you going to place power heads on both the side walls to get proper flow?

 

[jduong916]

Very nice peninsula build. I am in love with the peninsula style tank and am in the process of building one myself. Did you install a closed loop or are you going to place power heads on both the side walls to get proper flow?

I'm going to add 4 Tunze 6255s to the overflow wall. Hopefully I get enough flow. I think it'll work out.

 

[BoneDoc]

Love the placement of the tank too

 

[jduong916]

Love the placement of the tank too

I like it too, but my wife, my mom and most of our older family members complain about it being in front of the door. Go figure.

 

[bisteclol]

Nice skimmer!

 

[jduong916]

2.5 year update. I’ll post another at four years lol.