My 50gallon system!

[Banjo-king]

Hello everyone my name is Donald and I recently acquired my new tank. I have a 20gallon tall running right now. The 20 has a large HOB filter 20 pounds of live rock and maybe a 1" sand bed. I have. Clarki clown and an arrow crab. I'm using SLR LEDs 24" and have a basic CUC. also have a small GSP colony.
Here's a picture

And here's a picture of my new tank

And here's the sump

I cleaned them with vinegar and water, patched the holes in the sump and painted the back glass

I'll update more when I can.
The tank measures 52"x12"x12"
The sump measures 18"x12"x24"

 

[lighting]

waiting for the updating

 

[55g]

20g live rock looks sweet. Just an fyi...from your tank measurements it's 32.4gallons, sump is 22.4g. What process did you use to paint the back black. Only asking because I have to do the same... Is your new tank acrylic or glass?

 

[Banjo-king]

20g live rock looks sweet. Just an fyi...from your tank measurements it's 32.4gallons, sump is 22.4g. What process did you use to paint the back black. Only asking because I have to do the same... Is your new tank acrylic or glass?

I taped off all parts I didn't want painted and used a flat black acrylic spray paint. I went with spray paint because I didn't want any streaks on the glass. The spray paint went on smoothly and evened out pretty well. I only had to use two coats. It was less than a can for my back glass. Hope that helps. The new tank is glass it was custom built for a LFS. It even had the baffles in it so they could separate the livestock. I removed the baffles. The sump is acrylic.

 

[Banjo-king]

I got the stand done and the plumbing hooked up. It's running right now but I still have to fix the overflow. It's way to noisy! Someone told me I need to put a piece of PVC in the bulk head coming up toward the top of the overflow. So that the overflow area fills up more. I don't have the correct size PVC and the hardware stores are closed so I'll have to wait until tomorrow after work. Here's a picture of what it looks like so far.

The return pump is a Triton 3 it's rated at 850gph. I like it so far, it fit my budget and it's very quiet compared to the noisy overflow that sounds like a constant toilet flushing. I plan on having a refugium area in the sump so I hung a light and put a "grow bulb" in it. I don't know if it will work on cheato algae or not but I'll update as I go. The tank currently is just fresh water I'm just trying to work out the kinks. I plan on adding the salt soon and "seeding" it with some of my live rock and sand. I don't want to take my 20 down until I am absolutely certain the new tank is ready and all levels are good.

 

[55g]

Beananimal.com has a silent overflow concept that is interesting. Might be good to look into...

 

[Banjo-king]

Beananimal.com has a silent overflow concept that is interesting. Might be good to look into...

Thank you so much! I'll definitely look into it!

 

[Banjo-king]

After looking at that website I realized I've been saying overflow in relation to the area in my rank that's drilled. I don't know what that area is technically called. I'm sorry for the confusion or wrong use of words. I'm still kind of new to the hobby.

 

[Banjo-king]

About to turn out the lights and saw my bulkhead leaking....
The tank is unplugged for now until I can look at it tomorrow. Hopefully it just needs to be tightened.

 

[Banjo-king]

At work contemplating on how to hang my lights over the new tank and hoping the bulkhead just needs to be tightened. I have some wire and hooks I was hoping it would look good just hanging them from the ceiling. The wife's not I happy about that though, I don't know if it's for cosmetic reason or if she's just nervous about dangling lights over water. Also been thinking if I could use my HOB for anything I have two and was thinking maybe some type of mangrove area on the back of the sump. A lot to think about today.

 

[revhtree Verified Admin]

Looking good!

 

[Banjo-king]

Looking good!

Thank you! I'm so proud of the tank so far and I'm so excited for the journey ahead of me.

 

[Banjo-king]

So I went to the hardware store and picked up what I hope will fix the bulkhead. I also drained the sump and put a baffle in before the return pump. I'm waiting on the silicone to dry now. Crossing my fingers now hopefully everything will be in working order so I can mix the salt, add some sand, and live rock to seed the tank. I also need to move the lamp more centered in the refugium area.
Meanwhile my arrow crab still thinks he's king of the 20g

 

[Banjo-king]

Here's a picture of the baffle

I think I got it the right height
I also added a barrier above to help keep the macro and other things in the refugium.

Here's a picture of my bubble trap

I've never made one before and I'm sure there are better ways, but I do have to say absolutely no bubbles make it into the display. I'm just waiting now for the silicone to cure before I run the system. The tube says 24 hours so I guess I'll turn everything on tomorrow night.

 

[Banjo-king]

Good news the bulkhead isn't leaking anymore! I cleaned the seal and put a little more elbow grease when I tightened it. I was nervous about over tightening. The baffle is working great and thanks to the knowledge of everyone else and a few websites including (beananimal.com) thanks 55g
I was able to make a durso style overflow and it's a lot quieter. Now I just need to wait until this weekend when I'll breakdown my 20gal and put everything in the new system.

 

[Banjo-king]

Almost forgot to take a picture

 

[Flameback Pair]

What is the dimensions of the 50 gallon?

 

[Banjo-king]

What is the dimensions of the 50 gallon?

The display tank isn't 50gallons the entire system is including the sump. It's actually closer to 54.8 but I just said 50.
The DT is 52x12x12.