New Build: 34 DB RR frag

[Brewman1987]

Well I had been contemplating doing a frag tank for a while and finally bit the bullet. Went down to shoreline today and picked up a 34 gallon deep blue rr frag tank today.

Going to use my old 20 long sump, return pump from my 29 gallon, have a reef octopus bh50 skimmer and spare led light. Should be a fairly quick build and assembly. Hoping to get this done by the weekend and water flowing.

Stay tuned.......

 

[Vaiodude]

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[fastest302]

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[Bradley Crocker]

Good luck! Can't wait to see it!

 

[Brewman1987]

Ordered a tunze osmolator for consistent top offs, should be here for this weekends project.

 

[Brewman1987]

Well it didnt get it filled with water as i had planned but i made the stand and all that needs to be done is primer/paint it.

While at home depot i decide what better of a reason to buy a new power tool so.....

 

[Brewman1987]

Here is a shot of the stand. I gathered some things of what i had from my original 29 gallon to utilize on this frag tank. My plans are to fill the sump with rock and keep the tank bb. I may keep one fish in there, depending on how algae is controlled. My return setup is going to have a manifold, so that way i can run gfo or carbon if need be.

 

[Brewman1987]

Got some most of the work done minus being fully plumbed. I forgot one of the fittings for the return line bulk head and didnt feel like going back out.

For the light fixture i used black pipe and painted it black to hang some leds from. I have a large tote of rock curing that i will use in the sump for this tank and will seed it with rock from my dt.

 

[fastest302]

How did you make the light holder

 

[Brewman1987]

At home depot i was in the plumbing section and looked at the black pipe (gas piping). I used 1/2" pipe, 3-36" length of pipes, 4-90* elbows , 4-1" threaded nipples, 2-couplers and 2 -1/2" flanges that mount to the wood stand.

 

[Brewman1987]

What the flange looks like.

 

[fastest302]

At home depot i was in the plumbing section and looked at the black pipe (gas piping). I used 1/2" pipe, 3-36" length of pipes, 4-90* elbows , 4-1" threaded nipples, 2-couplers and 2 -1/2" flanges that mount to the wood stand.

Awesome.. I've been going nuts trying to figure out how I would mount mine in like how you did that.. what lighting are you using

 

[Brewman1987]

I have a 16" older reef Breeders light and another 16" black box I plan to hang above the tank. I had originally thought of using pvc to hang the light but decided the metal pipe was better looking and would last longer.

 

[fastest302]

I have a 16" older reef Breeders light and another 16" black box I plan to hang above the tank. I had originally thought of using pvc to hang the light but decided the metal pipe was better looking and would last longer.

Nice.. yea the metal is definately better.. I'm getting a sealife led soon for my setup.. what skimmer are you running?? Can't decide on one for mine

 

[Brewman1987]

I have a reef octopus bh50 from when I had a 29 gallon set up. I was planning to use that for now and see if I need a bigger one later on.

 

[Brewman1987]

We have WATER!!!! I also got the ato reservoir set up and tested the tunze nano out. I'm hoping to have water circulating tonight...hopefully.

The tote of rock I had curing seems to of had very little dead organics on the rock. The ammonia spiked to about 1ppm and then dropped off, I also added a live rock to the tote and think that helped out with the curing.

Don't mind the pvc shavings on the floor

 

[Brewman1987]

Well I got it filled up with 56.6 degree rodi lol. Finished my temp controller build as well and now just letting it circulate and get up to temp before I add the salt. Hopefully tomorrow am I can add some salt.

 

[Bradley Crocker]

Looking good! Do you have a aquascape plan yet?

Just a heads up....I have the tunze osmilator nano as well. Keep an eye on how long it has to run in order to top off. I had to reset mine all the time before I moved the float to a smaller compartment in the sump. It took me months to figure out what was wrong with it.

 

[sassAwrasse]

Nice. Following.

Btw, we used the metal pipes at lowes they have for DIY projects and spray painted them. Same idea. Looks good man.
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[FlyinBryan]

There used to be a subscribe button on this app. Now I have to comment to follow. Oh well.
Great tank & build. I have the jr size of that tank, the 35, not set up yet.