New reef tank build in progress

[CudaScott]

I have a new reef tank build in the works that is a 75 gallon Marineland I drilled it Tuesday for a
Eshopps eclipse large overflow. I’m new to saltwater and did some research on where to locate the
overflow and decided to place it in the center and hope to do a split return on each side of the overflow. I purchased an Eshopps R-200 sump and hope to be able to do around 1000 gph on the return pump. My plan is to set the tank up for anemones and LPS corals and of course fish
So here’s a couple pics of my empty tank and I’m open to any advice on setting it up as well.

 

[BestMomEver]

That looks great! I’m following along! And welcome to the reef!

 

[CudaScott]

my next step will be to choose to drill or do an up an over for my return.
Which way do you all think would be best?

 

[Mastiffsrule]

Welcome home, we left the lights on.

Looks good so far. Based on your name and that hood behind the tank really wondering what you may have back there.

 

[ndrwater]

Kind of depends. Personally, I like the cleaner look of a drilled return, but up and over definitely works well too.
One benifit of drilled is the various returns available. From Loc-line, to the VCA random flow generators

 

[CudaScott]

Welcome home, we left the lights on.

Looks good so far. Based on your name and that hood behind the tank really wondering what you may have back there.

Thanks for the welcome! I’m leaning hard toward drilling the return since the clean look is really
what I’m after. Just wonder what the pros and cons if any to each were.Oh the car in the pic is a 69’ superbee and beside it resides a 67’ fastback Barracuda.

 

[Mastiffsrule]

Car pix are allowed if you want, (hint)

 

[CudaScott]

So Im gonna drill the returns 4” from each corner but how far up should I put them? I can trim a bit from the plastic rim if needed.

 

[CudaScott]

Look what showed up today

 

[CudaScott]

Started building my stand today almost done still gotta stain and trim and decide what door I’m gonna use. Was thinking about a glass door so the sump would be visible is that a bad idea?

 

[Mastiffsrule]

Only thing I can think is the glass door may get salt spay or evaporation that may require lots of cleaning.

Looking good.

 

[CudaScott]

Would it be a bad idea to do a glass door? I thought it would be cool to be able to see the sump.

 

[CudaScott]

Yea hadn’t thought of having to keep it clean

 

[yachtman]

Let's talk about that car. Is it original?

 

[CudaScott]

Mastiff,
I’ll get some pix of the car once I get a few things done to it and get it out of the garage.

 

[CudaScott]

I have been restoring it so not original but does have the original sheet metal and numbers matching drivetrain.

 

[RobW]

Started building my stand today almost done still gotta stain and trim and decide what door I’m gonna use. Was thinking about a glass door so the sump would be visible is that a bad idea?

Nice superbee!

 

[yachtman]

oooops. Didn't see the last post. Need pictures of that sweet ride.

 

[RobW]

What year is it, 69, 70? I have my office in one of my clients buildings. He runs his business out of the building as well. All of the other bays are setup with car lifts and stuff. He is a collector. He also rents out the other spaces to car collectors. Right now in the building we have a 67 A/C cobra 427, a 69 superbee, a 67 gto, a 68 convertible shelby gt 500, a h1 hummer, 2016 Bentley gt speed, a gt40, a 1980 Ferrari 328 GTS, about 6 different porsches, um what else? Some race bikes etc.

 

[RobW]

A couple of the cobra.