130 gallon peninsula build

[iiluisii]

Well I been meaning to downgrade for a few month. The new tank is a 40x30x25 euro brace peninsula tank with a coast to coast over flow on the 30 side I will post pictures tomorrow when I go pick up the tank.
So far I might change a few things like going with less fish and I might go with sand but the tank is gonna be a minimalist aquascape with only sps, zoas and palys.

 

[Rhino]

Sweet! I love peninsula tanks!

 

[braincandEE]

i love peninsula tanks as well!!

 

[p woodard]

Will this be your 5th or 6th in the last year lol

 

[iiluisii]

Nope second lol. That's how I roll.

 

[schooleyosis]

Sounds like a cool build. Where ya getting the tank from?

 

[iiluisii]

I got it from glasscages

 

[schooleyosis]

Cool! Lookin forward to the build.

 

[wakeboardgeek]

Looking forward to this build. Tagging along.

 

[Dowtish]

Very cool dimensions Luis! I'm excited for you.

 

[NeveSSL]

Awesome! Peninsula reef tanks are ideal, IMO, but hard to find space for.

Did you have Glass Cages do the overflow? They tend to be huge is why I ask. And by huge, I mean like 10" deep.

Brandon

 

[iiluisii]

Very cool dimensions Luis! I'm excited for you.

Yea man is the tank I always wanted now I'm trying to figure out how to light it i thought my large lumens bright reflector would be enough but I don't think so. It's only made to cover a 30x30 area

 

[iiluisii]

Awesome! Peninsula reef tanks are ideal, IMO, but hard to find space for.

Did you have Glass Cages do the overflow? They tend to be huge is why I ask. And by huge, I mean like 10" deep.

Brandon

The overflow is outside the tank so the tank is a full 40x30 they built the overflow on the 30 side. The overflow design is like this picture.

 

[NeveSSL]

Sweet! Did GC build it for you that way? I'm a little surprised... I didn't know they offered external C2Cs. That will be really nice.

Brandon

 

[iiluisii]

Sweet! Did GC build it for you that way? I'm a little surprised... I didn't know they offered external C2Cs. That will be really nice.

Brandon

Yea they do. Yea I'm gonna do a bean animal style pipes on it

 

[Dowtish]

Yea man is the tank I always wanted now I'm trying to figure out how to light it i thought my large lumens bright reflector would be enough but I don't think so. It's only made to cover a 30x30 area

I'm not sure how it would have been enough for the 185 but not a 130???

You might need to look at changing out the reflectors for something smaller and build a floating canopy where you could supplement with T5's or LEd's

 

[iiluisii]

I'm not sure how it would have been enough for the 185 but not a 130???

You might need to look at changing out the reflectors for something smaller and build a floating canopy where you could supplement with T5's or LEd's

I have a mini and a large over the 185 both 400 watt each. But for the 130 I was trying to do it with one large reflector at 400w