32 gallon Biocube with custom sump

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I am a bit late on the build thread seeing I'm 2 1/2 years late. This is my first reef tank and I started with a standard Biocube (32 gallon AIO). The more research I did, I found that everyone recommended more water volume for stability. I decided to try making my own custom sump to fit in my stand. It added an extra 10 gallons to my total volume. It also gave me a place for a bigger skimmer and the option to grow macro algae. Here's what I have accomplished with the help of #Reef2reef 20190429_200114.jpg
 

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I am a bit late on the build thread seeing I'm 2 1/2 years late. This is my first reef tank and I started with a standard Biocube (32 gallon AIO). The more research I did, I found that everyone recommended more water volume for stability. I decided to try making my own custom sump to fit in my stand. It added an extra 10 gallons to my total volume. It also gave me a place for a bigger skimmer and the option to grow macro algae. Here's what I have accomplished with the help of #Reef2reef

Hello, I'm new to this forum. I'm interested on the total cost to make this happen? I've only had my tank for less than a year, and even with weekly 5 gallons water changes, I'd like to get my water parameters more stable by adding a sump, and a protein skimmer. I have the stock Coralife stand to use.
 
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I have been extremely busy lately and haven't had much time to spend here on Reef2Reef. I know there are a lot of people curious how I was able to add a sump without drilling my tank. One thing I didn't want to do was to drill holes in a tank that I may get rid of in the near future. I also wanted to keep my lid intact to cut down on evaporation because I heat with wood pellets and the air is extremely dry. So, this weekend I am going to do a point and shoot update on my setup. I will post it here on my build thread and also on my YouTube channel = Garrett Keller.
 
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Hello, I'm new to this forum. I'm interested on the total cost to make this happen? I've only had my tank for less than a year, and even with weekly 5 gallons water changes, I'd like to get my water parameters more stable by adding a sump, and a protein skimmer. I have the stock Coralife stand to use.

I have been AFK for awhile and apologize I didn't see your message earlier. Ill touch on your question in my update video. Thanks.
 

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