After a year long break from tanks I'm back

[riche]

I got out of aquariums completely a year ago, and got into woodworking. Well I was sitting in the living room the other day and said to myself I miss having a tank and I could build a custom stand... So off to Market place I went and today I found a Red Sea Max 130d for the great price of free :) Thankfully I am building a stand as the one it came with fell apart lol

It was used for freshwater, so I will be upgrading everything. I will be keeping the hood on it as I have cats, so Besides the Steve's Led upgrade, is there any other lights that would work with the hood on?

Since I am building a custom stand, should I make the stand wider and drill the back of the tank and run a sump?

I have limited space for a tank so this was like a gift from the Saltwater gods lol, and I will create a post of my build once I have something drawn up

 

[Crabs McJones]

@riche welcome back!

 

[BryanM]

Welcome back!

 

[B&CinB.C.]

Welcome back to the salt

 

[Fish Fan]

Welcome to Reef2Reef!

 

[dlaird76]

Very interested in this one. Especially the new stand and potentially sumping it......Intrigued. Following along. Any updates?

 

[vlangel]

Have you considered using a HOB overflow and not drilling it. That is what I do and if you match the flow exiting the return nozzle to the maximum flow capacity of the overflow you won't have any problems with a flood.

 

[riche]

Well this project was put on the back burner as I picked up a 40 breeder for my living room set up

I am still going to build a stand for this tank and use it for a qt/extra holding area

 

[dlaird76]

Ah that's a shame. I've just revived my old RSM 130D that i bought years ago and was hoping to steal your ideas lol. Did you ever find out if it could be drilled?

Good luck with the 40 breeder

 

[riche]

Ah that's a shame. I've just revived my old RSM 130D that i bought years ago and was hoping to steal your ideas lol. Did you ever find out if it could be drilled?

Good luck with the 40 breeder

I read that it cant be drilled as its tempered glass

 

[dlaird76]

Thanks for the confirmation. Appreciated

I read that it cant be drilled as its tempered glass