Blazin rebuild and upgrade

[Reef UP]

Wouldn't be to hard

 

[Bugg_zy]

As a suggestion I went with the 30g tank for my sump. 36 x 12 x 16 , been working out great so far.

 

[BlazinNano]

Ok so I have never built a stand. Jack is gonna help me. Do I need all those center braces?

 

[Reef UP]

If you used 2by6's it'd be fine without them or if you went doubled 2by4's that'd be fine without the center braces sorry I like over kill just to error on the safe side :)

 

[BlazinNano]

Holding tank up!

 

[Reef UP]

Glad to see things coming together ! For ya!

 

[BlazinNano]

Glad to see things coming together ! For ya!

Little by little.

 

[gar732]

Ok so I have never built a stand. Jack is gonna help me. Do I need all those center braces?

I didn't put the center brace in the front of my 75gal stand and it has been up for a year with absolutely no sagging or issues at all. It's great not having it there when you need to work in your sump. I can post a link to my build later if you like (I don't know how to do it on my phone).

 

[BlazinNano]

Changed my plans. No peninsula. Don't have the space for it. Plus the stand I got would it work right with it. So here is my idea. I know it looks like a kid drew it but I don't have CADA or anything like that. The return pump will be external in the cabinet on the right and I might try and hide the overflow box by building the rocks all the way up to the top. Maybe. The rocks might change depending how I feel when I start making them.

 

[Reef UP]

Looks like a plan haha

 

[BlazinNano]

Ok so what do you think of the rocks? I am making them myself out of ceramic. I was think since the light is only 36" and the tank is 48" the ends will have lower light to get chalices off the sand. Plus I was thinking on the middle rock I was gonna put a spot for a couple corcea clams since they love high light.

 

[Reef UP]

I think if done right an you take your time so they don't look really man made it'll look awesome

 

[BlazinNano]

I think if done right an you take your time so they don't look really man made it'll look awesome

Well I made one for a friend of mine. https://www.reef2reef.com/forums/pr...ussion/62431-reef-breeder-build-thread-3.html . I want to make mine a little different with flatter pieces like the ones marco rock is making by cutting the rock into slabs.

 

[Pisces II]

With your rock build you might want to take a piece of dry rock and use it to texure the ceramic, should give you a great look, maybe even use some shells for a fossil print. The nice thing is if you don't like it, you can cover it with corals.