This is my second saltwater tank, I didn't take many pictures when setting up the first one so never bothered doing a build thread. For this one I figured I'd do it right and document everything. Hopefully if/when I run in to issues with it that'll make it easier for all you smart people here to help me solve them. Without further ado:
The Tank:
Its a 6 gallon cube from aqueon, fits perfectly on my desk at school and hopefully will give the students something to look at when they're zoning out from listening to me lecture .
I'm lucky enough to work at a school with a robotics program so I convinced the teacher there to let me commandeer his laser cutter and 3d printer one afternoon and made myself a panel and some baffles for a sump/filter compartment in the back of the tank. As well as a nozzle for my return pump to hopefully spread the flow out some. I just used superglue to attach everything together so it won't be completely water tight from the rest of the tank but I don't think that will really matter?
Here they are in the tank, worked out perfectly with just enough room for my pump down in the bottom left.
Kinda ugly looking but it's the back of the tank so who cares.
I'm starting this one off with dry rock and live sand, might throw in an extra piece of live rock from my home tank if I have room, well see.
I don't have a great eye for aquascape or anything like that but I'm pretty happy with how this one looks, hoping the coral eventually will grow on it and give it some character. And finally here it is with water in it, I'm just waiting for everything to settle down so I can start ghost feeding and get the cycle going.
I've got a small 50W preset heater in the back and I ordered a par38 LED bulb for the lamp that I'm hoping will provide some decent lighting. Is there anything else I'm forgetting or that yall think I should add?
The Tank:
Its a 6 gallon cube from aqueon, fits perfectly on my desk at school and hopefully will give the students something to look at when they're zoning out from listening to me lecture .
I'm lucky enough to work at a school with a robotics program so I convinced the teacher there to let me commandeer his laser cutter and 3d printer one afternoon and made myself a panel and some baffles for a sump/filter compartment in the back of the tank. As well as a nozzle for my return pump to hopefully spread the flow out some. I just used superglue to attach everything together so it won't be completely water tight from the rest of the tank but I don't think that will really matter?
Here they are in the tank, worked out perfectly with just enough room for my pump down in the bottom left.
Kinda ugly looking but it's the back of the tank so who cares.
I'm starting this one off with dry rock and live sand, might throw in an extra piece of live rock from my home tank if I have room, well see.
I don't have a great eye for aquascape or anything like that but I'm pretty happy with how this one looks, hoping the coral eventually will grow on it and give it some character. And finally here it is with water in it, I'm just waiting for everything to settle down so I can start ghost feeding and get the cycle going.
I've got a small 50W preset heater in the back and I ordered a par38 LED bulb for the lamp that I'm hoping will provide some decent lighting. Is there anything else I'm forgetting or that yall think I should add?