Hello all. New to this forum and SW. Have found a lot of great info here! I have kept freshwater tanks for 15yrs and finally jumping into salt water. I have an old 55-60 gallon hex that I am in the process of turning into a FOWLR. Tank is 24” tall. Is 25 inches from flat to flat side and 28” corner to corner. Each panel is 14.5” long. Geometry is not my friend but I think it works out to 56-57 gallons... hard to measure the side as the tank is one piece and rounded corners. Not a clear mid point to measure from.
Anyway- Here is a shot of the tank (full of junk and in need of cleaning) and the old stand.
I am planning to put a sump in so I had to build a bigger stand. I’m not that great at building things but here is how it looks under my first stress test. Will test it under tank load before moving inside. It has held around 450 lbs so far without any cracking or moving.....
It has three removable panels up front (magnets), two fixed panels and an open back.
Should fit a 10 gallon sump. I have put the first coat of black enamel paint on it today so more photos to come.
I have placed orders for the overflow kit (aqueon mega flow) and a Lifeguard Quiet One 4000 pro pump. Should be here in a few days.
I will be drilling the tank (bottom) probably here in the next few weeks and building the overflow box.
Planned substrate will be a white sand....I think
Currently have around 60 lbs of dry live rock.
Light is a black box LED and plan to get a 18” moon light too.
200 watt fluval heater.
Stocking list is up in the air. But my wife wants a Foxface and a Flame Hawk for sure. A yellow prawn goby has also been mentioned. I would like a copperband but have heard mixed things about them. All sorts of wants just not sure on a real good stocking list.....ideas welcome!
I’m not too keen on clowns but the idea of a pair with a nice anemone has been floated [emoji57] around.
And ideas and words of wisdom are appreciated!
Anyway- Here is a shot of the tank (full of junk and in need of cleaning) and the old stand.
I am planning to put a sump in so I had to build a bigger stand. I’m not that great at building things but here is how it looks under my first stress test. Will test it under tank load before moving inside. It has held around 450 lbs so far without any cracking or moving.....
It has three removable panels up front (magnets), two fixed panels and an open back.
Should fit a 10 gallon sump. I have put the first coat of black enamel paint on it today so more photos to come.
I have placed orders for the overflow kit (aqueon mega flow) and a Lifeguard Quiet One 4000 pro pump. Should be here in a few days.
I will be drilling the tank (bottom) probably here in the next few weeks and building the overflow box.
Planned substrate will be a white sand....I think
Currently have around 60 lbs of dry live rock.
Light is a black box LED and plan to get a 18” moon light too.
200 watt fluval heater.
Stocking list is up in the air. But my wife wants a Foxface and a Flame Hawk for sure. A yellow prawn goby has also been mentioned. I would like a copperband but have heard mixed things about them. All sorts of wants just not sure on a real good stocking list.....ideas welcome!
I’m not too keen on clowns but the idea of a pair with a nice anemone has been floated [emoji57] around.
And ideas and words of wisdom are appreciated!
