Large tank upgrade and design process

madreefman · Dec 30, 2023

Hey everyone, as title states I have a plan and I need to get it in motion and design and really finalise bits and bobs before getting this project on the go I have designed a pretty large drop off tank that I want to try and put in motion but have a few spanner’s I need you lovely people’s help to throw out the way so this project can get on the move and to be able to get talking to custom tank builders.

So my question is what would be the best lighting to use on the deepest part of the tank 170cm from top to sand bed ? I want it to be a mixed reef but lighting has stumped me as I want to be different from the rest and just want the drop off to look amazing

Troylee · Dec 30, 2023

Just gonna tell you from experience drops off suck! lol.. I was one the original people to build one many years ago it’s on here some where… flow and lighting is horrible on the end as it catches everything and it settles.. I ran halides on mine when I had it up.

madreefman · Dec 30, 2023

Troylee said:
Just gonna tell you from experience drops off suck! lol.. I was one the original people to build one many years ago it’s on here some where… flow and lighting is horrible on the end as it catches everything and it settles.. I ran halides on mine when I had it up.

Oh nice to hear some bad about them to be fair as it’s another reason I made the post as two people i know that have them rave about them but I thought lighting would be an issue because of the sheer depth of the drop off tanks let alone the depth iv gone for as well -_-

Troylee · Dec 30, 2023

madreefman said:
Oh nice to hear some bad about them to be fair as it’s another reason I made the post as two people i know that have them rave about them but I thought lighting would be an issue because of the sheer depth of the drop off tanks let alone the depth iv gone for as well -_-

Mine was 175 gallons it dropped off to 36” deep… let me find it. Lol

Troylee · Dec 30, 2023

Build Thread - troylee's one of a kind diy, drop off tank....

this is a long drawn out thread so please bare with me.. im gonna cut and paste here so a couple parts might not make sense lol... here we go... first up the routers i used... one is mounted in my diy router table with a fence clamped on it so all my pieces are exactly the same...

www.reef2reef.com

piranhaman00 · Dec 30, 2023

Your drawing shows 90+90cm at the deep end? That’s almost 6 feet deep, probably not a good idea for cleaning purposes alone. What material and size are you thinking?

piranhaman00 · Dec 30, 2023

Troylee said:
Build Thread - troylee's one of a kind diy, drop off tank....

this is a long drawn out thread so please bare with me.. im gonna cut and paste here so a couple parts might not make sense lol... here we go... first up the routers i used... one is mounted in my diy router table with a fence clamped on it so all my pieces are exactly the same...

www.reef2reef.com