Sean1986
Active Member
Hey everyone!
Long time lurker and watcher of the forums. I may of started a thread once before on a tank but probably never followed through on it ;Facepalm
This build thread was not planned in advance and I didnt take pictures of the whole process but i will share the pictures I did take.
This build is taking place because we just found out my wife is "Pregnant!!!" and we needed to move the tank out of one room and move it to another, we are turn the old tank room into a nursery. So Iv had all sizes of tanks, started with small biocube, went to a 30 solana that turned into a 60 cube then went from that to a 200 and all the way back down to a 60 cube. After a lot of thought I wanted something that would be simple, easy maintenance look big but not be to big. So I went with the 30 Gallon Nuvo with no back filtration and a smokey back glass.
Went with the Eshopps L ghost overflow and two return lines on the back glass. Was extremely nervous drilling 4 holes in the tank considering I have never done that, had my local fish store drill it for me and all went well. After watching I should of just man'd up and did it myself it didn't look to difficult.
I was not satisfied with any of the stands I could find online. They either were made out of cheap material, to small or just ugly. So I built myself a stand. Made the stand wider and deeper then the tank. I wanted my my stand up against the wall and not out an inch or two for the plumbing. I also wanted a larger sump then the typical stand would allow. Here is the basic structure of the stand.
And here is the stand pretty much finished and finished.
Here is a picture of the almost finished product of the plumping supply and drain lines. I added the unions in the sump above the two main drain lines, and on each end of the return lines in the sump. I plumped the return line to supply my two returns, and the manifold that goes to two reactors and my chiller. Had some issues dialing in my flow from the overbox into my sump. After some research I decided to shorten the main drain line in the sump and that fixed my issue. I guess if the line is to far into the water it wont allow for the air to escape. Causing your secondary drain line to try to become the main drain. Sorry if I explained that wrong or not well.
Here is my tank right after set up, only 1 of my Gen 2 pros where available because the other was still over my other tank.
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And here is what it looks like as of tonight
Equipment list.
Custom Stand
.Nuvo 30 No back filtration.
.2 Radion Gen 2 Pros
.2 Radion RMS light mounts.
.Eshopps L Overflow box
.Eshopps R-200 Sump
.Reef Octopus Essence 130 Skimmer
.Sicce 3.0 quite Return pump.
.Jabeo doser, not yet installed but its set up and ready to go once the tank starts consuming more.
.Small LED fixture for a nano tank just cant remember what the light is called. Ill try and post a picture another night.
.2 Ecotech MP10's I have a 40 but that would be over kill.
.Artic chiller, cant remember which model it is but I think its rated for around 75 gallons.
This is my first real build thread so please fell free to ask me questions and to take pictures of anything (tank related). Also what ever feedback is welcome. Sorry for any grammer mistakes im pretty much dyslexic so bare with me!
Thanks for taking the time to check out my thread.
Long time lurker and watcher of the forums. I may of started a thread once before on a tank but probably never followed through on it ;Facepalm
This build thread was not planned in advance and I didnt take pictures of the whole process but i will share the pictures I did take.
This build is taking place because we just found out my wife is "Pregnant!!!" and we needed to move the tank out of one room and move it to another, we are turn the old tank room into a nursery. So Iv had all sizes of tanks, started with small biocube, went to a 30 solana that turned into a 60 cube then went from that to a 200 and all the way back down to a 60 cube. After a lot of thought I wanted something that would be simple, easy maintenance look big but not be to big. So I went with the 30 Gallon Nuvo with no back filtration and a smokey back glass.
Went with the Eshopps L ghost overflow and two return lines on the back glass. Was extremely nervous drilling 4 holes in the tank considering I have never done that, had my local fish store drill it for me and all went well. After watching I should of just man'd up and did it myself it didn't look to difficult.
I was not satisfied with any of the stands I could find online. They either were made out of cheap material, to small or just ugly. So I built myself a stand. Made the stand wider and deeper then the tank. I wanted my my stand up against the wall and not out an inch or two for the plumbing. I also wanted a larger sump then the typical stand would allow. Here is the basic structure of the stand.
And here is the stand pretty much finished and finished.
Here is a picture of the almost finished product of the plumping supply and drain lines. I added the unions in the sump above the two main drain lines, and on each end of the return lines in the sump. I plumped the return line to supply my two returns, and the manifold that goes to two reactors and my chiller. Had some issues dialing in my flow from the overbox into my sump. After some research I decided to shorten the main drain line in the sump and that fixed my issue. I guess if the line is to far into the water it wont allow for the air to escape. Causing your secondary drain line to try to become the main drain. Sorry if I explained that wrong or not well.
Here is my tank right after set up, only 1 of my Gen 2 pros where available because the other was still over my other tank.
,
And here is what it looks like as of tonight
Equipment list.
Custom Stand
.Nuvo 30 No back filtration.
.2 Radion Gen 2 Pros
.2 Radion RMS light mounts.
.Eshopps L Overflow box
.Eshopps R-200 Sump
.Reef Octopus Essence 130 Skimmer
.Sicce 3.0 quite Return pump.
.Jabeo doser, not yet installed but its set up and ready to go once the tank starts consuming more.
.Small LED fixture for a nano tank just cant remember what the light is called. Ill try and post a picture another night.
.2 Ecotech MP10's I have a 40 but that would be over kill.
.Artic chiller, cant remember which model it is but I think its rated for around 75 gallons.
This is my first real build thread so please fell free to ask me questions and to take pictures of anything (tank related). Also what ever feedback is welcome. Sorry for any grammer mistakes im pretty much dyslexic so bare with me!
Thanks for taking the time to check out my thread.
