SmCaudata
Community Member
Hello everyone. I'm doing an in wall setup in a new area of my basement. This is my first real reef tank (other than a 20g with HOB components about 20 years ago). Here is a drawing of the setup.
My plan is to put the sump under the tank with a steel or t-slot aluminum stand. I have 60" closet doors so that I can slide a sump out the side if I needed to change it. I centered the tank on the wall in the office, which makes it off center in the fish room. Tank will be 72x30x24. It will be fully behind the wall with no front access.
Originally I was going to go with a standard tank with black back and sides and center back overflow. Now, I'm thinking I may go with a peninsula layout. I could put the overflow near the double doors and then the returns on the opposite side of the tank. I could then use that wall space to put in UV sterilizer and such. Peninsula also means no overflow on back side where I will need to access the tank. I was also thinking that dosing pumps and ATO feed into the return area. I could put that equipment on the counter on that end of the tank. For reference, I plan to put the mixing station outside of the fish room where the round tank is on the picture.
Anyway, what do people think? Regular layout or peninsula?
Second question.
I have typical settling cracks in basement slab. On crack unfortunately goes under the tank. Likely one foot would be on one side and the other feet on the other. It measures and level and flat currently. Would you guys feel comfortable with a glass tank if I have a sturdy/rigid stand with adjustable feet? Or should I go with acrylic "just in case". If it weren't for scratches I'd go acrylic. I once had a 75g freshwater acrylic I got second hand. It had many surface scratches and I didn't need to deal with things like coralline. That said, I'd deal with that if people thought there were concerns with cracking/leaking.
So in summary:
1. Regular vs peninsula layout?
2. Glass or acrylic?
Thanks in advance everyone.
My plan is to put the sump under the tank with a steel or t-slot aluminum stand. I have 60" closet doors so that I can slide a sump out the side if I needed to change it. I centered the tank on the wall in the office, which makes it off center in the fish room. Tank will be 72x30x24. It will be fully behind the wall with no front access.
Originally I was going to go with a standard tank with black back and sides and center back overflow. Now, I'm thinking I may go with a peninsula layout. I could put the overflow near the double doors and then the returns on the opposite side of the tank. I could then use that wall space to put in UV sterilizer and such. Peninsula also means no overflow on back side where I will need to access the tank. I was also thinking that dosing pumps and ATO feed into the return area. I could put that equipment on the counter on that end of the tank. For reference, I plan to put the mixing station outside of the fish room where the round tank is on the picture.
Anyway, what do people think? Regular layout or peninsula?
Second question.
I have typical settling cracks in basement slab. On crack unfortunately goes under the tank. Likely one foot would be on one side and the other feet on the other. It measures and level and flat currently. Would you guys feel comfortable with a glass tank if I have a sturdy/rigid stand with adjustable feet? Or should I go with acrylic "just in case". If it weren't for scratches I'd go acrylic. I once had a 75g freshwater acrylic I got second hand. It had many surface scratches and I didn't need to deal with things like coralline. That said, I'd deal with that if people thought there were concerns with cracking/leaking.
So in summary:
1. Regular vs peninsula layout?
2. Glass or acrylic?
Thanks in advance everyone.
