The transition to a 75 gallon

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Hello! My name is Dane, 14yr old with my dad being the MVP here cause hes the brains of this operation. So a year ago, me and my dad decided to get back into the hobby, or my dad did. It was all new for me, we were suggested a biocube 32 our first build. This was a year ago. We have had our biocube for about a year and 3 months now, and we started talking about transitioning to a bigger tank. We decided a 75 since it was the perfect size, not too big, not too small. For this 75 gallon tank the dimensions resemble a rectangular tank 48x18x21 we have not really come up with ideas for the aquascape. Our main focus has been on the sump/plumbing of the whole thing. Our equipment that we have so far includes the following:
Bubble magnus curve 7- skimmer
Ehiem compaction 3000 769gph[i think]-return pump
Hydor koralia 1150gph-power head
Eshopps eclipse M 850gph[estimate]- overflow
BRS recommended 200w heater
Ecoreef 200tm 25gallon sump- sump
Lights- undetermined NEED HELP WITH THIS
Stand- undetermined ALSO NEED HELP
Tank- aqueon 75 gallon
Any advice for a stand for this and lights would be so helpful we are planning on a mixed reef, probably SPS dominant, i will update this as soon as we make the next step, until then see ya soon!!!

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Update: plumbing arrived
 

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More plumbing supplies, needed 1” 90° got 4 of them, also got a 3/4 SLIPxTHREAD for the return GETTING THE TANK AND STAND TODAY

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We got the stand the tank had tampered glass, still on the hunt for a 75 gallon with at least one not tampered side
 

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Dressing up the stand
 

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Plan on drilling a 60mm hole for the overflow box and a 1 5/8 hole for the return using the brs diamond hole saw, had to check the tank if the glass was tempered, Quick tip for those who dont know how to check: get a laptop or any screen make the screen preferably white and put it behind the glass while looking through the glass with polarized glasses, if you see lines in the glass then its tempered, which in this case the back is not tempered so we good to drill :)
 
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Question: if i put 32 gallons of water in a 75 gallon tank would that be enough to put the corals and fish in it?
 

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Question: if i put 32 gallons of water in a 75 gallon tank would that be enough to put the corals and fish in it?

Is there also live rock?
 
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Tank is drilled!!! And today we worked on the return plumbing. We figured out we drilled too close to the silicone on the tank and the interior part of the over flow box had a gap between it and the hole, so we are gonna take off the back of the internal overflow box and replace it with a new back with a hole drilled further to the national right of the box to clean the silicone seal

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