Daughertys' Sump/Fuge/Prop Tank

[parrotchute]

So pumped to see it all ready to go!

 

[d2mini]

Ya, what's the plan???

 

[daugherty]

Are you making it just one big basin?

yes i am going to get a shark i think

 

[BL1]

wow, that'll be cool

 

[daugherty]

i just want to make a pred tank. now i just need to find a couple acrylic rods so that i can make a cross bar for Peace of mind. i should not need any but i am not shure

 

[ccCapt]

So now it's the same depth all the way? How deep is it...what are the dimensions? Seems like you lost quite a bit of water volume by removing the sections.

 

[daugherty]

it is 6ft long 3ft wide and 18in tall

yea it will loose a bunch of water volume not shure how much yet i have not done the math

 

[daugherty]

it is right around 188gal now with the 60-75 gal sump on the tank

 

[dcantucson]

Get it on! Exciting to see it starting to come to life James!

 

[daugherty]

working on it it was a pain in the ass to cut the sections out. i used an cut off wheel since it was the only thing i had that would cut it the bad part was that it also was melting the cut shavings so it stunk real bad and i smelled like burnt plastic all day and i could taste it all day. but it is all done. i want a shark real bad i may try to get some VHO's or make a t5 light so that zoas will grow in the tank as well make it a low light reef with a shark. i have no idea what i am going to do but what ever it is is going to be based on having a bannded cat shark

 

[daugherty]

it is hard to beleve that just cutting those sections made me loose so much water vol almost 30-40 gal or so

 

[Smitty]

it is hard to beleve that just cutting those sections made me loose so much water vol almost 30-40 gal or so

I don't get it myself?! How is it that you lost water volume by opening the tank up more from cutting the sections out? I'm confused...

 

[daugherty]

beacues it was sectioned at different level it was 24in at one end and 18 at the other.

 

[Bifferwine]

Yep, so when you cut the sections out, you are stuck with having to keep the water volume at the lowest level -- 18" instead of 24". You basically lose 6" of volume.

 

[daugherty]

yep but there is so much more swimming room that is why i cut them out so now i am not so limited of fish that i can put in there

 

[Smitty]

Ohhhh, ok....I see now. Thanks guys :)