Sammy's 40 Breeder

[SAMMY]

Hi everyone! This tread as the title says will be dedicated to my new 40 Breeder. I upgraded from a 16G with a 20L sump to the 40Br with the same sump. I bough a 36" TEK 4- 39W T5HO fixture. Made the stand myself and the sump w/pre filter. Just added 40 pounds of new sand to the display and all the old sand from my other tank is in my fuge to make a DSB with mangroves, chaeto and caulerpa. Also had to add about 10G of new water. Well here are the pics. Comments, questions, sugestions, etc are always welcome!

First Sketches of my desing:

And here the first pics of the build:

 

[hibye]

very cool
i like how you did the sketches

 

[Piggy]

That's cool. Does the front open?

 

[hibye]

yeah i waswondering the same thing

 

[RigoSharon]

very nice sammy!!...

 

[hibye]

rigo post a pic of the coraline tank

 

[reeffreak]

It looks like you're off to a great start.
What are you going to breed?

 

[RigoSharon]

there some spots of the purple on my filters tubing..you can see them on the 30 day coraline thread...ive seen pics of sammys 40 breeder..its awsome..wait till he finish this thread..tank really looks great!!

 

[SAMMY]

..Continue...
Lets see this one filled!!!

 

[SAMMY]

Fuge:

(Yes, there is a Red Spotted Hawkfish down there because he is been aggressive with his tankmates. At the limit that he killed two blennies and a pygmy angel)
ATO

For those asking how do I access the sump, the front panel is actually the door. It has two pulling knobs and it stay in place with this ball tensoin catchers:

 

[SAMMY]

 

[MikMcgyver]

Very nice, i like the whole setup...

 

[SAMMY]

 

[reeffreak]

I like the design of the fuge/sump...well done.
I once had a Hawkfish bite a Maroon clown in half.The Maroon was nearly 5'' inches.They can be ferocious.

 

[RigoSharon]

nice work with the sump sammy...defenetly your gonna desing mine soon!!

 

[Bifferwine]

I like the design of the fuge/sump...well done.
I once had a Hawkfish bite a Maroon clown in half.The Maroon was nearly 5'' inches.They can be ferocious.

Cross that guy off my fish wish list.

 

[Alexander]

sammy looks awesome! i really like the sump-fuge

 

[Bifferwine]

I do too. It's a really nice fuge.

 

[LionFish]

Very nice setup !
What program did you use for the Design. if it is a free program can We have a link.

 

[RigoSharon]

tank looks awsome...very nice set up..!!