75g peninsula coast to coast build!

jcreeftankguy · 03/31/2016, 11:08 PM

I've been building this tank very slowly! I had a 75g with an internal overflow box that sat inn the left hand side of the tank and completely hated it. It till up so much precious room. Well I decided to scrap that tank and start over! I really liked the ghost overflow design but wasn't willing to shell out 300 bucks when I could do something similar with a ten dollar piece of plastic! I got my wet tile saw and went to work as well. I'll be running a beananimal design into a 20g sump I was able to put together. Here are a few pics of my progress thus far!

jcreeftankguy · 03/31/2016, 11:20 PM

Getting started

jcreeftankguy · 03/31/2016, 11:20 PM

jcreeftankguy · 03/31/2016, 11:21 PM

Getting antsy!

jcreeftankguy · 03/31/2016, 11:23 PM

You'll never go platinum without the blues!

jcreeftankguy · 03/31/2016, 11:23 PM

jcreeftankguy · 03/31/2016, 11:25 PM

And the force awakens!

jcreeftankguy · 03/31/2016, 11:26 PM

Looking under her skirt!

jcreeftankguy · 03/31/2016, 11:28 PM

Getting her wet and breaking her in!

jcreeftankguy · 03/31/2016, 11:28 PM

And that's it for now!

juzz.raath · 04/01/2016, 06:20 AM

Nice build. Keep the updates coming. Are those triangular braces underneath your overflow tub?

henelay · 04/01/2016, 09:53 AM

Did you buy the baffles for the sump, or are they DIY?

jcreeftankguy · 04/01/2016, 03:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by juzz.raath

Nice build. Keep the updates coming. Are those triangular braces underneath your overflow tub?

No they are the square acrlic rods. I get that stuff dirt cheap. Less than a dollar a foot so I roll with it!

jcreeftankguy · 04/01/2016, 03:41 PM

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Originally Posted by henelay

Did you buy the baffles for the sump, or are they DIY?

I did them myself out of 1/8" acrylic! I plucked the blue stuff out the scrap bin of a local plastic shop for like 7 bucks and had the smoke grey stuff I used got lid on hand at work from an instrumentation panel we put back together. I save stuff like this even it gets tossed because you never know when you can use it.

henelay · 04/01/2016, 05:44 PM

Nice! Keep up the good work 👍

jcreeftankguy · 04/01/2016, 08:29 PM

Thank you for the kind words of encouragement! I'm working late in the night trying to get it plumbed together so I can do a wet test hopefully tonight or tomorrow morning! I've got plenty of beer to keep me working lol!

jcreeftankguy · 04/06/2016, 12:11 AM

Been toying around the last couple days trying to work out the kinks! I should hopefully be gassing this tank cycling by the end of the weekend! I've spent lots of time just getting to this point soon I'm getting a little anxious to get it all going already!

jcreeftankguy · 04/07/2016, 09:31 PM

Got a little work done but since I'll going with a photoless cycle I got a little bit of time to finish it out. Still need a pair of reflectors and to build another diy stunner strip for the other side of the canopy.

jcreeftankguy · 04/07/2016, 09:34 PM

Also got the plumbing ran and testing it out. The beananimal is working flawlessly and completely silent which is a huge upgrade compared to the herbie overflow on my old 75g. I'm thinking tomorrow I'll move the tank in it's final place and begin cycling the dry rock!

jcreeftankguy · 06/15/2016, 07:51 PM

So got all my dry rock cycled and finally made the swap. This is everything I had sitting in my 20l. The tank has been running with all coral added in now for about 3 weeks with no issues. I'd say the transfer was successful. Good thing I waited because the diatom bloom on the dry rock would've wiped everything out!

jcreeftankguy · 06/15/2016, 07:52 PM

jcreeftankguy · 06/15/2016, 07:53 PM

jcreeftankguy · 06/19/2016, 09:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by juzz.raath

Nice build. Keep the updates coming. Are those triangular braces underneath your overflow tub?

Yes I used my wet/dry tile cutter to cut them out. That box also supports my hob skimmer so it needs to be supported.

ProZack199 · 06/19/2016, 04:08 PM

Very Nice Build Keep it Up

jcreeftankguy · 06/21/2016, 08:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ProZack199

Very Nice Build Keep it Up

Thanks! It's been a long slow process!

03/31/2016, 11:08 PM	#1
jcreeftankguy Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2014 Posts: 80	75g peninsula coast to coast build! I've been building this tank very slowly! I had a 75g with an internal overflow box that sat inn the left hand side of the tank and completely hated it. It till up so much precious room. Well I decided to scrap that tank and start over! I really liked the ghost overflow design but wasn't willing to shell out 300 bucks when I could do something similar with a ten dollar piece of plastic! I got my wet tile saw and went to work as well. I'll be running a beananimal design into a 20g sump I was able to put together. Here are a few pics of my progress thus far!

03/31/2016, 11:20 PM	#2
jcreeftankguy Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2014 Posts: 80	Getting started

03/31/2016, 11:21 PM	#4
jcreeftankguy Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2014 Posts: 80	Getting antsy!

03/31/2016, 11:23 PM	#5
jcreeftankguy Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2014 Posts: 80	You'll never go platinum without the blues!

03/31/2016, 11:25 PM	#7
jcreeftankguy Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2014 Posts: 80	And the force awakens!

03/31/2016, 11:26 PM	#8
jcreeftankguy Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2014 Posts: 80	Looking under her skirt!

03/31/2016, 11:28 PM	#9
jcreeftankguy Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2014 Posts: 80	Getting her wet and breaking her in!

04/01/2016, 06:20 AM	#11
juzz.raath Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2015 Posts: 99	Nice build. Keep the updates coming. Are those triangular braces underneath your overflow tub?

04/01/2016, 09:53 AM	#12
henelay Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2015 Posts: 67	Did you buy the baffles for the sump, or are they DIY?

04/01/2016, 05:44 PM	#15
henelay Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2015 Posts: 67	Nice! Keep up the good work 👍

04/01/2016, 08:29 PM	#16
jcreeftankguy Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2014 Posts: 80	Thank you for the kind words of encouragement! I'm working late in the night trying to get it plumbed together so I can do a wet test hopefully tonight or tomorrow morning! I've got plenty of beer to keep me working lol!

04/06/2016, 12:11 AM	#17
jcreeftankguy Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2014 Posts: 80	Been toying around the last couple days trying to work out the kinks! I should hopefully be gassing this tank cycling by the end of the weekend! I've spent lots of time just getting to this point soon I'm getting a little anxious to get it all going already!

04/07/2016, 09:31 PM	#18
jcreeftankguy Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2014 Posts: 80	Got a little work done but since I'll going with a photoless cycle I got a little bit of time to finish it out. Still need a pair of reflectors and to build another diy stunner strip for the other side of the canopy.

04/07/2016, 09:34 PM	#19
jcreeftankguy Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2014 Posts: 80	Also got the plumbing ran and testing it out. The beananimal is working flawlessly and completely silent which is a huge upgrade compared to the herbie overflow on my old 75g. I'm thinking tomorrow I'll move the tank in it's final place and begin cycling the dry rock!

06/15/2016, 07:51 PM	#20
jcreeftankguy Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2014 Posts: 80	So got all my dry rock cycled and finally made the swap. This is everything I had sitting in my 20l. The tank has been running with all coral added in now for about 3 weeks with no issues. I'd say the transfer was successful. Good thing I waited because the diatom bloom on the dry rock would've wiped everything out!

06/15/2016, 07:52 PM	#21
jcreeftankguy Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2014 Posts: 80

06/15/2016, 07:53 PM	#22
jcreeftankguy Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2014 Posts: 80

06/19/2016, 04:08 PM	#24
ProZack199 Moved On Join Date: Dec 2013 Posts: 10	Very Nice Build Keep it Up