Hi all,
This is going to be my first ATS only reef aquarium.
And (if whishfull, otherwise remove the topic please) i want to take you all on the tour i'm making to get the tank set-up.
So let's talk about the hardware.
Display Tank: 120 x 40 x 50 cm (240 Liters) with external overflow and 3 sides open
Lighting: 6* 54 watt T5 for DT (12/12 and 10/12)
Current: 4x 5000l/h with controller
ATS: SM100 clone; 900cm2; 96 watts 3000K T5 (18/6); gravity fed via 25mm (1") pipe; drain 40mm (1,6")
Return Pump: AM OR2500
planning
September 2011-> End October - Building
End Oktober / mid November - Start Aquarium
Current status
Finaly my old aquarium is sold, so the first thing I had to do was to rebuild my AQ stand. The dog when she was a puppy bit of a corner :lol:
Disassembling..
current status: new basecoat is applied..will be finished end of this week
Then I started with building the ATS. As told it is a SM100 clone (thanks very much SantaMonica for providing the desins free of charge!!)
It is 12mm furniture wood, which is going to be laminated on the inside with acrylic for a water tight fit.
Regarding the drain, because that's where most likely the leaks will start, i came up with the folowing idea:
45mm hole in the plexiglas
60mm hole in the woden base
This way the tank throughput is only connected to the acrylic glas, and the changes of leakage are minimised.
ToDo coming weeks
- Finishing the stand
- Finishing the ATS
- Building together the T5 Lights vor the ATS
- Building the power board