92 Corner / Basement Sump / Fish Room Build

[s_kelley]

I tried the blog thing and just wasnt diggin it through my phone so im starting it over in the DIY forum, so sorry for the duplication,

Ok so I've been working on this for a while and been taking progress photos so I figured that I would share. Just to warn you guys, I'll be asking for tons of advice, so hope your ready!!!

I currently have a 75g display with a 20g long as a sump, under the tank.

Not a whole lot of room under there to do much of anything.

I have always wanted a 92 corner with a basement sump/fish room, and have been accumulating the pieces for quite some time, so here goes

Greg from Underwater World found me a 92 corner non reef ready, but we fixed that issue, he drilled it for me and made me a custom overflow.

Also I didnt really care for the black stand that it came with so I began to look for blueprints/plans to build a new one

 

[s_kelley]

All drilled and dri fitted with plumbing

Picked up an overflow kit and had to do some trimming but came out just fine, at least i think

This is the custom acrylic Greg made

Detail of the teeth he cut, I think it came out great.

 

[s_kelley]

Broke out the big tube of silicone,

Talked to DBLeite about building a new stand, we agreed it was easier and more cost effective to refinish this one, I owe him a big thanks the stand came out awesome!

 

[s_kelley]

I also started to mess around with different aquascaping, I have a ton of rock kicking around, this is just some drystuff.

Ok so I had the camera out and thought I would take some of my 75, here goes nothing,

 

[s_kelley]

 

[s_kelley]

 

[s_kelley]

Moved the 75 out of the way. It was a huge pain, I had to drain it half way then slide it, luckily I have hard wood floors, it made it a little easier.

I was even brave enough to drill holes in the floor!

And ceiling downstairs!

 

[s_kelley]

This is the stand I built for my sump, do ya think I should make baffels like a regular sump? Was thinking of just useing eggcrate to keep macro from getting sucked into the return, what does everyone else do?

Ran the spa flex!

 

[s_kelley]

Got sand and starting to add water

Starting to look like a sump, well I think?

A little more water, almost ready to start aquascaping, almost

 

[cstmpprl]

Looking good so far...

 

[Flame Angel]

Looks great!

 

[Turbosnail]

Very nice! I love the sun coral lmk if you ever frag it.

 

[HuuTa]

awsome tank.i got 1 a while back but did not fit where i wanted so end up getting a 54.your corals looks great.

 

[Yanni]

Looking great shane...best thing i ever did was plumb my system into the basement, it makes everything so much easier and cleaner than having a ton of junk under the tank. Love that corner tank also its gonna look sweet when you fill it up. If for some reason some of them zoos frag during the move i can always take some off your hands..lol.

 

[yukyuklee]

looking good shane!!

 

[bearwithfish]

nice tank!!! following along...

 

[s_kelley]

Thanks everyone, any suggestions for the basement sump set up? Never had one before, anyone with one want to share pics of how your arranged things, do I make baffles like in my 20 long?

 

[Turbosnail]

Thanks everyone, any suggestions for the basement sump set up? Never had one before, anyone with one want to share pics of how your arranged things, do I make baffles like in my 20 long?

You can go check out my thread I just added the sump pics. I used my old 90 for the sump.

 

[abaralnek]

looks great,sure wish i was able to plum my new setup into the basement..the only thing i dont like is that particle board under your sump.ive seen that stuff swell from 1/2 to over 1" when wet..

 

[s_kelley]

looks great,sure wish i was able to plum my new setup into the basement..the only thing i dont like is that particle board under your sump.ive seen that stuff swell from 1/2 to over 1" when wet..

Hmm good point ill paint it