Ok, so I finally got my tank up and running! It's my first tank and it took me forever.. I'm really proud of it and hopefully I won't kill any livestock. I built a majority of the stuff myself and I'll try to show you how I did it.

Here is what I started with.


You will have to excuse me I accidentally deleted a lot of the construction pics of the stand. Here is what I have.


After I got the sides up I painted the stand with primer and then semi gloss black paint. Here I cut holes in the back for plumbing and the side for fans.
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Here's the fans installed.

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I also added this air vent.

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Doors and Bracket.


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Finished Product.. Well, atleast that's what I thought..


I ended up having to drill 4 more holes on the back two for the 3/4" inlet and return on the closed loop and two holes on the bottom left for electrical use..

I must say the planning of the sump/fuge and plumbing were some of the most complicated and frustrating tasks I've ever endured. I'm so glad it's over.<br>


Here is a drawing of my initial design.
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I had a wet/dry system that I converted to a sump/fuge.

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Bulkhead for return and i added some baffles, a bubble tower and drilled the fuge section that I closed up for another bulkhead. This will direct the overflow from the fuge straight into the return chamber bypassing the skimmer.






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