Ivan's 200 deep dimension first time

[ivantinkin]

I made a pretty sump.

 

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Too bad it leaked.

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[ivantinkin]

alt="" width="1031" height="1834" />Acrylic baffles were a pitb to install. I guess the last one was too snug. #pointoffailure.

 

[bcavalli]

Thats horrible.  Im so sorry.  What happened?

 

[ivantinkin]

Thats horrible. Im so sorry. What happened?

Lateral stress from the baffles I installed proved to be too much I guess. Initial leak test checked okay but subsequent transport into the cabinet must have cracked it.

 

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Prepping for some aquascaping.

 

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Mock up to test out ideas with dry rock.

 

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Now to figure out how to get these into there.

 

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Some PVC and an impact drill later

 

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It has arches, shelves, and adequate clearance for cleaning. It doesn't meet the BRS 3 zone aquascaping standard but it's my first tank so I'll have to get over it.

 

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Best of all everything fit.

 

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Dont look under the cabinet yet :-/ but it's holding water anyway.

 

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Attach filesThe lights may be a little too intense.

 

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Starting to look a little better.

 

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Be carefull not to demolish your ATO reservoir while rearranging the interior of the cabinet.

 

[FutureInterest]

Looks awesome

 

[ivantinkin]

Looks awesome

Thanks its been about 5 weeks since I started it up, finally got my first diatom bloom so once that passes I'll probably try a raw shrimp ammonia test to see if its ready for a critters or too. Used CarribSea Live Sand, Bio Spira and most recently coralline algae in a bottle from Arc Reef to seed the tank.