Mother's day present - 10 gal. micro-reef

[rjrgroup]

Thought I would show off my Mother's day present I built. Let's just say mom was ecstatic. She has been wanting a salt tank since she was little growing up in Riverside California. Her entire child hood was based around the beach so 50 or so years later I was able to make my mom smile like I haven't seen in a long time.
I've been un-employed for awhile and don't have much $$$ so I constructed the entire stand from scrap wood left over from other projects. The tank has been drilled with 1/2 overflow and return. Chris supplied the abs overflow and I have a Aqua-C Urchin for skimming. The LR, LS and the corals came from one of my tanks. I picked up 12 heads of frogspawn from Than and robbed a few CUC from my fuge. The 2.5 gal sump is to small so I'm planning on increasing the volume in case of power outage. The return is supplied by a MJ1200 and is the perfect amount of flow it appears. I had a Marineland LED light from something else that is great from some softies and LPS that are only a few inches below the surface.
Anyway, hope you enjoy the pics...
Randy
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[mustangcaleb]

sweet little setup! what are the dimensions of the tank?

 

[rjrgroup]

It's a standard 10 gal. I think they are 20 x 12 x 10. Something like that.

MustangCaleb;646745 wrote: sweet little setup! what are the dimensions of the tank?

Edit: A few more pics...
Or is it 20 x 10 x 12???
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[mustangcaleb]

you should get her one of these lights, they are 12x12, and they are cheap and SUPER bright

 

[hud3339]

Looks good!!!!!! Its always good to my your mom smile.

 

[KrisDeitz]

Looks great Randy!

 

[merkywater]

That's pretty awesome bro!

 

[rjrgroup]

Thanks guys...more pics to come.

 

[rasbora]

how is the door attached to the stand?

 

[rjrgroup]

Ah...tomorrow's project, piano hinge.

Rasbora;646882 wrote: how is the door attached to the stand?

 

[fish scales2]

No piano hinge, stop by and get 2 hinges.

 

[insane_reef_keeper]

Dude I like it! Out standing job my friend, I want to start a micro reef myself now.

 

[smallblock]

sweet, nice setup way to go bro

 

[rjrgroup]

Thanks guys, more pics.
The overflow dumps into a mag pump plastic filter that is full of very porous rubble. Then we put some macro in a plastic basket with a led light. Things are going well with it and she spends mornings and evenings gazing at her new babies. Pebbles and Bam Bam, haha, my niece named them...
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[mhender8]

That is an awesome 10 gallon setup. Everything is real clean and doesn't look anything like your typical "budget" 10 gallon set-up. Great work

 

[sakrei]

Very nice. I'm looking to move soon and switch to a smaller tank, will keep this setup in mind.

 

[gradybaby16]

Tanks looking really nice

 

[cooley04]

Awesome!

 

[flyboy93tr]

Awesome job. That could bring may years of enjoyment!!

 

[KrisDeitz]

flyboy93tr;664763 wrote: Awesome job. That could bring may years of enjoyment!!

What are you Trying to sell fly?