Newbie planning for 1st Reef Tank...

[giulianom]

Cool, thanks for the advice.

Yeah, the area underneath the inside wall is directly supported with a ~20ft laminated beam, with two steel support columns about 6' apart.

 

[giulianom]

For a (nominal) 150 gallon tank, how large should the sump be?


I'm trying to figure out the best size that can fit within a 58" x 22" footprint, at the most.

 

[giulianom]

Thanks!

I got to use my ARC Member discount today..

 

[giulianom]

No worries.

I have a thread in Reef Discussion about the new tank/stand I'm in the process of designing.

Should be good..

 

[giulianom]

I had an interesting conversation with my structural engineer this morning.

He said it would be easiest if I put the tank on the outside wall over the garage door.

It would be parallel to the joists, sitting on top of 2 joists - but that I could easily reinforce those joists by adding a few sistering beams.