Show us your super clean tank designs

[duganderson]

I love the idea of super clean tank designs where you can't see overflows, pumps, wires, etc. much. Please share photos of your tank or others you have seen.

 

I'm most interested in building something in the 20--35 g. range

 

 

[gulfsurfer101]

Clean as I can get it, my 75g!

 

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[duganderson]

Looks nice. Do yo have any photos or a build thread that show the overflow, pumps, etc.?

 

 

 

Clean as I can get it, my 75g!

[gulfsurfer101]

It's an aqueon 75g megaflow, pre drilled. Here's a link or you can read the very long and quite entertaining bro love tank build that spawned this beast just below my post.

http://www.nano-reef.com/topic/343591-the-75g-clown-cave/

[k427]

Here's my first FTS. I have to move the rock around to hide more of the entry/exit points but you'll get the idea of how it could/should look.

 

[bob115]

Mine is fairly clean. Right now the lights are a mess, as in heatsinks sitting on a screen lid, but in a few weeks I hope to have them in custom made pendant lights. Past that, the only real "out of place" thing you notice is my power head.

 

Sorry about the crappy quality.

 

[Han Solo]

I like that "bridge" tank bob115! great aquascaping!

 

Also to the OP, a great way to hide your equipment is to build a sump/refugium, i.e. a seperate/connected tank to house all the filters/heaters/etc. All I have in my DT is my Korelia Nano powerhead. (yet it is still a big eye sore TBH, lol)

[gulfsurfer101]

Here's a daylight shot. Two jeabo pumps and a hob skimmer tucked away in the overflow section of the tank keep the clutter out.

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[ReefAce]

Clean and Simple

[Bropez]

Clean and Simple

what kind of tank is that?

[bdevillier19]

what kind of tank is that?

12 gallon fluval edge, most likely with mods

[nismo_sky32]

what kind of tank is that?

Fluval edge 12 gallon

 

Edit: you beat me to it

[ReefAce]

Actually no crucial significant mods, added an MP10, stock HOB filter, 50w heater, took out the stock lights and put in roughly 24w of LEDs in it you can see more here http://www.nano-reef.com/topic/348256-aces-12g-nano-reef/#entry4773695 theres a before and after when I put in the lights, you can tell because the "blue" really pops

[Bropez]

Fluval edge 12 gallon

 

Edit: you beat me to it

How easy/difficult is it to get your hands in there? Are there no issues with gas exchange even though its totally closed?

[ReefAce]

You have to take out quite a bit of water out (around 1 gallon or so) if you want to stick your arm in up to your elbow and move stuff around, LR is a bit difficult to find and piece together, you need small dense pieces because the "hole" you are working with is roughly 7x7", but all in all its been pretty great, the hood has perforations in its metal top piece so gasses can escape. Also the back housing(for all the wiring and junk HOB filter n such) is part of that hood so potentially air can flow up through that and out the top, sort of like a chimney I suppose. I just plan my construction/destruction around my water changes, that way I am stirring up the tank might as well change the water too. PS I can only fit one arm in at a time so sometimes that is a challenge.

[duganderson]

Thanks for the ideas. Great tanks!

 

Check out this design......

 

http://www.nano-reef.com/topic/193539-mew-10g-rimless-fun/