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My Sumped 18" cube


zoaddict

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Evening all

 

Here,s my Tank build, It all started in october 2009. I wanted a sumped tank and the weir on the back of tank. I knew the sump had to be as big as poss, and maintaining the sump would definately be an issue.

I decided to fit draw runners to the bottom of the cabinet.

I got the oak free from a mate :D here,s a couple of pic,s of the cabinet.

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Almost done

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Here,s a pic of the tank and plumbing

 

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More pic,s in a mo

 

Mick

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Well next was a wet test on the draw runners

41 litres in the sump and the draw works great, the runners are good for 45kg,s

 

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Wet test tank and plumbing

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More pic,s follow

 

Mick

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Awesome! Great idea with the pull-out sump.

Thankyou BH

 

I have never pulled the sump fully out only had the nerve to go just over halfway lol

 

More pic,s

This is when i transfered my stock from a tiny 50L setup

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One head of nightmare with 2 small babies growing

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some of my zoas

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This frag was neglected in my lfs i haggled and got it for £5

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a month or so later

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Thanks again still got loads more pic,s to post

 

Mick

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Beautiful setup and oak. :) how is your sump going for u

 

Hi Mate and thankyou, Sump is going well thankyou. I have a 7" sandbed with chaeto growing,also got some red sea xenia. I have a 65w (equivalent to 350w)low energy lightbulb 6500k revervse lit. Nitrates are around 10 but i feed my tank quite alot.

Everything is looking really good!

Thankyou mate :D

 

Another pic of the happy couple, and a fts taken before xmas

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Thanks again

Mick

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