MY 80 gallon tank build

bigbill · 12:17 AM

iam starting this thread as iam new to reefing and am hooked and this 12gal nano ante going to cut it
iam new to reefing so i have a lot of ? to ask. it will be a long slow build but i want to do it right and not buy junk stuff

tank info 48x21x18
month one
will be takeng the tank to be drilled hopefuly on fri will post pics when i get started

1st ? how big of sump will i neeed to have for this tank

EMUreef · 07-20-2010, 02:01 AM

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Originally Posted by bigbill

iam starting this thread as iam new to reefing and am hooked and this 12gal nano ante going to cut it
iam new to reefing so i have a lot of ? to ask. it will be a long slow build but i want to do it right and not buy junk stuff

tank info 48x21x18
month one
will be takeng the tank to be drilled hopefuly on fri will post pics when i get started

1st ? how big of sump will i neeed to have for this tank

is that a 75g tank?
either way fit the biggest sump you can under your tank. its the best option. a 30-40g would be good, a 20 wouldnt be too bad really but more water volume the better.

bigbill · 07-20-2010, 02:12 AM

its was sold to me as an 80 but when i use the gallon thing came out to 76.4 gallons but its 48 1/2 bye 21 1/2 bye 18 3/4

EMUreef · 07-20-2010, 02:14 AM

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Originally Posted by bigbill

its was sold to me as an 80 but when i use the gallon thing came out to 76.4 gallons but its 48 1/2 bye 21 1/2 bye 18 3/4

are you building your own stand?

bigbill · 07-20-2010, 02:28 AM

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Originally Posted by EMUreef

are you building your own stand?

i have stand all ready

chort55 · 02:41 AM

For your sump your going to want to go as big as you can fit and still have room to do stuff under the tank

........ unless your going to go with an external skimmer, then you may want to go a little smaller to accommodate that

cg5071 · 07-20-2010, 06:07 AM

ditto on the biggest sump/fuge you can fit in the stand. especially in your area you can find alot of used tanks either here or on michigan reefers to build a sump from. i wouldnt move downstate,lol but i see a heck of alot of deals that i cant get because of the distance!