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Wow, you cut out a lot. Let us know how that works long term.

Before:

After:



Leak test now for 24 hours, less than a 1/4" deflection on the long side, and the tank had a small deflection empty. Zero deflection top to bottom, zero front to back.

Wow that's very nice! Do you sell frags or Just grow themfor your tank? I'm looking to get more coral soon. Let me know.

Forgot to mention the strange measurements of the tank- it is 3x2 feet and only 16" high.

Will post up tonight when I get home.

Let's see a few pictures of it.

The opening was (I say that because the deed is done) very small. For a top-down view tank the lip was ridiculous. I am considering laminating another sheet of 1/2" on top of what is left, but really am not worried. The brace I left is 1.5" all the way around except for the back, which is about 2". It is still a solid piece of acrylic and I did not get near any of the seams where it sits on top of the sides. I have had sumps larger than this in the past with a 1" lip around the top with no problems in the long run. You all have me a bit concerned now though, I must say. I do plan on water testing it for a while in the yard though just to watch the deflection.
Oh and dread-- I have only had 4G63's, so I am partial to the tried and true!

Why are you making the opening larger? You may end up weakening the tank.

Are you sure you want to do this? Isn't the lip (eurobrace) a structural component to keep it from bowing out?

right, but most importantly during the project, one must consider 4g63 vs. 4b11t

where do you stand? lol

Yeah, that was my latest theory. I was worried about taking that much off ina single trip with the router, but I guess really it's the same if I rough cut it first.

that would be my thoughts.. no sense in going back over it twice.

Why not just use the template and a 1/4" staright bit in the router? This will make the cut in a single step.

It's actually in the garage, it's own independent system. I have 3 blue's in there doing well: Tubb's (the large colony you see along with a few small frags), Blue Orgasms, and one called "Ultimate Blues" when I bought them, by far my favorite zoanthid. Thanks for the kind words!

Very nice. I for the life of me can't get tubb's blue or any blue zoa to grow for the life of me.

Thank you for the updates so far. How do you know for sure if you are mixing to 1.026sg? Did you calibrate a refractometer?

It looks great. Very clean, and lots of good flow. Where do you have it set up in relation to your reef tank?

Those blue zoas look incredible, and that particular pocillopora is one of my favorites.

I like variety lol. And simple. Thanks for looking!

Thats quite a few zoas there. Looks like a nice simple set up.

Did not, but can. Also did not test NO3/NO2/NH4. Will run a full test again tomorrow before changing water.