6ft long 70 gallon tank

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DaveG99

Just picked up my 72"x16"x14" rimless 70 gallon with a pvc bottom. It has two 1" drains and a 3/4" return. Its built by planet aquariums and I got it at aquarium botique. I finally have some swimming room for my yellow tang.

Im going to add another maxspect razor to the one I already have. Going to link them together with a kit maxspect makes. Next week I will be building the stand. I plan on building the sump out of a 30 gallon tank and acrylic dividers like I have many times in the past.

Here are a few pictures of it.



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Love it! Someday I want to do almost the same dimensions as a peninsula tank for use on what is now a bar top between our kitchen and breakfast room.
 
Got my 30 gallon tank for my sumo l today. Have to add the acrylic baffles. Got most the framing done on the stand. Still need to add more 2x4's across the short side on the bottom and top. I made this stand 40" tall .

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Building a nice stand is a lot of work. And it isnt cheap. I hope to not have to build another for a really long time.

Only thing left is painting the inside white, staining, and then the top piece and the doors.
 
Got the top piece cut and finished today. The top is 75x19x 3/4. I purposely made it bigger than the tank. I like having a little ledge in front of the tank. Tomorrow im painting the inside white. Then I plan on staining it dark this weekend. Ill be moving it into the house soon. I will have it running by the 4th of july.

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Very nice and unique configuration for a tank . . . and I'll second the "you can't go wrong with rimless" comment.
 
2 coats of white is finished. Tomorrow im going to do a couple test stains on scrap wood.
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Removable side piece for sump
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Plywood plies in top piece are gone. Looks like a solid piece of wood .
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