Kelly's deep dimension 24 gallon.

[Kelly]

Hey folks, been awhile since I've shared since I sold my 58. I kept a few of my favorite fish in a 40 breeder QT and set up a 10 gallon in our guest room to house a few select corals I didn't want to lose.
Well.... I got the itch for something new and didn't want something big since we are finally house shopping.
I found a great deal on a small tank with dimensions that suit my tastes, so I'll be updating this thread with photos as well as soliciting suggestions for help and ideas on this 24 gallon build.

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First plans are to paint the wood trim black and re-do the vertical silicone in black.
The tank is RR, and I plan on turning my 10 gallon into a chaeto filled sump as I won't be running a skimmer. Lighting consists of 4X 26 watt Sylvania 6500K CFLs hanging under a dome reflector above supplemented by my ecoxotic stunners (1X12w blue) (1X12w magenta/blue). Flow will be managed by one Vortec mp10.
I have no plans for a stand, and assume I'll need to build one as this is an odd footprint.
I imagine I'll just have the single Geometric Pygmy Hawk as the only fish as its been a joy in my 10 gallon mixed reef so far.
All the corals and livestock from the 10 will be going into the 24.

 

[Kelly]

Here is some of the livestock that will be going into this tank in the weeks/months to come.

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[Kelly]

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[Kelly]

I picked up the tank today. It was as described and will be perfect for my plans.
I broke out the Sprayway and some FrogTape to clean it up and start masking off the glass to spray the wood colored trim black. I will also be painting the overflow black with Krylon Fusion. In addition, I'd like to paint the exterior of the back wall a color instead of the black I did on my previous tank. I see a lot of blue walls that look pretty good...maybe a purple wall?

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[Kelly]

I went ahead and taped off what I could tonight before the dinner table was occupied.

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[dnote]

great tank size, look forward to seeing it stocked

 

[Kelly]

@dnote wrote:

Thank you, I'm thrilled with it. [smilie=rofl.gif]

For anyone who would like to chime in,
1) Any ideas for a stand? [smilie=thinking.gif]
2) Back wall color? [smilie=thinking.gif]

Do any of you keep tanks featuring a single fish?

 

[Guest]

@Kelly wrote:

Thank you, I'm thrilled with it. [smilie=rofl.gif]

For anyone who would like to chime in,
1) Any ideas for a stand? [smilie=thinking.gif]
2) Back wall color? [smilie=thinking.gif]

Do any of you keep tanks featuring a single fish?"]
Given that it's not a standard dimension I'd just build one personally.

For the back I went with the royal blue. I like the color but am going to go black for my next tank as I think it gives better contrast than the royal blue.

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[dnote]

I would use black background. Looks like you cleaned the hell out of that tank, are you painting th rims? I'm assuming that is why it's masked off

 

[Kelly]

@dnote wrote:

Thanks for the input. Yes, I am painting the trim black. Thanks for looking! [smilie=rofl.gif]

 

[Kelly]

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[Kelly]

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Next is the purple back wall and black silicon for the vertical seams.

 

[Mike R]

Good job on the paint. Looks good!

 

[Kelly]

@Mike R wrote:

Thanks for looking! [smilie=lol.gif] I'm beyond ready to get this lil tank up and running. I still haven't decided where in our home I'd like to place the tank...

 

[Kelly]

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[Kelly]

I bought a piece of furniture that I plan to use as a stand. After some paint, and a hardware change, it'll be perfect. I'll post photos of it tonight.

 

[quakerroatmeal]

The before and after paint makes it look like an entire different tank. Good job. Looking forward in seeing it complete.

 

[Kelly]

@quakerroatmeal wrote:

Thanks for looking. [smilie=wink.gif]

 

[Kelly]

Here's the thrift store find that I will be re-painting and adding new hardware to. It's pretty cheesy in its present state, but it'll be great. Dimensions were a perfect fit for this oddball tank.

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I'll post more photos once it's painted.

 

[dnote]

awesome find!