So if you follow my wall tank build, you may recall that I have now purchased 3 small used tanks, each one intending to become a QT tank at the time of purchase. The second one purchased was a standard 20g tank that i found at a garage sale for $10. I decided to use it as a test to see if I could muster up the ability to build my own stand and canopy. It turned out I could, and the family decided it was too nice to have hidden away somewhere as a QT tank. A family meeting was called, where a location and theme would be chosen. The girls decided that they want it to become an anemone and clown tank for their girl cave. With my 9 year old daughter Jamie taking an interest in the tanks (already taking over the duty of daily nitrite testing as our wall tank cycles), I have decided that I will get her very involved in this tank each step of the way.
The current plan for the tank is as follows:
The current plan for the tank is as follows:
- Super-Nano overflow kit from Glass-holes.com
- Paint the back of tank black
- Custom built sump- I think I may use it as a chance to learn how to work with acrylic
- AquaticLife Internal Mini Protein Skimmer 115
- Maxi-jet for return
- maxi-jet for in-tank flow
- DIY LED Kit (we are hoping we win one in the raffle at tomorrow night's meeting)
- Reef saver base rock seeded with some rock from the fuge of my 110g.