60 gallon shallow rimless build

Esage · Sep 23, 2013

Picked up my new tank from Aquatic Marine on Thursday evening. It's a Deep Blue 60g shallow 48x24x12. I also picked up an All Glass Aquarium stand. I plan on getting this running in about two weeks. I will be transferring all of my livestock from the Solana over to this tank. I have 30 pounds of live rock in my Solana I will transfer over and I will be adding 20 pounds of BRS Reef Saver dry rock with 60 pounds of Caribsea Arag-Alive Special Grade Reef Sand. The tank will house mainly LPS and softies. I would also like to add a RBTA once the tank is up and running.

Equipment
Deep Blue 60g shallow 48x24x12
10g sump (I will eventually go bigger, but due to budget restraints this is it for now)
SCA-301 skimmer
2x Fluval 100w heaters
Sicce Syncra silent 2.0 return pump
JBJ ATO
VorTech MP10
Hydor Koralia Nano 240 & 425
Reef Radiance LUMENTEK PRO 240

Gladfelter · Sep 23, 2013

Nice.

k2parkstar · Sep 23, 2013

Sweet tank, can't wait to see it full

CoryC · Sep 23, 2013

very nice. may want to hold off on that rbta though, they tend to require mature tanks of at least 6 mos or so. looking great so far though, love those shallow tanks.

Esage · Sep 24, 2013

CoryC said:
very nice. may want to hold off on that rbta though, they tend to require mature tanks of at least 6 mos or so. looking great so far though, love those shallow tanks.

I'm definitley going to wait for all the new rock and tank to mature before adding a BTA. I've wanted a BTA for a long time but it's something I've always talked myself out of, still not 100% sure I'll add one to this tank.

oldSWseamomma · Sep 24, 2013

I love this tank! This is going to look so awesome - can't wait to see it filled :smile:

revhtree · Sep 24, 2013

Nice tank!

Esage · Sep 24, 2013

oldSWseamomma said:
I love this tank! This is going to look so awesome - can't wait to see it filled :smile:

Me too! These next two weeks are going to drag.

Esage · Sep 30, 2013

Got my screen top built on Sunday. The next small project is getting the shelf brackets in place for hanging the light.

TriMax · Sep 30, 2013

good looking tank. " budget restraints" that is a term that you do not hear often enough around those of us that are addicted. It is a wise idea, however. I remember having ideas/thoughts about a budget. They were usually after I had spend too much money. :bigsmile:

Eddie

Esage · Sep 30, 2013

TriMax said:
good looking tank. " budget restraints" that is a term that you do not hear often enough around those of us that are addicted. It is a wise idea, however. I remember having ideas/thoughts about a budget. They were usually after I had spend too much money. :bigsmile:

Eddie

So true!

coralfrenzy88 · Oct 1, 2013

ive always heard that anems are first to go in tank so they can get settled and this reduces chance of it moving and stinging corals and other stationery livestock....if I did an anem I would put it in first personally

Esage · Oct 11, 2013

I did the tank transfer on Tuesday, so far everything has survived the transfer to the new tank. The micro bubbles from the skimmer are slowly getting better and the skimmer is starting to pull some gunk. I made a mistake with the 10 gallon sump. I'm unable to run the overflow gate at its max water height because the 10 gallon sump can not handle the additional 2.5 gallons of back flow. I will need to replace the 10 gallon sump with a 20 gallon or larger in order to run a higher water line. Besides that little problem, I'm very pleased with the Deep Blue tank. I do wish I had gone with a taller stand. I will get some pictures posted soon. If anybody has a 20 gallon or larger sump sitting around give me a shout.

nitro'sreef · Oct 11, 2013

congrats

k2parkstar · Oct 11, 2013

Esage said:
I did the tank transfer on Tuesday, so far everything has survived the transfer to the new tank. The micro bubbles from the skimmer are slowly getting better and the skimmer is starting to pull some gunk. I made a mistake with the 10 gallon sump. I'm unable to run the overflow gate at its max water height because the 10 gallon sump can not handle the additional 2.5 gallons of back flow. I will need to replace the 10 gallon sump with a 20 gallon or larger in order to run a higher water line. Besides that little problem, I'm very pleased with the Deep Blue tank. I do wish I had gone with a taller stand. I will get some pictures posted soon. If anybody has a 20 gallon or larger sump sitting around give me a shout.

I've got a 20g tall tank. Never had water in it at all. You could use it to make a sump. It's yours for $20.