Acorral 250g cube(ish) reef

[915MANG]

Awesome Build.

 

[Acorral]

Today they trimmed the excess silicone, glass cleaning and set the black color on the glass

Overhead view

Sitting height view

3/4 view

 

[Acorral]

The sump brace piece is already cut... also the sock holder

Ready for tempering... and finally sump assembly

 

[revhtree]

Looks great so far!

 

[Reef Man]

Nice setup!

 

[Acorral]

The pieces for the stand and canopy cover are already being cut and edged... the final thing will look something like this...

 

[tj w]

Pure Awesomeness!![emoji122][emoji122]

 

[Preme]

That will look sweet!

 

[Acorral]

Yesterday I started putting the doors and stand cover...

 

[revhtree]

Love it!

 

[McMullen]

Beautiful! Built on site! Love it!

 

[Greybeard]

Gorgeous. I've been contemplating a 60x30x16 peninsula for some time. Love your tank building skills. I've seen waterjet cut steel and stainless, the edges are flawless. Didn't even realize they did waterjet cuts on glass. Nice stuff

 

[Acorral]

Gorgeous. I've been contemplating a 60x30x16 peninsula for some time. Love your tank building skills. I've seen waterjet cut steel and stainless, the edges are flawless. Didn't even realize they did waterjet cuts on glass. Nice stuff

Thank you !!!

The result on waterjet cut seems great so far !!! tried to tempered it but the guys at the glass tempering factory rejected the project based on two factors that i didn't knew...

To be able to temper it the edges MUST be polished, and the waterjet result is more like sand/grind finish... and the polishing of those edges by hand would be way to labor & time consuming, thus, expensive... and second, the holes need to be open ended, like opening a slot between the two holes... to resist the expansion when heated...

Still without it being tempered I expect it to hold without issue...

 

[Greybeard]

Provided your joints are clean, and the silicone is allowed to fully cure, I'd bet on it holding. That top frame, being a solid cut out sheet, has got to be far stronger than most of the plastic frames commercial tanks use.

I like the under-sump water basin, too. My stand is epoxied, and designed to hold about 30 gallons before any would get out onto the floor. Since the whole system is about 75 gallons, I've never been quite happy with that, but it does give me a little security. A $4 battery powered water alarm from Ebay gives me a little more.

Enjoy

 

[najer]

What a great looking build.

 

[Acorral]

Some progress on the sump... still some details left, some holes for returns, sensors etc... hope to finish it this week !

 

[Acorral]

More with the stand...

 

[Reef Man]

That sump looks great!

 

[Daniel@R2R]

LOVE this build!! Not sure how I missed it before now, but DEFINITELY following along from here on out!

 

[Acorral]

The sump with the white vinyl background and letting the silicone for the bubble trap cure...

Two holes for return on the left part

One hole in the center back for skimmer outlet

Another hole in the right part for feeding the skimmer