indymatt
Member
Okay, I drilled my 55 with no problems whatsoever no cracking no nothing. Today I was putting the bulkheads in and I tightened them tight. After they were on, I was test fitting the plumbing on the back and POP! glass cracked between bulkheads!
So I was pretty ticked to say the least! I was getting to the final stages of setup with the 55 and then it cracked. So I took off for the LFS to see about getting a replacement. While I was there I saw all the nice, new, bigger, shiny tanks and I got a 90! I have to widen my current stand and hood to accept the wider tank. No big deal, I am happy that I got it now rather than later. I already drilled it tonight for the bulkheads and will be make the stand and hood wider tomorrow. Good thing I bought all my equipment to handle a larger tank when I wanted to upgrade!
Here is a rundown of what I have:
ASM G2 Skimmer
2 - 300 Watt Titanium Heaters
Mag 5 for Sump Pump
Mag 9.5 For Closed Loop - Changing out to 12 for the needed increased flow
55 Gallon Tank Sump - Setup and can handle overflow water from the 90
IceCap 660 with 4 VHO Bulbs
So what I am getting at is that I had everything under control with the 55, then it cracked, I got awe struck at the LFS and bought the bigger tank and now what? I think all my equipment can handle the larger tank except for possibly the lighting. I plan on having a 4" DSB so actual tank depth will be 20". With that in mind and all my equipment listed can I have a reef tank consisting of LPS and Soft Corals? I can upgrade to MH later just not in the budget right now. Any other comments are welcome as well.
So I was pretty ticked to say the least! I was getting to the final stages of setup with the 55 and then it cracked. So I took off for the LFS to see about getting a replacement. While I was there I saw all the nice, new, bigger, shiny tanks and I got a 90! I have to widen my current stand and hood to accept the wider tank. No big deal, I am happy that I got it now rather than later. I already drilled it tonight for the bulkheads and will be make the stand and hood wider tomorrow. Good thing I bought all my equipment to handle a larger tank when I wanted to upgrade!
Here is a rundown of what I have:
ASM G2 Skimmer
2 - 300 Watt Titanium Heaters
Mag 5 for Sump Pump
Mag 9.5 For Closed Loop - Changing out to 12 for the needed increased flow
55 Gallon Tank Sump - Setup and can handle overflow water from the 90
IceCap 660 with 4 VHO Bulbs
So what I am getting at is that I had everything under control with the 55, then it cracked, I got awe struck at the LFS and bought the bigger tank and now what? I think all my equipment can handle the larger tank except for possibly the lighting. I plan on having a 4" DSB so actual tank depth will be 20". With that in mind and all my equipment listed can I have a reef tank consisting of LPS and Soft Corals? I can upgrade to MH later just not in the budget right now. Any other comments are welcome as well.
