As closing draws closer on my new house I've been planning on what I'm going to be doing with the basement. It has a large rec room that I am going to put my pool table in. Been kinda slow this weekend so I've been planning a new in-wall tank for this room.
It's going to be a glass-cages.com 95 gallon - 4' wide reef ready. It's 48Lx24Dx17T and I will get the starphire low iron front glass option. Has 1 glass overflow with acrylic cover, drilled for return and drain. I will also be using a standard 55 gallon converted into a DIY sump. As for lighting 2x250w Halides 14k bulbs, lumenbright mini reflectors, and 2x54w T5 actinics. Using a ASM G2 skimmer I have, and a Quiet one 4000 for the return pump. I'm going to spray paint the back and sides. Will probably get a Vortech powerhead.
Any tips, ideas, suggestions on doing an in-wall tank? Anyone know if any other manufacturer makes a tank in this size? I know All-glass doesn't, just kinda sucks to have to pay to ship a big tank. Or drive to Tennessee to pick it up.
Show Side - There will be wood molding around the tank obviously.
Equipment Side
Sump Design - 1st skimmer section, then fuge section, then flow through area to put Carbon, Phos-Zorb, or Chemi-Pure, and through the bubble trap and to the pump. Gate valve on split return to dump off water back into the skimmer section and control flow.
Lighting Setup. Will put on some kind of pulley system to raise and lower the light rack.
This is still quite a ways off, we've go some re-modeling to do upstairs and I'm going to have to tear down the wood paneling walls and drop ceiling that are down there and put up all new drywall first. Hoping to have this done before the end of the year funds permitting of course.