well started this on the old forum and going to bring it up date on where Iam at. I started this awhile back and because of Personal problems put it on the back burner. Well now things are back to normal more or less and I sold most of my guitar making equipment (story in itself) so the tank build is back on.
First I started with an old 55 gallon I had in the garage that was scratched to hell. here is the before after I cleaned with vinegar, mini scratches and some good bigger ones were on the front panel.
I used Novus to remove the scratches, it was the best purchase i made to get this done. It took some arm power but the results were evident after one application of the 3 step process.
Here is after. The pic does not do it justice.
I then went to drilling. I didnt want to drill the bottom for the Overflow, so I borrowed a design from Disturbedreefer on reef frontiers of a overflow design I found really worked well, so with a 55 gallon being so narrow I employed it here. here is how it goes. It starts with this.
A trip to the table saw and results in this.
Measure 5.5 inches down from the top and drill the back of the tank and install bulkhead and the OF and it looks like this.
here it is with plumbing attached in the stand.
tank and sump in stand
here is the sump after build
I decided to rebuild the stand, it showed real problems while it sat in the garage, so I built a whole new one. Perfection is goal not a necessity. I should be in water by end of week. Thats the goalILl update as it goes in.