Digital Aquatics

Not overly exciting, but you can see the true DIY nature of my work tank.


This is my Tunze 9002 DOC skimmer from a good friend that will remain nameless. Thank you sir if you're reading this...
It's gotten a lot of great reviews so I'm really expecting quite a bit out of it.


Here's a full front shot of the tank and stand. It's totally DIY. I built it after my Vikings lost Sunday so I had lost some ...

Now that the tank is on it's stand I'm going to start working on the water flow. Once I get the skimmer in I'll be working on the in tank sump and overflow. And I know, I know... Pictures are coming!

So I'm using the "New Additions" category. I hope that ok for hardware as it kind of sounds like livestock/coral... At any rate, I just got a little something in the mail that might be a bit overkill for this build... MP40... I might actually have to get an MP20 if the 40 is unmanageable I should know in about a week if I'll have to down grade.

I'm hoping to get water moving in the tank by next friday. I'm going to run about two-three weeks with only substrate and ...

First, this tank is going in my office not my house so I don't have to worry about my beautiful wife hating the rough look.

Now on to the stand...

I'm going to leave the side open and put a couple shelf sections in for parts, food, you know fish stuff!
I'll brace the back for strength, and also have a nice place to mount my controller parts. (That'll be a tough choice??? RKE or RKL? Who am I kidding, I ran an RKE decked out on my 10g!)

Anyway, ...

I'm starting a 40g mixed reef here at work. I'm starting with an All Glass 40g breader (18"x18"x36) and an building an in-tank sump on one end of the tank. You should see this tank in some future videos and images from DA as we'll be using it (when it's ready) to demo our new stuff as we roll it out. Should be a fun project and while it's a step up from my current 20g desk tank, it's a big step down from my 155 that I had at home. I'm excited to get this going!