Ivan's 40 Breeder Build (New Clam!)

Well for those of you who didn't see my last thread..my 36 bow front started leaking the other day. I wanted to get another 36, but they are discontinued. I was shopping around and decided I wanted a 40 breeder. I love how deep and wide it is. There was a lot of wasted space in my 36 because of how tall it was. ANYWAY. Here it is:



I am working on the plumbing now. Decided to go with a return on each side and the overflow in the middle. Hopefully I can put rock around the overflow and hide it more than I could if it were off to the side.

I definitely have my work cut out for me today. If I get it all transferred to the new tank I will set up my new calcium reactor.

Ivan

 

good score ivan. sometimes its almost like things were meant to be. look forward to seeing this move along. is the other tank drained? or wil lyou use that water and rocks to cut down on any sort of major cycle?

 

No it isn't drained. Here is my plan:

Mix up a tub of fresh SW
Put all of my corals/fish in a bucket with a heater/powerhead.
Move the rock to the new tank and get it how I want.
Get as much sand out of the 36 as I can and top off with new dry sand.
Move the sump over and get it hooked up.
Transfer as much water as I can then top off with the fresh SW

Hopefully it goes smooth.

I may have to leave the canopy off for a while until I figure out a way to get my clamp on halide to fit in there. I'm thinking of taking off the "clamp" and just making a bracket to fix it to the canopy. We'll see.

 

well thought out plan ivan. quite simple and easy on paper. lol. but sounds like youve got it al lunder control, and im sure it will go smoothly for you. good luck.

 

I got my rocks "right" after only 2 tries. Pretty happy with it...i need more though haha I actually have a sand bed new, which is nice. I like the central overflow with 2 returns. I'll put pictures up later all at once when I'm done. Filling it up right now! Moving and setting up all the electronics is what is going to take a while!

 

This is great! I love 40 breeders. Look forward to lost of pics. Don't forget to show off the plumbing.

 

First off..these pictures are awful for some reason..

the return plumbing..I was able to use the same overflow line.


Rocks


First tub of water going in!

 

Very nice work, sorry to hear about your other tank springing a leak on you but this is shaping up to be a very nice build!

 

Nice. 40 breeders are pretty cool. I might get one XD

 

What size sand did you go with?