29 gallon DIY refugium

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Sat, 10/25/2008 - 13:18
aqualaw
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Building the Refugium - Now that the tank was ready, we started to convert the 29g into a refugium using plexiglass bought from Home Depot.

The first step in building this 29g refugium is to cut the plexiglass to make the refugium walls. A simple two wall refugium design was used.. This is what we came up with:

 

Scoring the plexiglass using the 29g tank as a straight edge:

Grinding down the edges to make them as smooth as possible:

Two 1/4" plexiglass walls ready for sealing..

After putting the two plexiglass pieces into the tank to make sure it fits, we noticed the bottom had too much of a gap so we shaved off some of the corner to make for a better fit.

We used two (2) Dap 2.8oz Aquarium Seal silicone tubes to seal both sides of the plexiglass.. The 29 gallon refugium *just* barely fits into the cabinet with about .25" space between the glass and tank stand cabinet walls.

DIY Refugium

Time to place the tank onto the stand & run the hoses to the refugium

Now to mix some salt and add the rocks.

 

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Mon, 10/27/2008 - 19:06
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aqualaw
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Refugium with live rock and chaetomorpha macro algae

This is the refugium as of Oct 28, 2008. I've added a skimmer, about 15-20lbs of live rock and chaetomorpha macro algae.

Here's a closeup of the chaetomorpha donated by my buddy dboyz.

And finally a shot of the refugium and tank:

 

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Mon, 07/06/2009 - 05:38
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aqualaw
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How did you fit the 29g under the 72g?

I received this message from a forum user that others might be curious about:

"i want to set up a sump like urs. But hoow did u get the 29 gallon tank under the 72 gallon bow front..."

My reply:

"Hi -- I had to put the 29g in first before putting the 72g on the stand. The 29g JUST fit without any room to spare. So I hope you havent put your 72g on the stand yet as the only way to get the 29g is to put it through the top of the stand"

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