Morri
Fish Herder
I thought i would start a journal for this project I have spent a lot of time researchng my plans for this tank and have started on the work it will act mainly as a QT and Frag tank might invest in a breeding pair of something not sure yet, The idea is to build this as if it was a bigger tank so when I do upscale to bigger tank I will have all the experince with sumps etc.
I decided to go with an 18" cube due to space restrictions plus much more than 18" deep I end up with soggy armpits which is no fun for me nor for my stock at a guess
I managed to get the glass tank for a very good price from Wharf aquatics I have had it drilled to take a 20mm pipe this limits the turn over using the sump but it will also be hopefully silent if pipe is full of water.
I have gone with a modified durso to reduce space used by weir.
I bought the tank with no weir as i wanted to make it as small as possible I have measured up and ordered the glass for the weir still need to do something for combs.
I picked up a cabinet from a mfi clearance place for a very good price but it had draws these draw fronts have been converted into a door.
I have a sump design in mind 50% will be a refegium 25% main inlet (some will be tapped off into refegium) will be used for the skimmer, The remaining 25% will be baffled off for a return chamber
Return pump will be a maxi jet 1200 this should provide more than enough flow even if only 50% effcientency will T piece off with a ball valve to feed any excess back to skimmer chamber.
Skimmer will be a V2 nano but bay should be bigenough to do most nano skimmers that is
Lighting will be done by a DIY LED project as the other options for lighting this size tank is limited Will mount these on a luminare type bracket will post more details on this as they progress.
I decided to go with an 18" cube due to space restrictions plus much more than 18" deep I end up with soggy armpits which is no fun for me nor for my stock at a guess
I managed to get the glass tank for a very good price from Wharf aquatics I have had it drilled to take a 20mm pipe this limits the turn over using the sump but it will also be hopefully silent if pipe is full of water.
I have gone with a modified durso to reduce space used by weir.
I bought the tank with no weir as i wanted to make it as small as possible I have measured up and ordered the glass for the weir still need to do something for combs.
I picked up a cabinet from a mfi clearance place for a very good price but it had draws these draw fronts have been converted into a door.
I have a sump design in mind 50% will be a refegium 25% main inlet (some will be tapped off into refegium) will be used for the skimmer, The remaining 25% will be baffled off for a return chamber
Return pump will be a maxi jet 1200 this should provide more than enough flow even if only 50% effcientency will T piece off with a ball valve to feed any excess back to skimmer chamber.
Skimmer will be a V2 nano but bay should be bigenough to do most nano skimmers that is
Lighting will be done by a DIY LED project as the other options for lighting this size tank is limited Will mount these on a luminare type bracket will post more details on this as they progress.
I am selling my V2 Nano Skimmer, no use for it now the sea horses will be part of the 6ft. 
