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Alright, so I have some unused space in my unfinished basement that I'm thinking of occupying with a frag tank setup utilizing 2 Rubbermaid stock tanks from Tractor Supply.
My thought is to place it in the corner of the basement in a "L" type of setup. My thoughts are to use steel z-beam shelving to hold the tanks, as each shelf on these is capable of holding 1000lbs.
The setup will be as follows, against one wall will be a 50g stock tank that will hold the frags which will drain into a 100g stock tank that will be "L'd" off the right side of the 50g. This tank will hold all the necessary live rock for the filtration as well as macro algae. Then the water will drain into a 55g aquarium placed under the 50g stock tank where I will house the protein skimmer/heaters/return pump and from there the water gets pumped back up to the frag tank.
This is the cost breakdown:
50g stock tank--$75
100g stock tank--$80
55g aquarium--free (as I already have)
2-48" tall shelving units for stands--$70
Bulkheads and plumbing--overestimating at $30
Return pump--$100
Total cost to complete system, minus heaters/live rock/skimmer/lights--- $355
Seems pretty straight forward, what do you guys think??
My thought is to place it in the corner of the basement in a "L" type of setup. My thoughts are to use steel z-beam shelving to hold the tanks, as each shelf on these is capable of holding 1000lbs.
The setup will be as follows, against one wall will be a 50g stock tank that will hold the frags which will drain into a 100g stock tank that will be "L'd" off the right side of the 50g. This tank will hold all the necessary live rock for the filtration as well as macro algae. Then the water will drain into a 55g aquarium placed under the 50g stock tank where I will house the protein skimmer/heaters/return pump and from there the water gets pumped back up to the frag tank.
This is the cost breakdown:
50g stock tank--$75
100g stock tank--$80
55g aquarium--free (as I already have)
2-48" tall shelving units for stands--$70
Bulkheads and plumbing--overestimating at $30
Return pump--$100
Total cost to complete system, minus heaters/live rock/skimmer/lights--- $355
Seems pretty straight forward, what do you guys think??