Our New Acan Tank

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  1. Palancarpets

    Palancarpets Astrea Snail

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    Here is our new Acan tank, it is a 30”x30”x16” diy glass tank with a wrap around shelf for frags or colonies. I decide to go with the black egg crate for the shelves, and Loc-line for the inputs. Tomorrow I will clean the tank front, add a thin layer of sand, move the light fixture from the other tank and start moving the corals. Here are some pictures first is dry tank, second is some detail of the shelves on the acrylic rail, and the third is with water flowing.
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  3. Jacwil

    Jacwil Coral Banded Shrimp

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  4. Beaun

    Beaun Fire Shrimp

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    looks great, what are all the tanks next to it?
     
  5. Palancarpets

    Palancarpets Astrea Snail

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    Thanks for the comments, the tank to the right of it is our DIY 100 gallon tank I built about 6 months ago. It is stocked with corals and fish, mainly my wife's tank. To the left is the place where our 2 new frag tanks will go, I will start cutting the glass soon.
     
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  6. horkn

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    looks awesome!

    I love DIY tanks. K+ for the effort:)
     
  7. Palancarpets

    Palancarpets Astrea Snail

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    Thanks, it did turn out as expected. The hardest part was getting the notch spacing on the rails right for the eggcrate. I had to go back to the drawing board twice on that one. But I always love a DIY challenge. Now I can start working on the other 2 frag tanks.