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Hi fellow reefers!

This is my 6month old DIY attempt at a 3sided 50 gal zero edge design tank. Tank is 21"x30"x18" but the base is 24"x38" because of the 3 canals on 3 sides.I used 3/8" thick glass and the back and base including the canals is made of brown glass. It's dominated with Sps and Rics and Zoas.

It's right in the middle of our living room and gets a little natural sunlight in the afternoon. I designed the tank myself including the cabinet which is made of Kamagong hardwood.

Hope you guys like it!






Full tank shot


Left side tank shot


Some Closeup shots

bird's nest

Bushy pink millepora

Green Pavona coral

mint green glove polyp colony

Turbinaria

Xenia colony with blue and red actinos in background

orange/green ric colony




Please feel free to comment cause i'm still tinkering with flow options since i know that zeroedge tanks are not really designed for Sps corals.
That's why i opted for a 3sided tank design than the 4sided one since i would have more flow options. But i am constrained to minimize water turbulence on the surface so that the overflow will not be too erratic to have a calmer and more even view of the tank.

Happy viewing!!

awesome tank!

very nice zero-edge tank. Like the natural looking scape. Also your light fixture is very intriguing--- > is that led? what's the spotlight thingy?

great tank maybe you can also share some pix of your filtration system.

in zero edge, does the water also flow sa front side panel. galing

very nice tank.. sana ganito nalang din 50 gal tank ko..

lakas ba kumain ang sunburst anthias mo?:D

Nice tank! Are you into furniture business? Lupit sir!

cool! ganda nito! sir baka pwede makita yan tank nyo in person.. hehe

awesome!

Zero edge indeed!

mikedown- thanks for the comment bro!

spy-i- I still have to minimize my aquascape. I think i have too much corals on the sand bed. The light fixture is DIY with a 250w de Mh (c/o Peter), 3pcs Landlite par38 220v cfl blue light that i discovered had good actinic proterties, 2pcs 8w blue leds, and 4pcs blue 1w leds mounted on regular ceiling type halogen sockets that can be pointed at any spot in the tank. The leds create a very pleasing moolight effect.


rav888-The water flows over the front and 2 sides of the tank. I was lucky enough that the flow in front is very calm and that you may not instantly notice it. I've seen people specially kids get surprised when they point at something inside the tank and get their fingers wet!!

I may have to increase the return flow to get a more even flow also on the 2 sides.

Pics of the 20gal sump with live rock, chaeto,RO dnw110 skimmer, and a small Ats made of 1/8" acrylic that i drilled with lots of small holes and sanded very roughly



mikko- yes malakas kumain ng flakes yung sunburst anthias ko(c/o Davy-graf11). It's color has brightened up a lot lately and I intend on adding 2 more.


gamol- no i am not in the furniture business but i do like to work with wood specially hardwood being an architect by profession(though i don't practice much). I mostly use old wood that i get from old dismantled houses.


some more pics




my purple firefish on top of an emerald green zoa colony


my special false perc that i call "Spot" c/o Davy-graf11




Maraming salamat mga reef brods!!

If ever you trim your emerald zoas and blue actinos... maybe you can sell some frags this way... sori I can't help it... they're so purty...

greggydm wrote:I still have to minimize my aquascape. I think i have too much corals on the sand bed.

sarap makakita ng magagandang tanks or setups. Thanks greggydm, my pleasure to have seen your tank's post!

thanks for sharing. nice shots too.

alx wrote

cool! ganda nito! sir baka pwede makita yan tank nyo in person.. hehe

sure bro anytime! But i'm from cavite so maybe when you're on your way to Tagaytay you can make a sidetrip

[b]jackryan wrote

awesome!

Thanks a lot! I've learned a lot from you guys in RP about proper reefkeeping after years of frustration in this hobby.

[b]aquaboy wrote

Zero edge indeed!

thanks aquaboy! But mine is just a modest attempt at the real thing but something that can be done by us pinoy reefers affordably

sir , share naman your reefkeeping strategy like your supplements, water changes and saltmix. nice livestocks btw thanks po.