37 Column Build

I recently put together a 37 column build that I thought I would share. Not as big and spectacular as many of the other builds on here but I have had fun piecing it together this summer.

I am not great at regularly posting things so I am compressing a few months into one post.

Build goes as this

Marineland 37 column tank

Custom built stand and canopy (Thanks Kyle!)

DIY 10 gallon sump

DIY 28 LED setup (Steves LEDs and RapidLED)

aqueon 3000 return pump

DIY upflow Algae scrubber

koralia evolution 750

koralia nano 450

ehiem jager 125w heater

Here is a picture of what I started with:



First order of buisiness was to replace that old stand. Kyle built me a nice stand and canopy for the setup.

Here is the "buisiness end" of the stand



With the pretty stuff prestaining:



After a few coats of stain:



Next I needed to replace the old odyssea mh halide light that the tank came with. I got 7 Neutral White, 2 Cool white, 10 Royal Blue, 1 Red, 1 Cyan LEDS and corresponding drivers from Steves LEDS and 6 UV leds and a heatsink from RapidLED. 90 degree optics were used on all the lights.

Here it is during testing:





And in action:



Next I painted the back of the tank black and had it drilled by Hung at Sea of Marvels with dual 1 inch overflows

Here is my plumbing job:





After a leak test I got 29 lbs of dry rock from a store in the chicagoland area. (Reefwise... If anyone is driving through the area I highly reccomend checking it out)

I also got 30 pounds of cured live rock from a local reefer.(Thanks Will!)

Here is initial setup of the tank:

 

Pics should be working now... At least they are for me.

 

Thanks for the comments everyone! The overflow uses two 1 inch stand pipes, one operates in full siphon and the other is there for redundancy. The photos I posted are about 3 weeks old and I have changed it around a little bit since then. I will try and get some more pictures tonight.