WTB 75g or larger tank

I'd get a rubbermaid stock tank. Tough as nails, and pretty cheap. Also easy to put bulkheads in.

 

+1 with iaJim. Them rubbermaid stock tanks are much more workable then a glass tank. Should at least look into it.

 

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--AJ

 

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I use a stock tank as well with no baffles. If you go that route just make sure you replace the bulkhead that comes with it.

 

+1 on replacing the bulkhead that comes with it. They are really cheaply made.

To your question about using it for a fuge, do you mean for macro algae, live rock, or livestock?

One option for segmenting off a portion of the stock tank from the rest is to use a 5 gallon bucket or a smaller rubbermaid container with holes drilled in it. If you do something like that, make sure that you have a way to force the water to circulate through the bucket/container such as having your return from your display running into it or a separate pump. If you don't, you may not get good oxygenation of the water which could be harmful to livestock in there.

I don't have baffles in my stock tank either. They have ridges on the sides which could make baffles difficult to make. Also, sump baffles would typically be used right before you send the water back to your display tank. The bulkhead is the middle of the side on a stock tank. Making baffles that would work for that location would be difficult to make.

What I did add to my stock tank was an acrylic platform that my skimmer sits on. This keeps my skimmer and other reactors off the bottom of the stock tank, giving the skimmer the appropriate water level for proper performance. The platform goes from front to back and is about 24" side to side, leaving the ends open to the bottom of the stock tank. This also gives me a nice place to put my heaters. Live rock is everywhere that equipment is not (on each end, under, and even some on top of the platform).

--AJ

 

Here's the design for my sump (click here).  Water flow is from right to left.  The second area that the water goes into is the macro algae area.  The lip changes the water direction and forces it across the surface.  This causes the chaeto in that area to tumble so that all surfaces get light.  This method is/was recommended by Calfo and Pro.  You don't have to tumble your chaeto, but it's said to grow better that way.  Better growth = more phosphates consumed = less algae growth in display tank.  You may be able to achieve the same think in a stock tank with another container inserted into the stock tank, but I'm not sure.
--AJ