Daniel Builds an Aquarium, Part II

Once the foam dried I was able to carve it with my dremel tool and use some epoxy to glue sand to the foam for a more natural look. The finished rock wall will eventually be covered in purple and blue coralline algae, like the back wall of this tank.


Next up was the stand. I used pine beadboard for the walls and a plain sheet of pine for the top. The stain color is brown mahogany.



Add a couple coats of polyurethane, put the tank on top, and we're getting somewhere.


An important part of any reef tank is the sump/refugium. This is another tank that is typically kept beneath the main tank where most of the filtration is accomplished. In order to get water down to the sump, I had to drill the glass and add a bulkhead.


The bulkhead allowed me to add an overflow and connect the elbow for the piping that is to come.