Peninsula Tanks - Anyone have pictures?

[Warboc]

Planning to setup a peninsula tank in new house and was hoping some of you here may have photos to share of your setups. Looking to do a 5x2x2 with one end against the wall. Any pictures of this type of setup would be appreciated, especially those including stand and canopies. Thanks!

[woganaga]

check out mcrist's peninsula tank... its a bigger tank than what you are looking for, but one of the better build threads.

http://archive.reefcentral.com/forum...hreadid=968181

[Warboc]

Thanks, that's what i am looking for. His stand turned out really nice over time.

Keep 'em coming

[Warboc]

Any more?

[mille239]

Well, I'm transforming one of my 120 gallon in-wall tanks into a "wide peninsula" so you can view it on 3 sides if that counts...

[jeffbrig]

Here's mine:

[Warboc]

jeff, that looks fantastic! Do you have a thread for your tank?

[jeffbrig]

Yes, click on the red house at the top of my post.

[adddo]

Jeff i love your tank and your achilles, how long have you had the achilles?

[jeffbrig]

2+ years, he was one of the first fish I bought for this tank.

[Warboc]

Thanks Jeff. Your thread is very helpful!

Have any pictures of the overflow in the tank? Also, what about your closed loop.

[keefsama2003]

Wow im surprised no one has included Mleve's tank that is the holy grail of these kinds of tanks

i think its melevesreef.com not too sure you can look him up on here tho

[mcrist]

I love my peninsula tank but they do have one disadvantage, two more walls to scrape clean of algae.

[keefsama2003]

For a good read here is a thread

you should get tons of ideas

http://archive.reefcentral.com/forum...5&pagenumber=1

and here is marc's website
http://www.melevsreef.com/tanks.html

[Warboc]

Thanks, I have read through that thread over time.

I am most interested in tanks with the overflows at one end and seeing how the cabinetry/stand was designed and what types of overflow boxes were used.

[TheMcs]

Here's an early picture of mine;


Deep Sea 185 (60" x 30" x 24") overflow box has 3 - 1.5" drains & 2 - 1" returns. Drains go through to wall into a room I built in the garage. There's another 335 gallons out there. Since this is adjacent to the kitchen I'm building a pantry in the stand. I'm putting wainscoting around the room, I'll continue that around the stand. Canopy will extend to the ceiling where I've installed an exhaust fan.

[Warboc]

Thanks Mcs, let me know if you get a thread going.

[jeffbrig]

Originally posted by Warboc
Thanks Jeff. Your thread is very helpful!

Have any pictures of the overflow in the tank? Also, what about your closed loop.

You're welcome. I don't think I've ever taken pics of the overflow specifically. There are some pics early in my thread that give an idea of the layout. I have 4 1.5" bulkheads in there. Two are used as drains, one return, and one is a conduit for wiring into the canopy.

I do not run a closed loop, on a large tank I find Tunze streams to be more economical to operate.

[TheMcs]

Warboc, I'll have one soon, I'd like to make some progress on my canopy & lighting before I do so.

[Warboc]

I do not run a closed loop, on a large tank I find Tunze streams to be more economical to operate. [/B]

I was wondering after seeing the photo. Was thinking the same thing. I suppose you just routed your return lines to the far end of the tank.

[mbbuna]

[Warboc]

very nice mbbuna!

[SIMPLEPLEASURES]

I have old pics of mine in my gallery. I am not good a posting pics.

[skewch]

[Gary Majchrzak]

when searching for "peninsula" aquariums also include "room divider" in your searches. A link to my build thread:

http://archive.reefcentral.com/forum...light=gigantea