Well as promised here is the writeup and pics for my new 92gal corner bowfront. This tank is replacing a standard 55gal that had various haps and peacocks from Lake Malawi in it. The 55 was never really one of my favorites because it was to small for what I had going on in it plus the decor in it was really crappy. I thought I took a pic of it before I took it down but I guess not. So here we go:
Here is the tank. Brand new out of the box.
Assembly of the Mega Overflow kit. I do love these things. They are the easiest to work with for the price. They go for about $35 a set.
Assembly of the spraybar. Another novel piece of equipment that comes included in the price of the overflow.
Here they are fully assembled in the overflow portion of the tank. They sure didn't leave me a whole lot of room to put the overflow and spraybar in. Had to jimmy them around to make it so the bulkheads would seal properly.
Speaking of bulkheads here is a shot of them.
Here is the top view of the sparybar and the standpipe. Kinda had to wedge the spraybar into it's spot as well. Originally when I placed it the pipe was crooked and didn't allow the bulkhead to seal properly.
Plumbing presented a choice for me. Normally I would hard plumb the sump, but given the style of bulkheads I got with the kit soft plumb made more sense. Plus I didn't have any extra pvc laying around, but I had plenty of hose available. The pump is a RIO 2100 plus that has a 3/4" outlet which was perfect for the 3/4" hose that I had. The pump pushes ~692gph at 8ft of head at a cost of 37watts. I have maybe 3ft of hose going from the pump to the bulkhead so I'm really not loosing a whole lot of gph.
Sump I am using is a Tidepool 2. It fits perfectly into the cabinet with some room to spare. Plumbing from the bulkhead to the sump is standard flexible pvc hose. It makes a little noise but I think I can fix that by using a shorter hose. There is quite a bit of excess length in this hose. All the plumbing has hose clamps and doesn't leak.
Lighting is a 3ft Coralife T5 dual bulb fixture that I purchased brand new. It comes with a 6700K daylight bulb and an antinic bulb. Think this will make the fish really pop in this tank. I was going to use some of the light fixtures I had spare but most of them were dead and I wasn't willing to try and fix them.
Based on how I wanted to decorate the tank I thought it would be a good idea to throw some eggcrate down to protect the bottom glass a little. The eggcrate should protect it from both falling rocks and pressure points on the bottom rocks.
For decor I use a medium piece of Texas Holy Rock in the center and then stacked some other rocks around it. Gravel is red crushed granite that I have had sitting around for a while. Plant is from Pearls Plants here in the Chicago area. By the way Pearl makes some fantastic plants.
Here is the tank in it's final resting place.
Inhabitants are going to be Tropheus moorii "Ilangi" from Sawboy and a group of Lamprologus ocellatus "gold" that I have currently. I will be looking for a few more at the GCCA swap on Sunday. I have 3 now and would like to grow the group to about 8 or 10. I might add some Synodontis petricola later on but that remains to be seen.
I'm really liking how this tank fits in the corner and think that the trophs will look killer in there. Feel free to comment or ask any questions you like.
Keeper
Subject: 92Gal Corner Bowfront! 
