Optimusdooche
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Went with a red bottom plasti dip style sump. I made my own sock holder and dividers with scrap acrylic. So my sump ended up cosing me less than $100 bucks. I have a 40 breeder and a 20 high for frags .
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Yeah I want to move mount and plumb, then cut holes last . I would hate to cut a fan hole then end up changing my mind on placement.Don't sweat it . Wait until her Girlfriends come around and she takes all the credit. That is what mine does. In addition to buying Red bottoms
Hey I just noticed there are no ventilation ports or fans for the sump area. You may want to address that issue, and where do you plan to place all your controllers and power packs ?Sent from my Nexus 6 using Tapatalk
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Step ladderBeautiful stand and hood. How do you access the top for feeding/cleaning, etc? Will you have access from behind?
, top is light and removes easy .Sent from my Nexus 6 using Tapatalk
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Equipment for the new sump also arrived, and my daughter approved of the purchases. My wife not so much....so the sump build begins!
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Now please note at this point my wife has came to me and said that it looks stupid and nothing like the picture she had made up....hmmm?
I didn't think so but there is generally no point in arguing, so moving forward.
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So I used an epoxy paint and sealed all the seams in the sump area , I did this with my last stand and it would hold water with no issues for days. ( its unfortunate that I know that). Then the stand got multiple coats of oil based paint after the 3 coats of kilz oil based primer.
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Here it is with a coat of primer...
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It's a concrete basement floor so we are going with Shaw 100% waterproof florte flooring.What are you putting in instead of carpet?
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No, this is the first time I've built anything furniture grade, I have built decks though.
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This will be the home for the new tank ,replacing the 150 gallon . Along with the deal the carpet gets replaced per my wifes demand.The fish room that consists of a 65 gallon frag tank, 40 breeder refugium, and a 40 sump and all the equipment will be condensed to fit under the new stand . I haven't really used the frag tank, it just turned into another reef . I had all that plumbed together with the 150 through the wall.
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So I test fitted the canopy and and all is well could use a little trimming at this point but its good enough for now. I ended up using Masonite and finished it with drywall compound on the out side.
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My wife requested all white, I am going to go to WV and buy an oil based paint. One of the few places you can still get it.
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At this point I had the cabinets and book shelves built from scratch and started on the canopy, which is the toughest part because of the curve. We wanted a simple look so I recessed the doors and used a clean modern trim with shaker style doors.
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Really wouldn't feel comfortable with no center brace . Those doors are 35"wx24" h so it should accommodate most sizes sumps with ease .
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So here is my result of skinning the stand . I used 3/4/inch birch on all finished surfaces and double layered the top so the tank sits down in the plywood to cover the 1 inch acrylic bottom.
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Probably a brown acro if some kindMay I ask what the squiggly stick figure man on the bottom left is?
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That stand looks great, I really am a fan of the clean look of white stands .
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And so the build began with me opting to make the stand rectangle instead of curved like the tank. I once owned a flat back hex and while I loved the tank ,I hated the stand because of the limited height, odd angles and dimensions. I opted to make this stand out if 2*6 to carry the load and to minimize the bracing. Also made the stand 38" tall so I don't have to bend over to look in.
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This my wife's version of what she wants the tank to look like... Part of the deal is I have to accommodate this being the upgrade is less than ideal in her opinion .
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Good eye, yeah that's the sump for sale
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I figured I would take the time to repost my tank build on wamas being that i picked up the tank from a wamas vendor . I couldn't pass up the deal I got on this tank and I've always admired bow front tanks. So it begins the upgrade from my 150 gallon to this 285 gallon bow front . I affectionately call this tank "The Sickness" because I feel this hobby is an addiction I am afflicted with.
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+1 on the lack of apex integration, I think my vectra l1 is OK, but it's weak in comparison to my old dc12000. Yeah it would have failed in a year or 2 but I could buy 5 for the price of 1 . I bet 5 outlast my vectra, being the controller failed on my L1 day 2 of use.
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The Sickness
in Dedicated Tank (Build) Forum
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