jason the filter freak

Ok adressing some or your ideas, adding some of my own 1. I'm leaving my over flows tall, I think it's a good idea, though I'll do some more research and could turn up wrong on that account. 2. Instead of doing slots like dandy has, I'm going to use bulk heads. Here is my reasoning, with the slot you have exposed unpolished glass, using bulk heads will allow for the collar of the bulk head to lend strenght to the hole that has been cut in the glass, plus they will allow me to have better flow control (I'll explain that later, idea tanken from Raf though) 3. I added covers over the overflow boxes. 1. to reduce sound of pouring water. 2. To keep stray light out of the overflows to help cut down on algae growth. 4. I removed one 5.5 Gallon, and elevated the other. The elevated one will me for my auto top off system, the gap on the other side of the 20 long will be for my skimmer and maybe a kalk reactor. 5. In the drawing i installed marble floors , cuz it looks cooler and adds contrast , not going to do that in real life [/img]

9. Thanks much, the stand is already complete and finished. I need help with plumming, wireing, and glass cutting. Check my gallery to see the finished tank stand

Ok answering the questions/comments in order of how I've numbered them. 1. Rendering program is, cinima 4D XL 2. Glass it is then for the overflow, as for glass fusing to it's self I suppose thats logical if you had thousands of years. If I'm not terribly wrong a payed attention in my psysics class, glass is in fact not a soild, but rather a liquid. So along those lines if you pressed two pices togheter and held them together and held them there for and extrodanairly long time with a great amout of preassure, they'd fuse. Tell em caulk is a better solution any day . 4. The stand is already a fixed size, and I'm not about to create another one, so along those lines I'll just make the over flows shorter. 5. Unfoourtantely these three tanks are all I have on hand, and the size under the stand can't be altered. So maybe I'll go with a baffeled section in the 20 L and a 5.5 for to off. Use the remainig space for a fluval, and a kalk reactor. My olny other alternative is a 40 (long) 48L x 13W x 17H, which. I have never seen ... :( 6. CONGRATS YOU"VE GUESSED IT! You know who I modled after and would love to get help. 7. HAHAHAHAHA I couldn't afford them even If I wanted them . That was the olny part I didn't do from scratch, it's a stolen screen shot from one of those aquarium scren savers. P.S. I was thinking on putting a top on the overflow to cut down on noise from the water, also the taller stand pipe idea is a good idea. 8. I always forget to address this, this tank MUST FIT IN A DORM ROOM. a 90 or 75 is out of the question, I'd love one... but can't have one. The rest of your thoughts see above please. THANKS FOR ALL THE HELP SO FAR

This is what I'd like to do for my tank : Dual Over Flows, 21 Inch 4 sides external over flows, with one stand pipe in each, as well as one back up straight drain, 1 inch bulk heads. The tank under system, 20 long gallon and 2 x 5.5 gallon a. Why 21 inches? I figure if it's the full lenght of the height of the tank it can lend support like a back bone to the tank. b. Why 4 sided? (borrowed this idea from some one else in the club.. can you guess) Add strenght to the tank and the overflow itself. c. Why three tanks? The 20 long will be my skimmer, return pump, accesory, supplement adding area, anti bubble chamber tank, one 5.5 gallon will be plumed into the 20 long as a refugium/BSD, the other will be an independant tank used to hold auto top off water. My Questions: a. Who can help me? b. Can you glue plexi glass to glass, or do I have to make the overflows out of glass? c. What other Ideas do you all have? Disclaimer: 1. I have now had a total of 8 hours exp with 3-D rendering, before that just MS paint, so cut me some slack with the quality. 2. Aside from the light fixture, which I don't have... Everthing is drawn to a pretty close tolerance of scale. I have done the measurements and the tanks will fit under there. 3. I'm not worried about the tank sitting flush to the wall. 4. No plumming or extra equipment is shown, aside from the overflow boxes and bulk heads (drain slots not shown) 5. It's 4:30 am, this has not been spell or grammar checked. AS ALWAYS LOOKING FOR CONSTRUCTIVE CRITISMS, let fly guys Front view looking straight at it Front Front Back, note over flow boxes

Yea I have three of these, how cool is that... I have no Idea where they came from, but they've been in my tank for a while, I don't feed for anems... aggggg what do i do?

Tank looks great, just rember zoos are pretty but wear gloves when handling them, they are rather poisonous

(British accent) *ahem* I buh-leave thaaat is a south african great plains titmouse

stir it up and use a diatom filter?

Hey just how big is that anem, I was looking at a chunk of my LR, and I have something that looks very very similar, except they aren't much bigger than a .... well there is three about the size of a nickle, dime, and one half that size ? How small can they be?

I read though the threads, and now know what I want to do, I will make diagraps post them under a thread, and see what I can do in terms of getting help with it.

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Do you think the external overflow box is a better alternative than drilling the tank, if you have the space behing the tank? I like the idea and I think it looks much cleaner. Could you give me ideas, I'd liek to do the same mod with a 55 gallon

Nothing like a near midnight, thread update, to quell the rabid reefer . Very nice looking

http://saltaquarium.about.com/cs/algaecontrol/a/aa091100.htm Read that carefully

About.com, and I added that siggy after suggesting on a thread how some one should set up their 120 on the second story of their house, where is your store located? F&F? Or maybe I'm thinking of somethign else, I thought that stood for something like fins and feathers P.S. soo totally not trying to jack this thread Ask phisigs79 for advice, he has one of the best silica beds I have ever seen

WHAT DO I THINK?! I think that you're FISHING for compliments... However I have to say the above looks like a work of art! I'm with envy! Awsome! lucky you...

What is Brown or Golden Algae? Referred to as a microalgae, brown or golden algae is actually not an algae at all, but diatoms. What you are actually seeing in your tank are diatom skeletons, all linked together. It can appear as a simple dusting on the tank walls and substrate surfaces, or it can turn into a massive growth that covers just about everything in the tank. This type of algae outbreak typically occurs when a tank is just completing or has finished the nitrogen cycling process, new live rock is introduced, as the curing process can add nutrients when some organisms on the rock dies off, or tank maintenance has been neglected.

Lots of snails, hermits etc? UV sterilizer, lots and lots of circulation. And good lighting... rather proper lighintg good par

Sounds like a great deal hope i can visit