tiffyreefer
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Hello! I posted last week about that good deal on the 180 gallon (100 bucks). It got sold to someone else! bah 
It was actually one of Mr. Brightwell's old setups. My LFS told me the story of how they know each other, but it was a while ago that this story was told to me, and I have an awful memory. :hmm6:
Anyway, its a good thing because I laid my eyes on a beautiful 300 gallon cube :bounce1: My thinking is that I would put it in my dining room and bash out my wall so you can see it in the kitchen too. Problem is it would be viewable on all sides. In the picture I have depicted what I think might work. I'd love some feedback from those who consider demolition and house modification a "reefer side hobby"
To hide the overflow I would make the cut out in the kitchen wall a bit shorter on the overflow side, so you don't see into the overflow. It would not matter if you saw the overflow on the dining room side because I have nice tall palm tree plants that I strategically place to hide my jungle of cords on my current setup. Is one overflow sufficient if I had a nice large drain? How large should I go without being silly? Keep in mind I plan on doing a closed loop, and keeping my MP40 for flow. The sump and all my other goodies will be in the basement. The center flow idea won't work for us because we have to cut away the hardwood floor for the drain line. To hide the hole if we ever intend to move, we will make it the size of our other forced hot air vents and just insert one after the tank isn't there anymore. Also, I know it is frowned upon to plug places of business, but where in the heck can I get a custom build in the Pennsylvania area that I can drive and pick up without the crazy shipping costs? Anyone have any experiences with custom builds? I'd love it to be rimless with euro bracing (starphire on all sides)
Here is a little MS Paint artwork of my idea....:spin3:
It was actually one of Mr. Brightwell's old setups. My LFS told me the story of how they know each other, but it was a while ago that this story was told to me, and I have an awful memory. :hmm6: Anyway, its a good thing because I laid my eyes on a beautiful 300 gallon cube :bounce1: My thinking is that I would put it in my dining room and bash out my wall so you can see it in the kitchen too. Problem is it would be viewable on all sides. In the picture I have depicted what I think might work. I'd love some feedback from those who consider demolition and house modification a "reefer side hobby"
To hide the overflow I would make the cut out in the kitchen wall a bit shorter on the overflow side, so you don't see into the overflow. It would not matter if you saw the overflow on the dining room side because I have nice tall palm tree plants that I strategically place to hide my jungle of cords on my current setup. Is one overflow sufficient if I had a nice large drain? How large should I go without being silly? Keep in mind I plan on doing a closed loop, and keeping my MP40 for flow. The sump and all my other goodies will be in the basement. The center flow idea won't work for us because we have to cut away the hardwood floor for the drain line. To hide the hole if we ever intend to move, we will make it the size of our other forced hot air vents and just insert one after the tank isn't there anymore. Also, I know it is frowned upon to plug places of business, but where in the heck can I get a custom build in the Pennsylvania area that I can drive and pick up without the crazy shipping costs? Anyone have any experiences with custom builds? I'd love it to be rimless with euro bracing (starphire on all sides)
Here is a little MS Paint artwork of my idea....:spin3:
very kind of you!
