500G (84X48X30)- NOW REAL !

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Sanjay, here is one I just had built for my 225. It's 71"L x 31"D x 40"T made with 2 x 2 steal tubing. It's going to be sprayed with truck bed liner (Line-x) then wrapped in something. I haven't made up my mind as to what yet, but it can be changed anytime I want. Inside space when done will be 67"L, 27"D, and 36"T. The cutout in the top/middle is for the drain line. The large middle opening is so I can get my sump in and out without sliding it out the end.

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Konadog, that is sweet, did you have that made locally, or did you make it yourself. How much weight do you think it will hold, was it very expensive? How well do you think that the truck liner will hold up? Is the tank a glass or acrylic tank?
 
Sanjay, I have no idea why that didn't work. I even checked it right after I posted it, so maybe it is some sort of "session" link. I cannot get any direct links because of the way the site is designed so I will tell you where to look. This site is very complex so it took me half an hour to find it in the first place!

Try this: From the home page search for "I-Beam Roller Track Sets for Doors" and then scroll down to the bottom where you will see the trolley pictured. If you search for trolleys, many pages of them will come up and you can check out a variety of them. I went through a lot of them and decided that the one pictured above is probably the best one for my application. I will use it for my center reflector.

Have a new problem...I have lumenarcs on the left and right thirds and a dish in the center, BUT the dish overhangs into the side thirds so I can potentially get contact. I had designed it to use a dish in the center for a wider spread as well as a bit less light for an open valley area so I hope I can get it to work. The pont about getting that trolley is that it is a lot cheaper than the Light Rail 3.5 drives that I am using on the outer thirds of the tank. It will allow me to easily move the dish out of the way for tank access and the dish doesn't have to be moved with a motor during regular operation. If I can't get it to all line up properly, I may have to move the dish to an outside third and redesign my aquascape.
 
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Konadog, that is sweet, did you have that made locally, or did you make it yourself. How much weight do you think it will hold, was it very expensive? How well do you think that the truck liner will hold up? Is the tank a glass or acrylic tank?
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I will answer questions on this thread My new tank is in (the garage) as I don't want to hijack Sanjay's thread. I posted the picture to give Sanjay another idea on stands.
 
sanjay....why not just use drawer slides? 100+lb rated slides can go out 20" for 19$!!!!! You can get them to extend further for more money, not much more, but it's clearly the cheapest/easiest solution...we can talk more later. Just thought I'd throw my .02 in.
 
sanjay you mentioned using sequence darts in eductors and some other guys on here raised questions about them not having high enough pressure, you could spring for the 3600 gph model in the sequence 1000 line, they are pressure rated to 20 ft head and use 213 watts
 
sanjay you mentioned using sequence darts in eductors and some other guys on here raised questions about them not having high enough pressure, you could spring for the 3600 gph model in the sequence 1000 line, they are pressure rated to 20 ft head and use 213 watts
 
Ok, after hearing about this I had come check the thread out. I must say I really like that stand idea!!! Once you figure out how to get that tank through the door let me know! ;)

Hope you had a good flight back, and the frag as well!
 
Sanjay,

A quick pic of my final lamp installation. Please note that there is a string of moon lamps mounted under the heating duct toward the front side of the tank. Check out the last page of my thread for more pics with the center dish lamp on with no water. I will update with more lamps lit and with water as I progress over the next week or so.

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Ok... now that my old tank is out of the house. I can start making some progress. Time to call Aquarium obsessed and find out the progress on my tank.

Since I am going to need a new skimmer... I decieded its time to build one. A friend and I are going to build a couple of these.

Just for fun, this time I thought I would go with a needle wheel skimmer and build myself a skimmer that eliminates some of the issues I have with other skimmers. Here is the current design.. with a 12" dia X24" tall skimmer body + neck and cup, driven by 3 recirculating needle wheels. Its deigned with a wet neck and with a washdown system using sprayers in the cup.


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sanjay.
 
Right now am thinking of using the ehiem needlewheel pumps.. They seem to have the best reviews.

sanjay.
 
Wow, that picture is great. Do you have a rendition of the wet neck and wash down for the cup? I'm interested in installing one on my ASM.

Progress looks great, btw.

Chris
 
Sanjay,
Can you tell me how far off the water you plan on having your Luminarc III's? Also, do you vary the distance off the surface of the water based on the wattage of your MH bulbs? I see you will be using 400Watters.

Rebecca
 
Sanjay, here's a picture of my aluminum light rack. I opted to go with the Stanley tracks that are made for barn doors. The tracks are 8' long and allow me to slide the 4'X4' rack into the fish room for easy maintenance. I can also adjust the height of the rack with the threaded bolts that come with the hardware.

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