custom tank?

[armison89]

im thinking about ordering a 540 gallon tank. it will be 96x36x36. what kind of overflow should i get? (size, location, ect.)

 

[jjk_reef00]

External overflow.
Where is the tank going to be placed in the house?

 

[armison89]

the basement as an island or peninsula

 

[clowntriggerfis]

I would do internal in the middle back then you can but some rocks around it if you want

 

[palmer373]

The LFS has one of the same size as a peninsula, he has the overflow in the center.

 

[Recty]

the basement as an island or peninsula

If you get it as a peninsula, I would tuck one of the short sides into a cabinet and have the overflow be the external type. Slits in the back of your tank so that all the water flows into that, then drains down into your sump. It's nice, if possible, to not have to see a BIG BLACK OVERFLOW every time you look in the tank. However, if you dont like that idea and want to go internal, it's not too hard to disguise them with rocks... it's just not something you can ever move.

Long story short, if I was making the choice, I'd just have slits in the upper side of the tank that flow into an overflow section that is hidden in the cabinet and then on out into the sump.

It might be real easy to just block off 6" from one side of the tank, make like a false wall that looks like the end of the aquarium and have those 6" going into the cabinet on the side, and just have the tank drilled at the bottom there and turn that into an internal but not visible overflow.

 

[humaguy]

In my new peninsula tank I have the over flow tucked on a short side, as Recty mentioned, and it runs the width of the tank...called a coast to coast overflow...so you do not see a black overflow box...that end of the tank will then be covered with wood trim so you do not see into the overflow...tank is 130 x 36 x 32...
can see my build thread...

 

[namxas]

We have a 210 peninsula in the works ATM. The O/F is tucked into one of the corners near the little "wall" (see top dwg and photo):

 

[moogoomoogoo]

i have a 10foot log tank with a center overflow. Sure wish it was at one end. Also make sure you build the cabinet high enough to fit tall skimmers or filters underneath.

 

[humaguy]

excellent advice with the height of a stand and skimmers etc.. such a bummer to see wildly expensive tanks and stands with a massive skimmer standing there naked...
so, factor it in before the build...I went 40 inches, and wish I had gone to 41 or 42 inches...
...on my peninsula I did not want the overflow in the middle of the tank...that is a waste of swimming column space that I know my trigs and angels are going to love...
...also did not want a corner, 2 sided overflow or center, 3 sided overflow ...just another surface or 2 to clean and offers odd spaces, esp for larger fish...in addition, they can create areas with little circulation...
so i went with the coast to coast overflow as i mentioned and will cover the end of the tank with trim matching the stand...

 

[geaux xman]

Nice looking tank greg. What are the dimensions of it? How thick is the acrylic? Can you disclose the builder?

 

[namxas]

humaguy,

How did you hide the coast-to-coast O/F? Just curious...

My fave tank we have (48" 100 gal) uses an external O/F, but the peninsula setup precludes this configuration. We could have simply just taken the whole end of the tank and walled it off for the O/F, but to me, THAT is a waste of space. In order to compensate for possible lack of flow in that area, one of the returns egresses into the space between the tank and O/F.

Nice looking tank greg. What are the dimensions of it? How thick is the acrylic? Can you disclose the builder?

Thanks! The tank is 7' x 2' x 2' and we had our tankbuilder (John at Advance Acrylics) use 3/4" stock to insure that it never, Ever, EVER bows. Of course the 3/4" stock raised the price, but this is what Renee and I "do", so it's worth it.

The works for the tank will be housed in a 6' x 6.5' shed just outside the house.

 

[armison89]

im going to build a fish room at the end of the tank. i will have the sump in that room.

 

[humaguy]

not sure what you mean by hiding the coast to coast...the tank is 130 inches long...so about 1 foot, of one side of the tank is the coast to coast....to prevent seeing the insides of the overflow on the two sides, i am covering it with wood trim matching the stand...so the trim will be running vertically on the tank to cover the o/f...does this make sense?

 

[namxas]

Gotcha...I was wondering how you were going to keep the O/F out of sight.

I realize it doesn't bother most folks, and some peeps even like to show off their bazillion dollar Vortechs and whatnot, but I have a real issue with not wanting my equipment to ruin the look of an otherwise nice system...just one of my personal peeves.

 

[clowntriggerfis]

I now would go with what humaguy did that sounds better than a center witch I origonaly suggested

 

[humaguy]

i agree namxas...
the only thing obstructing the water column in the tank with be the cl returns...i will hide them with rock...may drill the rock, and then slide it down the return piping...

 

[tozzi]

the tank is 130 inches long...so about 1 foot, of one side of the tank is the coast to coast....

U have a tank thats almost 11 feet long and only have a 1 linear foot long overflow to skim in surface water? Is this right?

 

[humaguy]

the overflow runs the width of the tank...so, it is 3 feet long and about 1 foot wide...

 

[tozzi]

i got ya