DIY acrylic tank build

[disaster999]

small update, went and got 2 new fish, a cardinal and black clown, and a freebie SPS frag. dont have picture of the clown tho. he moves too fast.

also i was messing with the rendering software and came up with these

 

[disaster999]

ok what the F? how come my pictures from photobucket is not SHOWING?

it was working fine before.

 

[emm0909]

Law, I love your 3D designs. They are spot on to your setup!

This isn't the place for this but your old little hammer is up to about twelve/sixteen heads and I had to cut the frogspawn because it was about 10" X 10" with only three full stalks.

 

[disaster999]

thank man, its sorta spot on cept the rubber hoses, its a lot easier to draw solid pvc pipes than flexible hoses

man..you really have to take pictures of your coral man. i wanna see how your tank is doing and how ridiculous everything is growing for you.

i cant believe the frog spawn got so big with just 3 heads

 

[disaster999]

weird how the picture works for me for my home computer. must be something wrong with my computer at work then -_-

 

[Ellery]

Very nice project!

 

[disaster999]

thanks =)

started a new project. hopefully this work fairly well

via aqua 180 pump 360lph/95gph

venturi

how it fits

more pic of the venturi

 

[disaster999]

skimmer is a big failure, i cant get the bubbles to foam, it just kind of bubbles away inside the reaction chamber and thats about it. could it be my reaction chamber is too small, and short?

anyways, given up on the skimmer idea right now. too tired to think about it, heres some new pics

 

[dan10342]

wow the tank looks great!

 

[disaster999]

thanks =)

hows your tank doing?

 

[emm0909]

Wow Law, looks like the tank has really turned around. Everything looks great. Get any cheto to live yet? HAHA.

 

[disaster999]

nope, they are all dead! i should try and see if i can keep them alive again, but not keeping my hopes up

 

[emm0909]

Haha, that's so strange.
Hey, I have two tanks that are plumbed together with the same lighting. Things grow like crazy in one tank and they die in the other. Still makes no sense. I have changed everything one by one. I'm on my third different set of lighting, different substrate, pumps, everything. I even took the tank down, bleached it and set it back up. Still nothing lives. I'm just taking it down and putting turtles in it instead. So good luck with the cheto. Maybe you're just not destined to have it.

 

[disaster999]

that is weird, why would a tank plumbed into the same system have different effects? one is packed with stuff, the other is a death city?

 

[reefman5511]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14946002#post14946002 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by disaster999
skimmer is a big failure, i cant get the bubbles to foam, it just kind of bubbles away inside the reaction chamber and thats about it. could it be my reaction chamber is too small, and short?

anyways, given up on the skimmer idea right now. too tired to think about it, heres some new pics

Where are you pulling air from? From the picture I don't see where the air would be entering the water flow. That could be the problem.

 

[disaster999]

the picture, i dont have the air hole drilled yet, but i did when i tested it.

 

[dan10342]

disaster999 ygpm.

and pleeaase more pics!

 

[emm0909]

Lets see that little venturi valve now. It's pushing air into the skimmer cylinder correct? Did flow just get cut back too far with that new pink valve?

Hopefully it's something else but sounds like it's just not pulling enough air which you probably have figured out.

 

[Johnny C]

+1 Dan... more pics! This is one of my favorite threads in URS!

Disaster... are those the deepwater watermelon zoas? I picked some up locally and yours are the first I've seen that look similar! Crappy pic, but you get the idea. Nice!

 

[disaster999]

I really dont know which zoas i have. i had the watermelons and i can tell the ones i have arent it. yours on the other hand does look like watermelons