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[k9asia]

here is the link i think, let me have any suggestions:

tank 350 viewable from front with skimmer and fuge on left and frag and water change tanks on left. design is not done but this is my first try with sketchup. One the left is also carbon and resin filters.

http://sketchup.google.com/3dwareho...&fn=Fish+Tank+Sketch&ctyp=sm&ts=1236812658000

 

[uncleof6]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14588987#post14588987 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by k9asia
here is the link i think, let me have any suggestions:

tank 350 viewable from front with skimmer and fuge on left and frag and water change tanks on left. design is not done but this is my first try with sketchup. One the left is also carbon and resin filters.

http://sketchup.google.com/3dwareho...&fn=Fish+Tank+Sketch&ctyp=sm&ts=1236812658000

HOLY C***! First thing, the last tank on the stands to the right is going to drain empty @ power outage, and check valves will fail. It ain't going to stop, until air hits the red pipe-- And the full siphon is going to drain your reactors anyway. This may or may not be significant to you and easy to fix. Other than that, this is way too cool.

Regards,

Jim

 

[k9asia]

good point i didn't even think of that, also still having trouble with 90's as you can see all the "crap"plumbing in the design but i think you get the picture..

 

[Ed Reef]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14586785#post14586785 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by uncleof6
I think you missed the point as to why the tank is so bare: Zero Edge means the tank is the overflow.... so to speak.

Plumbing holes are not hard to add once the "engineering" is done. I saw in your drawing some objects that appear to be powerheads. If you use powerheads, a "closed loop" is needless complication. With a zero edge, you can't use vortechs though. With strategic placement, everything else in this tank can be plumbed through the bottom (some old school design returns) and hidden by aquascaping. If you insist on not taking this design to the "edge," Then the overflow should be bigger, and centered. The small one you designed will not be very efficient. Decisions, decisions. 15mm glass might work, check with a builder to be sure. I used 12.7 mm equivalent to .5" dont even know if that (metric size exists) 15mm makes more sense.

Regards,

Jim

Thanks Jim - I do understand what you're saying but no, this is not a Zero edge tank.... The overflow off center with a smaller return pump should be fine in combine with a close loop and hidden pumps for add flow....

I was thinking of doing a Zero Edge style tank but figure the cleaning and maintainability (not to mention salt creep) will drive me up the walls...

 

[uncleof6]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14590094#post14590094 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Ed Reef
Thanks Jim - I do understand what you're saying but no, this is not a Zero edge tank.... The overflow off center with a smaller return pump should be fine in combine with a close loop and hidden pumps for add flow....

I was thinking of doing a Zero Edge style tank but figure the cleaning and maintainability (not to mention salt creep) will drive me up the walls...

Don't get me wrong Ed, the "customer" is always right. So zero edge is out.... but that ain't gunna keep me from trying. I don't know what your dimensions are on your overflow, it can be interpolated to a point. If you used the drain/overflow calculator here, to figure the size, it only does flow rate, not efficient skimming of the surface. Hence the heading toward coast to coast overflows, as small overflows don't get the job done so well. For obvious reasons, this tank can't have a coast to coast, internal or external. So centering the overflow would equalize the skimming . And up sizing a bit would improve performance. Smaller pump would be fine with a larger overflow, as the pump dictates the flow. You probably know that, but I threw it in anyway. As "designer" :smokin: my job is to make it the best it can be, as "customer" your job is to say no... to borrow a phrase, oh-- I just kill myself.

Regards,

Jim

 

[Ed Reef]

Thanks Jim - give me a week or so and I can give you better dimension, including the overflow, etc...!!

Once again great job u're doing and great idea on the Zero edge tank too!!

 

[WZHANG]

Hi Ed,

I'm more into the furniture aspect of aquariums rather than the design of the aquarium itsel (well Im a furniture designer by trade so it interests me more)

So, I put together a quick rendering of the stand to help you visualize it, but I'd like to play around with it and show you some options. I do have to apologize in advance though because I am rather busy at the moment and may not be able to get around to it until a couple of days.

I was thinking a concrete slab on top would look pretty cool. Though it would require some metal supports in the stand. I'd also like to add some wood elements to it.

 

[uncleof6]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14591560#post14591560 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by WZHANG
Hi Ed,

I'm more into the furniture aspect of aquariums rather than the design of the aquarium itsel (well Im a furniture designer by trade so it interests me more)

So, I put together a quick rendering of the stand to help you visualize it, but I'd like to play around with it and show you some options. I do have to apologize in advance though because I am rather busy at the moment and may not be able to get around to it until a couple of days.

I was thinking a concrete slab on top would look pretty cool. Though it would require some metal supports in the stand. I'd also like to add some wood elements to it.

Looks cool. Be great fun coring that slab also....(putting holes in it for the plumbing.) Thinking this is fast becoming a design thread......

Jim

 

[Ed Reef]

This is SO COOL.....Do you mind if I used both your rendering drawing and post in my build thread?? Of course proper credit will be given

 

[uncleof6]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14591700#post14591700 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Ed Reef
This is SO COOL.....Do you mind if I used both your rendering drawing and post in my build thread?? Of course proper credit will be given

Thank you for asking, and I do not mind, at this point that is a better place to continue anyway.

Jim

 

[WZHANG]

Thanks Ed,

you are more than welcome to use my renderings too.. here is another idea for you.

this one has frosted glass doors with metal frames around them. I put the the controller on the side, rather than front because I think it gives the piece more of a furniture feel. Another idea is to put the controller behind the doors.

 

[Ed Reef]

SeXy !! You guys defiantly given me lot's of ideas....

Will post in my build thread.... here to link so we can take this over there

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1593987

 

[uncleof6]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14590010#post14590010 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by k9asia
good point i didn't even think of that, also still having trouble with 90's as you can see all the "crap"plumbing in the design but i think you get the picture..

Have not forgotten about you, just pretty tired today, and have not done much. That is probably why I am tired.

J

 

[uncleof6]

bump

 

[uncleof6]

Latest rendering for a nano sump:

 

[uncleof6]

Here are some very early renderings of k9asia's contraption :

Another is in the cooker now, will put it up when it finishes, unless the backup boot off happens first.

Regards,

Jim

 

[uncleof6]

Ok, so I beat the backup boot off.

Jim

 

[~sp0ok~]

...............wow....................

 

[k9asia]

Looks great, I'm still trying to fix mine, and you re-did it in less time, i need more practice. I am fixing the problem you pointed out in my version but i like your's better all ready.

 

[uncleof6]

Thanks spook, hey my brother lives in Reno, you know him?

k9asia, "less time" is a relative term, I started "building" the wall mid afternoon yesterday, I didn't put it in the cooker till there was something acceptable to cook-- and that was an hour or so before I put them up. But then, a person could use the model to actually build this contraption. :smokin:

One thing I have found with Hypershot, is if different parts, having the same texture/surface are touching, hypershot renders them as one piece.

Regards,

Jim