front glass angled back 20-30 degrees
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jmadison
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Granted this is in the Large Reef forum I'm assuming you were talking about a big tank, but melev built a nano with a severe angle on the front viewing panel. can be read about here http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&postid=10375036#post10375036
If im not mistaken he had no bubble issues and seems to be running fine for over 2 years.
If im not mistaken he had no bubble issues and seems to be running fine for over 2 years.
sfsuphysics
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I've seen it on smaller tanks as mentioned, but never have I see it on a larger tank.
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JRF
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It did give that nice "top down" view. Cleaning that side was a bit more of a job and was hard to clean down near the bottom of the angled side. But, if you use a mag cleaner with a larger inside piece it would not be too bad.
Just cut a piece of acrylic a few inches larger than the mag cleaner, and attach that larger piece of acrylic to the inside magnet with velco, and of course whatever type of cleaning pad to the acrylic piece to clean the viewing panel. You need this because the mag will not go down close enough to the bottom due to the angle, so the larger acrylic cleaning pad inside will be able to reach the bottom. HArd to explain, if you want a picture I can post one...this idea came from a friend of mine, Frank - reefconcpets on RC.
Lighting was a little issue also, although they have better reflectors now that can spread the light wide.
My advice is to not make the front panel of the tank angled back, especially if it is going to be a large tank - but maybe have both sides angled instead of just the one side like my tank was. That way you have a nice verticle face and 2 angled sides to do whatever type of top down view you want..
JRF
Just cut a piece of acrylic a few inches larger than the mag cleaner, and attach that larger piece of acrylic to the inside magnet with velco, and of course whatever type of cleaning pad to the acrylic piece to clean the viewing panel. You need this because the mag will not go down close enough to the bottom due to the angle, so the larger acrylic cleaning pad inside will be able to reach the bottom. HArd to explain, if you want a picture I can post one...this idea came from a friend of mine, Frank - reefconcpets on RC.
Lighting was a little issue also, although they have better reflectors now that can spread the light wide.
My advice is to not make the front panel of the tank angled back, especially if it is going to be a large tank - but maybe have both sides angled instead of just the one side like my tank was. That way you have a nice verticle face and 2 angled sides to do whatever type of top down view you want..
JRF
zackdastack
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i like how that looks
Lucky Strike
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its was good to see you again, taggin along.... fwiw.. just my experience since we first met however it may or my not be of help
dow corning 795, stays soft, like a o-ring gasket, and should be used for plywood tanks with a glass front or tanks that utilize a pressure seal,
dow corning 995 should be used for building glass tanks that utilize a shear seal. i built a shear tank with 795 and havent felt comfortable filling it until i rebuild it with 995.
do not under estimate the power of surge devices, they are a very powerful, useful, cheap, and simple water movement device that is often overlooked or never even considered by people caught up in the tunze verus closed loop battle royal.... a 5 gallon bucket and a 10 dollar flapper valve and some 2" pipe and volia... once you see a surge in action no matter how much water a cl moves or how many tunze you have the tanks all look stagnent by comparison.
filter socks changed on a daily or once every two days can help band-aid a undersized skimmer. they really make a difference.
dow corning 795, stays soft, like a o-ring gasket, and should be used for plywood tanks with a glass front or tanks that utilize a pressure seal,
dow corning 995 should be used for building glass tanks that utilize a shear seal. i built a shear tank with 795 and havent felt comfortable filling it until i rebuild it with 995.
do not under estimate the power of surge devices, they are a very powerful, useful, cheap, and simple water movement device that is often overlooked or never even considered by people caught up in the tunze verus closed loop battle royal.... a 5 gallon bucket and a 10 dollar flapper valve and some 2" pipe and volia... once you see a surge in action no matter how much water a cl moves or how many tunze you have the tanks all look stagnent by comparison.
filter socks changed on a daily or once every two days can help band-aid a undersized skimmer. they really make a difference.
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I don't want to build this tank just because from a distance or picture it looks cool. This is an expensive build and I would hate not to be overjoyed with the results if you know what i mean.
There is a lot of extra work involved with angling glass.
Hi Dan, good to see you guys Saturday.
Thanks,
Doug
There is a lot of extra work involved with angling glass.
Hi Dan, good to see you guys Saturday.
Thanks,
Doug
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