MayoBoy
Movin' on Up
Here's what I have to work with:
Tank:
(obviously back from when it was new)
Light:
Here's what I want to do:
I've cut out the corner chamber to give a full 18" x 18" display tank. The panel will wrap around the side about 6" to hide the line where the corner chamber was. The baffles will remain in place and I'm going to either attach black acrylic to the back and the baffle or take a sander to them and just make them opaque.
The stand will be walnut done in a Victorian Shaker style (cope and stick doors and frames with either solid or crotch/burl veneer panels set in) There will also be a band around the top of the tank to hide the water line.
Circulation will come from a WavySea attached to a pump. I have an Eheim 1250, Mag 7 & 9.5 to choose from. The pump will sit in the last chamber and come out through a bulkhead in the side. ( The stand extends 2 or inches beyond the tank on the back and side to account for plumbing). The other bulkhead will be plumbed to a drain in the stand. All I'll need to do is put a bucket in, open a valve and drain out 5 gallons. Then just add new water to the tank and the water change is done. There will also be a heater in the sump (no skimmer as the total volume is only about 30 gallons).
The light bar will be attached to the top with a mortised hinge so that it can be swung up and out of the way. The top will probably have the same arrangement (or the top and light bar will be connected together).
There will be 2 doors the width of the display area with slide out shelves for 2 part, food, etc.
Anything I'm overlooking, you'd change, etc?
Tank:
(obviously back from when it was new)
Light:
Here's what I want to do:
I've cut out the corner chamber to give a full 18" x 18" display tank. The panel will wrap around the side about 6" to hide the line where the corner chamber was. The baffles will remain in place and I'm going to either attach black acrylic to the back and the baffle or take a sander to them and just make them opaque.
The stand will be walnut done in a Victorian Shaker style (cope and stick doors and frames with either solid or crotch/burl veneer panels set in) There will also be a band around the top of the tank to hide the water line.
Circulation will come from a WavySea attached to a pump. I have an Eheim 1250, Mag 7 & 9.5 to choose from. The pump will sit in the last chamber and come out through a bulkhead in the side. ( The stand extends 2 or inches beyond the tank on the back and side to account for plumbing). The other bulkhead will be plumbed to a drain in the stand. All I'll need to do is put a bucket in, open a valve and drain out 5 gallons. Then just add new water to the tank and the water change is done. There will also be a heater in the sump (no skimmer as the total volume is only about 30 gallons).
The light bar will be attached to the top with a mortised hinge so that it can be swung up and out of the way. The top will probably have the same arrangement (or the top and light bar will be connected together).
There will be 2 doors the width of the display area with slide out shelves for 2 part, food, etc.
Anything I'm overlooking, you'd change, etc?
