Lemon's New 183 gallon fruity tank!

[LemonLemon]

some updates for today.

Sump tank arrived
2x eheim 1264 return pumps arrived
overflow piping complete
rest of the piping semi completed and yet to be done. will be completed on saturday
1.5HP compressor arrived (Not hooked up yet)

 

[LemonLemon]

here's the 2 return pumps in it's section in the sump.

 

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Pasted the black oyama background.

 

[LemonLemon]

pics of the overflow. piping in the overflow is done. two returns with a 90degree angle between both.

pics of the incomplete piping from the cabinet

 

[LemonLemon]

now pictures of the sump. I'm loving this the most and had it designed in such a way that it's 2 tanks in one. i'll explain in detail later.

front view with some badly drawn errors representing the flow of water.

 

[LemonLemon]

top down view of the sump. yes. top down view. I love the flip up doors of the cabinet. Allows top down view of the sump!

more arrows to show water flow direction.

 

[LemonLemon]

water flows from section 1 into section 2, flowing downwards under the pane of glass.

water flows over into section 3, and flows over into 4.

water flows from 4, under the glass and into 5, where the 2 returns and future coil will be placed.

here's what i like about the sump. section 3 has no underflowing water, which means water flows in and out from the top. This means that it's almost a complete tank within a tank (if you get what i mean). This will be very useful for housing livestock temporarily away from all equipment and other sections. On saturday, overflow teeth will be fixed onto the top of the glass to prevent fish from swimming into other sections with the flow of water. (i hope i explained it well, it's hard to explain in words).

The teeth will complete section 3 by keeping any fish from getting out, but water still flows freely.

this section will allow me to train fish to feed, recuperate wounded fishes, or recovering livestock.

skimmer will be placed in section 2

*to bryanS, now i remember why the sump cabinet has no door on the right side! i had it designed for me to have a front view of sump section 3, where livestock can be kept.

 

[chris3_16]

Damn that is quite the sump set up you have there. Never seen one like that before. Where did you come up with the design for that?

 

[randymc]

Sounds like a well thought out plan. Im very interested in watching this build. Love the square tank.

 

[LemonLemon]

Chris - Thanks! I wanted a sump where i can have a quiet section to house my frags, fish and other weird stuff i might potentially be interested in. This meant that i needed to have a section cut off from everything else but at the same time, have water flowing in and out still. Had the design done with the help of my tank maker and a good friend of mine.

randy - Thanks. i like square tanks too. i like cube ones even more, but the height of 3.5 ft will be too tough on my 18 year old back

 

[Gobie74]

Very nice so far

 

[HHIreefer843]

the tank, sump and stand are all awesome!!! how many gallons is the sump? what do you plan on keeping in the tank, basically what are you doing for flow??

 

[LemonLemon]

gobie - hey thanks. i hope to do it justice too. i know it's nothing compared to most of you guys here. It's difficult to find anything above 200gallons in my country. You guys have plenty of tanks above this volume and it's very nice to look at.

HHIreefer - i'm planning to go SPS. The turnover rate should be quite good due to the two 1264s, as for additional wavemakers, i have not decided how many i should add yet. will take things slowly.

The sump tank is 3ft x 2ft x 2ft. according to calculation that equals to about 90 gallons. but should be much less due to a lower height and equipment etc. but no way of knowing yet since water has not gone in.

 

[ptan]

super nice design and execution lemonlemon... btw what country are you from?

 

[LemonLemon]

thanks ptan. I'm from singapore.

I posted my old tank here with another username but i can't seem to access that account anymore. i'm not sure why.

i decommissioned that tank due to poor planning by my tank maker. cheap parts, poor planning and execution. the stress of worrying when the set up will just crash and fail was too much and i tore it down.

here's hoping the new well planned set up will give me peace of mind

 

[prop-frags]

Beautiful! Love the unconventional design...
Nice set of return pumps there. Will you be covering the sump? Worried about splashing noise?

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[LemonLemon]

Beautiful! Love the unconventional design...
Nice set of return pumps there. Will you be covering the sump? Worried about splashing noise?

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thanks! yes i'm a huge fan of eheim too. probably more durable than a car
hmm... sump won't be covered, but there will be a splash proof hood to cover the water flowing down from the tank into the sump.

as for splashing noise, i've not heard any yet, it's a bare tank haha. when the water is in, will see if there's any noise or unbearable noise. then i'll probably figure something out

 

[Ra1n]

Why didn't you go with the standard sump under tank configuration, personally i think it would look much better.

 

[LemonLemon]

Beautiful! Love the unconventional design...
Nice set of return pumps there. Will you be covering the sump? Worried about splashing noise?

subscribed... :thumbsup:

Why didn't you go with the standard sump under tank configuration, personally i think it would look much better.

hi rain. thanks for the opinion!

i've mentioned previously that it will be difficult to reach into the cabinet to access the sump as the width of the cabinet is 3.5 feet.

also, it would be easier to access the sump and maintain it if it's in it's own cabinet away from the tank.

the sump is designed in such a way that i can keep livestock in section 3 of the sump, and i wont be able to see it if it's in the cabinet under my tank. so i had it done outside. besides, i think it's unique to have an unconventional sump design ._.

i also have some ideas in my mind with what to do with the cabinet for the main tank. since there's a fairly large empty space, i could set up frag tanks and quarantine tanks in the main tank's cabinet. which saves alot of space.

 

[BryanS]

Great job, I love the thought that has been put into this design.