Project External Glass Overflow

[Tunjee]

flaunt: sure you can score and break the acrylic, it's just a background piece. I mean your not building a tank out of it so the edge dosent have to be true.

 

[Tunjee]

Recent pic. The cabinets on the sides are temporary until I get a corner cabinet for all my supplies.

Top up.

 

[Tunjee]

Top down.

 

[Mai]

I just got finished cutting my overflow slots. I had it easier since my tank is acrylic but I hope it works the same.

 

[Mai]

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[Mai]

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[SOMEthinsFISHY]

nice tunjee !!!!

 

[minfinger]

Mai,

Is that 2 overflows? One on each end? How about a larger picture from the rear?

Looks nice...

Tunjee,

Looking good...!!!

 

[Mai]

Yes there are 2 overflows. The left one will go to the refuge and the right to the skimmer area

 

[fio1022]

just tagging on.Nice work!

 

[minireef75]

bump

 

[Tunjee]

I removed the live sand and installed a cutting board.

 

[ninjafish]

Tunjee,
How am I ever going to have a tank as nice as yours if you keep making yours better?
Are you planning on having the board eventually encrusted with life? Did you make the switch out of concern for water quality?
By the way do you run carbon, and if so how often? That water is crystal clear!
Mine is just waitng on a canopy but I have a couple photos:

- Chad

 

[ninjafish]

Wow that worked! That picture was taken while I was waiting for the sand to settle.
The next one is of the display tank after I tied it in with the sump the light is temporary, until I get my canopy made.

- Chad

 

[flaunt]

Cool Tunjee! That was the one thing I didn't like about your tank, the live sand, but now you've done it. I also installed a cutting board in mine. This has been the biggest PITA project ever, due to plumbing issue after plumbing issue after PLUMBING ISSUE (I totally flooded the carpet atleast 10 times-no joke), but I think I've finally got it nailed. Here's an impossibly crappy picture of it just running plain tap water.

 

[ninjafish]

Flaunt,
Same question to you. Do you think that even a shallow sand bed would cause problems down the road? I really like the natural look of sand but have noticed that it restricts the amount of flow I can have.
- Chad

 

[flaunt]

Well, to be honest with you I have no idea whether a SSB will be OK over the long run of not. I've heard it argued that a SSB will cause problems earlier than a DSB, though. If you're going to rely on heavy skimming and flow to keep your tank clean, then I'd say definitely leave the sand in the sandbox (or at the beach). Have you seen that thread someone posted where they glued a layer of sand to the top of their starboard to make it look like a sandbed? Might be worth considering if you can't live without the look.

 

[ninjafish]

Flaunt,
Ya I was quite interested with that thread. It still looked pretty flat and kinda unnatural though. If I was going to do it I would probably just use plain cutting board, I suppose that you could coax zoanthids to grow over it anyways.

 

[mattydub]

hi ninja....just keep in mind that anything you "coax" to grow over the starboard (cutting board) will be able to trap detritus underneath, and they you're back to square one with solving phosphate/nitrate issues!

It's best to hope for coraline on there and let the flow take care of keeping it clean IMHO.

 

[z_rivers]

where can you but starboard at?