Start of 292 Pennisula/inwall tank..

Black71gp

Black71gp

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Well i figure i might as well start a thread documenting my progress. even though there are 10,000 of these whats one more.. and if no one repsonds then oh well i will just keep track of it for my self.. so.. tank will be a 292.. 73x26x26tall.. 3/4 acyrlic eurobraced.. being built right now. stand i gotta build.. and i have to built it in the room since i want it 36 tall.. it will be 36x36x72.. and i only have 30 inch doors...ggrrr so that will be fun building and staining in the office.. so. it will hopefully be one of the column types that have been catching on quickly around here.. unless i figure out a way to build the stand in two halves.. i will do it al lin one room. the lighting will be 440 VHO and two 250 halides in luminarcs.. it will be enough light. i have seen others same size just with the same light... flow is well always the hardest. since it will be three sided viewable with an external over flow this is what i am thinking
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I have an iwaki 100 return from the basement for the 4 penducotrs.. the sequence 4200 with be on a 4 way verison with 2 open at at time going back and forth. the modded 802s i have guess are around 2500 gph or so.. maybe a littl emore.. gotta do some more testing on them. tank will be BB.. basement is 100 gallon sump and 150 gallon sump and 30 frag tank. and a huge dual beckett DIY skimmer... will have to get pics of that soon. that is where all my fish and coral are now since i took down my 190.. here are some pictures..

office side...
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Hall side..

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the new tank will go in the same spot but be a foot wider and have three viewable sides instead of two.. so.. will keep you all updated when i have more.. feel free to comment on anything..
jarrod
 
thanks.. i am debating if i shoudl build the stand in two parts so i can do it outside and nto have the build it in the house and stain it and everything.. if i made two 72x18 inch stands and a way to join them it might work out...
 
Why are you making the stand 10" larger then the tank? Could you make it smaller then that and then take the frame of the door off?
 
i am not the tank is 72x36 wide...26 tall.. stand will be 36 tall 36 wide and 72 long.. so my doors are 30 inches so it will not fit.
tank is being biult by a local member of www.michiganreefers.com i bought all the acyrlic and he is helping put it together.. goign to be out of 3/4 inch the acyrlic was about 900 and like a few hundred for him to help.. he builds some nice stuff... it is being built right now hopefully will be done in a week or two.. then gotta build a stand and water test and plumb and YEA!!!!!
 
I am designing the same exact tank.
The guy at ocean-motions suggested keeping all movement in the same direction. In your drawings that would be counterclockwise. After a lot of consideration, I ended up with this plan.
Return (ampmaster 3000) splitting with one side directed straight down in front of the overflow, just below the surface. The other side at the top directed towards the overflow (like you have).

Started with closed loop, but after much debate decided to go with two of the new Ice-Cap pumps for several reasons. Less noise, less energy cost, less plumbing, fewer holes with all the possibilities of leaks (mine is glass), fewer moving parts, able to change position quickly, the list goes on. The two pumps can be placed just under or next to your external overflow. So flow would go down the side, across tank, up opposite side, back across top towards the overflow.

As for your stand, try this. Have a metal frame made (2"box tube) that is 30 inches wide. Place plywood top (removable) that is 1.5 inches thick (two layers of 3/4 inch) and 36" wide (3" overhang on each side). Trim with your choice of wood around exposed edges. Now you only have to attach thin skins of your choice of wood to hide the frame. !/4 or 3/8 inch plywood would be more than enough. I would not trust 3,000 pounds of weight on a stand made in two peices and attached later.

Good luck. We are making the journey together
 
ya the flow idea was from paul at ocean motions as well.. ya i was thinking of a steel stand. i would pretty much just make two stands and putting them together i dont see being a problem really..i gotta see how much 2" square tubing is.. then i can cut it and weld it al my self. that would not be hard to make into to parts as well...

i would like the new vortec pumps or just tunzes but way outa my budget for the time being i figure hte 4200 p[ump is only 135 watts. so that is moving a lot of water pretty cheap and the 802s are only like 20 watts and like 2500gph.. so thatsa lot cheap too... so.. hope to start on a stand soon.. and a canopy. i need one that is light so i can be raised by pullies or one that is able to flip open enough for me to get way in the tank to clean the front glass.
 
here is where all the inhabetants are for the time being.. there is a 100 gallon full of live rock and fish

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a 30 gallon frag tank with sps frags
the two 46 gallon garbage cans are holding extra water.


the 150 gallon is with the skimmer and more live rock and all the softies and lps and clams and amomnies. lol..
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for the stand i am thinking of 2x4 framing with 2x6 on end on the top frame for extra support going over the openings...
 
are 2x6 on end enough support for spanning 6 feet in the middle only...... and being supported on the front rear....
 
Nice equipment room. Could you tell me about the bucket in the sump (close up pics). Is that for the overflow so there's no bubbles? I've got the micro bubble prob from the overflow coming from upstairs and am trying to figure out a solution.Thanks.
 
ya.. .thanks i love the room its an old michigan basment all stone so perfect place for fish stuff... i did the bucket mostly for skimmer pick up i was not having a bubble problem.. but i wanted the skimmer to grab all the water it could from the return so all the water that comes through the return goes through the skimmer than back to the tub.. then into the larger tub.. then to the tank... seems to work for now...
 
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