Starting my 25 gal
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Well, here's the first attempt at a sump design. Those are 1" baffels and the center baffel is 1" off the bottom. The refuse baffle is the same height as the center baffel (not sure if this is necessary). To simplify this down a little bit I was thinking about swapping the refuse and return. I also have 3" to 4" from the water level to the top of the tank. You think that is too much?
This is a rough idea of the stand. I thought of maybe sloping the hood and doing an Okinawa tile roof thing but not quite sure how to do that.
This is a rough idea of the stand. I thought of maybe sloping the hood and doing an Okinawa tile roof thing but not quite sure how to do that.
After learning more about the skimmer I had to scrap the first sump design. Jeff and I came up with this jigsaw puzzle of a sump. The over flow will come down to the skimmer. The Skimmer will dump into the refuse, refuse through the baffels to the return, and then back up to the tank.
This works nice by keeping all the plumbing in the back. Access to the sump will be though doors on the side of the stand. (Ignore the hood. I haven't figured that out yet.)
This works nice by keeping all the plumbing in the back. Access to the sump will be though doors on the side of the stand. (Ignore the hood. I haven't figured that out yet.)
When you do decide on the hood, VENTING!!!! my tank would get stupid hot from my 175mh in there, and I had the entire back section open, in my house where the AC was directly hitting the tank (and on all day, thanks to base power :lol
That design looks real good though. Only thing, why did you lift the skimmer? That could be a trap for bad stuff...also, no fuge? easy way around that...take a small basket and put styrofome around the top, and put some chaeto in that...
That design looks real good though. Only thing, why did you lift the skimmer? That could be a trap for bad stuff...also, no fuge? easy way around that...take a small basket and put styrofome around the top, and put some chaeto in that...The skimmer can only set in 12" of water max according to the manufacturer. I assume this has to do with the water exiting the skimmer which is 12.5" from the bottom. I was a little worried about the space under the skimmer too but Jeff says no big deal plus it adds more volume to the return. I seen on one of the old threads that someone had built a "shelf" in their sump for the skimmer too.
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I have to put a small powerhead in my skimmer area to keep water from standing under my... ahh... stand.
The main reason we lifted the skimmer was to create additional volume in the return area. Not woried about stagnate water under that area since the return pump is there and will be pulling that water too. Due to the size of the sump anyway, any additional volume is good since we don't want to add water every day.
Jeff constructed the frame last weekend.
Man it's getting exciting now. I was going to place my order for an overflow and sump pump but Bluezoo's database didn't have an APO address and wouldn't except CA for the state. I emailed the company. They said they would ship to an APO address but charge a flat $35 for shipping.
I'm thinking of doing a faux coral stone pattern for the stand.
I've been surfing HGTV website on faux (pronounced foe...French word...go figure) painting and it looks very cool and not that difficult. Finding the right type of paint may be difficult but I'm sure they have similar stuff here on Okinawa.
Man it's getting exciting now. I was going to place my order for an overflow and sump pump but Bluezoo's database didn't have an APO address and wouldn't except CA for the state. I emailed the company. They said they would ship to an APO address but charge a flat $35 for shipping.
I'm thinking of doing a faux coral stone pattern for the stand.
I've been surfing HGTV website on faux (pronounced foe...French word...go figure) painting and it looks very cool and not that difficult. Finding the right type of paint may be difficult but I'm sure they have similar stuff here on Okinawa.
Experiment 2 done. This has smaller grout lines and more texture to the stone. I said I wasn't going to use black paint but thought I'd try a thinner brush. We also painted the wood black before adding the plaster. The added texture made it hard to rub on the paint. I think the smoother stone in this experiment looks better.
I finally pulled the trigger and bought the rest of the equipment my tank needs and all the parts have arrived. I've relocated my tank to "Building Central" ie Jeff's house. My goal is to have water in my tank by December. This may seem like a indolent goal but I am a very experienced procrastinator and I believe I can achieve it.
