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Sorry, but I'm not the stop while I'm in the middle of working and take pics type of person. Tank is a 40 gal breeder. Return pump is a Mag 5. Alot of equipment still has to be purchased for this tank (light, skimmer, fuge light, powerheads). Stand is a 2x4 build skinned with 1/2 osb and painted black outside and white inside. Tank is still cloudy.
For drainage I opened up the hole from 1" to an 1-1/2. Built an overflow from 1-1/2" 90° elbow and a 2" to 3" pvc adapter. Hacked a little off both sides of the adapter and a little off one side of the elbow. Sanded out the 2" side of the adapter so my elbow would slide all the way in. Cut slots with a rotozip in the 3" side then opened them up with a file. Inserted the elbow inside the adapter and used multipule coats of pvc glue. Water drains through the bulkhead, down a vertical tee and into the sump. Due to I'm waiting for my 20gal tank I lent out to be returned (plan on baffling it up for a sump), I am using a 4 chamber acrylic sump that was promised to my daughter (She's not happy about that) for when I drill her tank. Return is a Mag 5 using 3/4 pvc up the back and over the top. At the moment I am using a piece of crushed pvc for the return nozzle unill I can dress it up with some loc line.
Built a rock wall using eggcreate, dry rock, and 30lb test fishing line. Came out better than I had expected with my main goal was no use of foam or epoxy. Bottom is held in place with the eggcreate being inserted into another piece of eggcreate that is on the bottom. Top held in place by a maxi jet powerhead clip. All rock was laced with the fishing line on its backside then arranged on the eggcreate to leave minimal space in between. With the eggcreate flat I hung it over a table a tied the rock to the underside. After it was tied I put a drop of krazy glue on each knot.
Still have to arrange the the other rockwork as they were just put there to hold the eggcreate down while filling with water. Tank will run with ro/di for 2 weeks to rinse the rock and sand then will be changed over to salt.
Futue plans incude a canopy (hopefully by this weekend) with retro fit 250watt MH, need to find a skimmer and also need a pc4 to link it into my rke.
One pic w/ flash and one w/o.
For drainage I opened up the hole from 1" to an 1-1/2. Built an overflow from 1-1/2" 90° elbow and a 2" to 3" pvc adapter. Hacked a little off both sides of the adapter and a little off one side of the elbow. Sanded out the 2" side of the adapter so my elbow would slide all the way in. Cut slots with a rotozip in the 3" side then opened them up with a file. Inserted the elbow inside the adapter and used multipule coats of pvc glue. Water drains through the bulkhead, down a vertical tee and into the sump. Due to I'm waiting for my 20gal tank I lent out to be returned (plan on baffling it up for a sump), I am using a 4 chamber acrylic sump that was promised to my daughter (She's not happy about that) for when I drill her tank. Return is a Mag 5 using 3/4 pvc up the back and over the top. At the moment I am using a piece of crushed pvc for the return nozzle unill I can dress it up with some loc line.
Built a rock wall using eggcreate, dry rock, and 30lb test fishing line. Came out better than I had expected with my main goal was no use of foam or epoxy. Bottom is held in place with the eggcreate being inserted into another piece of eggcreate that is on the bottom. Top held in place by a maxi jet powerhead clip. All rock was laced with the fishing line on its backside then arranged on the eggcreate to leave minimal space in between. With the eggcreate flat I hung it over a table a tied the rock to the underside. After it was tied I put a drop of krazy glue on each knot.
Still have to arrange the the other rockwork as they were just put there to hold the eggcreate down while filling with water. Tank will run with ro/di for 2 weeks to rinse the rock and sand then will be changed over to salt.
Futue plans incude a canopy (hopefully by this weekend) with retro fit 250watt MH, need to find a skimmer and also need a pc4 to link it into my rke.
One pic w/ flash and one w/o.
