What do you think of my progress??

[Steve2k6]

Let me know what you think.. My internal over flow will be around 9.5 inches or so to allow for a little bit more than 600gph.

The hardest part was painting the back...LOL drilling the holes was EASY!!!!

 

[Blown 346]

Looks good.

 

[tehon3299]

Looking good. What size tank is it? Are you building a sump?

 

[Steve2k6]

Thanks Guys.... Yes I am building a sump. The tank is a 30G. The sump will be around 14G. Nothing will fit in the cabinet. I am going to get crackin on it once I am done with the plumbing and overflow...

 

[rooroo]

Looks great! Wish I had painted the back of my tank. Is the PVC pipe the overflow or are you gonna build an overflow box around it?

 

[okreef98]

Looks great. If you glued your durso all the way down take my advice and change it now. I had a snail get in my overflow and had a time getting it out. Now I left the bottom unglued and sealed it with teflon.

 

[Deacon]

Looks great.

How did you drill the holes?

 

[kingtoad]

How do you prevent animals from being sucked in through the internal overflow?

I want one of those.

 

[Steve2k6]

Thanks again guys.....

rooroo: The durso (PVC) is the overflow and I am going to build an internal overflow box around it. With about 9.5 inches of overflow giving me a little over 600gph.

Okreef98: hahaha That is EXACTLY what I thought about before I glued it. I left the mid section unglued for just such an emergency.......

Deacon: 45mm Diamnod tipped hole saw of EBay for about $10.00. From the guy in Hong Kong that everyone uses. It was soooooooooooooooo Easy. Everyone put the fear of God into you, but it was realllllly easy and took about 5 minutes per hole.

King Toad: Once I build the box it will be topped with the old "plastic gutter guard from Lowes. That will keep out all the creepy crawlys.....

 

[Steve2k6]

Here are some pics of my progress. I can now get started on my sump/fuge....

This is the Tank on its stand.

My Homemade internal overflow. I bent it instead of cutting and gluing the pieces together.

Front of Tank w/ view of electrical. 2 four gang boxes, 1 GFCI, 2 switched.

Back of tank with plumbing almost done. just have to add 1 more piece of PVC.

Whaddaya think?

 

[Steve2k6]

Posted new pics....

 

[pikachusalad]

What is that on top of your overflow?

 

[an-sps]

Looking good. Just one dit of advice I would put a power head along the bottom behind the rock when you get it to get more circulation.

 

[Steve2k6]

Mike. That is plastic gutter guard from Lowes. It keeps out the creepy crawlies..........lol

an-sps: I am going to see how my flow goes. I have Loc Line y's that I could add and point a line behind. I am trying to keep the inside as clean as possible...

Steve

 

[Reef_|<eeper]

Its coming along great! Keep up the pics. I'm interested in what else you are going to be making.