Xtra Wide Staphire Peninsula Build Thread - 400g System - Help! ;-)

[Jar*Head]

You can always add the kalk in the future...

 

[GSMguy]

or a dosing pump and dose A B C elements

kalk might help at night later on.

 

[tonyespinoza]

cool. thanks guys.

 

[tonyespinoza]

Update

Update

I'm considering going a little wider to fit a couple more lights. Just ordered a pair of Sfiligoi modular T5HO's to put along side the Twin XR6 pendants. Also thinking now that I will have a net across the top (Tbone-style) except since my tank is not in-wall I'll need to come up with a nice frame to integrate the look of it (maybe using a thin frame made out of the same material as my stand will be clad in (TBD!)).

Also considering making the tank wider: 65 x 38 x 30. (300g display)

 

[Jar*Head]

Why not 65x40x30? Another 2" will not change the price much IMO....

 

[tonyespinoza]

might make sense... i'm a *little* worried about falling in tho...

(asian curse...)

 

[Jar*Head]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12435845#post12435845 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by tonyespinoza
might make sense... i'm a *little* worried about falling in tho...

(asian curse...)

No worry bro. You'll be alrite

 

[tonyespinoza]

Turns out the 40" width does require 3/4" glass (even with eurobracing) so it does affect cost... gonna have to sleep on this one...

 

[tonyespinoza]

Now that I'm thinking 40" wide, I should probably plan on having a centered Stream along the bottom of the tank.

The original internal overflow design would have given me room to hide streams (and wave boxes) along side the overflow (and my plan was to have the cladding for the stand run up along this end of the tank, similar to Ed's and last year's TOTM by Phocuz).

Now I'm wondering if I should go with dual overflows (one drain each) and leave a vertical column in the middle for Stream placement. The OF in this case would be the same depth as a Stream and so the unit would tuck right in (similar to the original plan).

Another option is to go with an external overflow and then use 5 Vortech's (plus the wave box and wave box extension).


Any thoughts?! Any idea of Tunze is going to make a Vortech "killer"?

-tE

 

[Jar*Head]

Tony, the vortech will not interfere with the wavebox as long as you don't set your vortech to flow direct into the wavebox pump. Sound like you have everything figured out.

I vote for 40" wide

 

[tonyespinoza]

Steve - You're too fast! I was just editing that post...

What do you think of the "dual" overflow idea? That way I could position a stream in the middle (or two, one at bottom and one at top).

?

 

[Jar*Head]

Why not just one large EXT overflow? Dude, you pay big bucks for that tank... I would do ext on everything that i possibly can...

 

[cbui2]

yep thats a nice display, ext overflow and waveboxes are a must. more room for corals and fishes to swim

 

[Ed Reef]

If u can afford the space, 1 vote for 40" wide as well...u won't regret

 

[tonyespinoza]

thanks for the encouragement!

yup - i'm thinking now: 65 x 40 x 30.

so if i go with an external overflow, i'm still gonna end up with waveboxes in the corners - each of which is a good 5" - 6" deep, right?

seems like i might as well go with an internal overflow... (or two)

 

[Jar*Head]

Once you go wider, you will never want go back to 24".

 

[tonyespinoza]

Also - with an external overflow along the short end of the peninsula, there's no way to get a vortech to sit in the middle/top part of the tank (dry side would be in the ext OF), so i end up with a big Tunze sitting there anyway... again, thinking internal OF makes more sense...

(And I don't have the balls to build custom waveboxes... I've never had one before and I'm afraid my wife is going to freak out when she hears it -- this tank is in our living room...)

 

[Jar*Head]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12478901#post12478901 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by tonyespinoza
thanks for the encouragement!

yup - i'm thinking now: 65 x 40 x 30.

so if i go with an external overflow, i'm still gonna end up with waveboxes in the corners - each of which is a good 5" - 6" deep, right?

seems like i might as well go with an internal overflow... (or two)

Why don't you do the Ext wavebox as well? I know AGE is working on Mike (Dudester) tank and they purchased the wavebox from Tunze to get the exact dimension.

 

[tonyespinoza]

hm... just not sure the waveboxes will work out noise-wise.

 

[tonyespinoza]

I figure since the tank is peninsula, it's not so bad to hide the OF, wave boxes, streams on the short end. Makes no visual difference once the stand is covered whether it's an internal or external OF.