Zoo Prop system in the works come along for the ride
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raskal311
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Ok, got the thing plumbed and half filled with water.
The return I have on it now is only a rio 1700, I'm still deciding on which pump I should use. The sump is a baffled 40gal. I may mode the G4x to get the OF directly feed into the skimmer and have the Sedra 9000 on recirculation.
The return I have on it now is only a rio 1700, I'm still deciding on which pump I should use. The sump is a baffled 40gal. I may mode the G4x to get the OF directly feed into the skimmer and have the Sedra 9000 on recirculation.
jeffrey_ropp
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Looking good Raskal!
What I want to know is when are you going to host a frag tank building workshop???
I'll bring the beer.
What I want to know is when are you going to host a frag tank building workshop???
I'll bring the beer.
Reef Junkie
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That is freaking awesome!
kmacartney
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Wow! That is nice, and fast. How much harder is acrylic work that carpentry?
raskal311
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Well since I had all the acrylic pre cute it was just a matter of putting it together and putting weldon in the seems. I'd say on a scale from 1-10 its a 4. But if you want a perfect seem its very hard probably a 9.
I have lotz to learn before I can teach anyone anything but Maybe a swap at my place in 2-3 months
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7287970#post7287970 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by jeffrey_ropp
Looking good Raskal!
What I want to know is when are you going to host a frag tank building workshop???
I'll bring the beer.
I have lotz to learn before I can teach anyone anything
but Maybe a swap at my place in 2-3 months
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kmacartney
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I heard that it is very important to have as straight of an edge as possible. I guess it was easier to have the sheets professionally cut.
raskal311
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Its about 3.5 inch from the bottom, enough for a Seio M1100 on its side. So I only have about 3.5 inch of water from the egg crate to the top of the water line. I can always lower the egg crated when needed. Its all one piece right now but I plan on cutting it in 3 section on each side for easy cleaning and frag recovery.
crazyfingersmike
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Why don't you lower the eggcrate, put the pump on top of the eggcrate, pointed downwards with a nozzle or something to direct the flow sideways?
raskal311
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Since the light will be at least 18" hight I'd rather have the frags as high up as possible. 3.5" should be more then enough room for any frag. I may only lower half of one side for the mother colonies and other corals I may want to keep in the system. Besides the Seio tend to suck in air when its high up in a tank.
raskal311
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Got the tanks filled up and the Seio 1100 in last night and holly cow the Seio 1100 hits the other side of the 4 foot tank and comes back around as a wave !!! I wish it could do that in my 24" deep tank Anyway this is going to be the end of the build. I'm going to go buy tones of zoos in about 2 weeks to stock the sytem. I'll post pictures of what I get then.
Thanks everyone
Anyway this is going to be the end of the build. I'm going to go buy tones of zoos in about 2 weeks to stock the sytem. I'll post pictures of what I get then. Thanks everyone
