Chipie Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 Hi, I already have a 180g in the basement but i miss having a tank where i can see it most of the time so i decided to get another Nano tank. Got this 20 gallon long tank. Trying something different Equipement will be 20g long tank (30l X12.5w X13.25h) drilled with overflow 20g high for a sump DIY stand (built by me ) Bubble Magus 3.5 cone skimmer Tunze silence return pump 1073.020 2 X Ecotech Vortech MP10 Topoff system by Blau Aquaristic TLF reactor for GFO and BRS reactor for carbon Leds built by a friend Titanium heater 20lbs live sand Live rock will be Walt Smith, Caribbean elkhorn and some marco rocks. This tank will be mostly for corals. Here's a few pictures of the progress. Stand i built before the 4 coats of varnish and without the doors. Had to try if eveything fits before going any further The back of the stand that you see open here has a panel to close it up. Gives me easy acces to the back of the sump. The stand also has a very thick bottom and there's 6 large wheels under so i can easily move the tank whenever i need to. I wouldn't recommend doing it to a larger tank but it works well for this one. The bottom portion covering the wheels is also removable. I had a hard time deciding what type of pipes i was going to use but opted for pvc all the way. Left side of the sump is the refugium. But i think i'll put lots of live rock in ther instead. I want the display to be very open. Center is the return section and the right side is the overflow/skimmer section. This is a view of the back of the sump. Tested with tap water and yeah! No leaks lol I've added live sand and live rocks in it yesterday and will have to take more pictures tomorrow Link to comment
castiel Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 The awesomeness of your stand makes me sad. Mine is a pathetic attempt by comparison! (in other words, nice stand!) Link to comment
Flexin5 Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 The awesomeness of your stand makes me sad. Mine is a pathetic attempt by comparison! (in other words, nice stand!) looks like a cool setup! noticed that your from canada, do you get all your stuff locally or did you happen to find a good online place that ships to canada? oh and nice parrot, yellow head amazon? Link to comment
Chipie Posted December 13, 2011 Author Share Posted December 13, 2011 The awesomeness of your stand makes me sad. Mine is a pathetic attempt by comparison! (in other words, nice stand!) Thanks castiel If i can make that stand ,anybody can I'm like most women not used to using tools and don't have many tools either. I made this with a circular saw and a little hand saw and plastic miter box for the mitered corners.Nothing fancy there LOL Link to comment
Chipie Posted December 13, 2011 Author Share Posted December 13, 2011 looks like a cool setup! noticed that your from canada, do you get all your stuff locally or did you happen to find a good online place that ships to canada? oh and nice parrot, yellow head amazon? Thanks Flexin5. I'm from a very small town in north eastern New-Brunswick. I can see the Atlantic Ocean from my house No fish stores close to here. Here, fish are for eating LOL So the closest i can get stuff for my tank is a 7 hour trip(3.5h both ways) and even there there's lots of stuff not available. So i buy most of my stuff online. Lots of good online store in Canada. As far as equipement goes, i mostly buy used since i'm not a rich person. Yes my parrot is a double yellow head Amazon. Had him for close to 20 years now. He rules the house LOL Oh and i hope you understand my english. I'm french speaking. It's a totally french region where i live. I only get to speak english a few times a year. Link to comment
FlCandy Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 So cool! I have family in Nova Scotia, Toroto, and Ontatio etc, their scattered! Love the stand, may have the husband take a look at it since we are getting ready to make one for my 46gallon Bow. What kind of wood did you use? Link to comment
andrewguilfoy Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 yeah that stand man.... awesome. Link to comment
kathleen_c Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 I'm excited to see more pictures of your tank! Following Link to comment
Flexin5 Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 Thanks Flexin5. I'm from a very small town in north eastern New-Brunswick. I can see the Atlantic Ocean from my house No fish stores close to here. Here, fish are for eating LOL So the closest i can get stuff for my tank is a 7 hour trip(3.5h both ways) and even there there's lots of stuff not available. So i buy most of my stuff online. Lots of good online store in Canada. As far as equipement goes, i mostly buy used since i'm not a rich person. Yes my parrot is a double yellow head Amazon. Had him for close to 20 years now. He rules the house LOL Oh and i hope you understand my english. I'm french speaking. It's a totally french region where i live. I only get to speak english a few times a year. ah i gotcha, ya i'm in toronto, but i haven't found any places online that ship livestock? or with a guarantee atleast. equipment is ok but it would be nice to have a place like liveaquaria that could ship stuff to my door. parrot is cool! my dad has a yellow winged amazon, i had a green cheeked conure that i gave to my cousin and i'll be picking up a sun conure chick or a red factor conure (if i can find one) soon. i like birds..lol your english is great! i should have went to french class...lol Link to comment
Chipie Posted December 14, 2011 Author Share Posted December 14, 2011 So cool! I have family in Nova Scotia, Toroto, and Ontatio etc, their scattered! Love the stand, may have the husband take a look at it since we are getting ready to make one for my 46gallon Bow. What kind of wood did you use? Thanks FlCandy. I used oak .Mostly 3/4" plywood. I haven't had time to take pictures today but will do tomorrow promise. yeah that stand man.... awesome. woman LOL Thanks andrewguilfoy Link to comment
Chipie Posted December 14, 2011 Author Share Posted December 14, 2011 ah i gotcha, ya i'm in toronto, but i haven't found any places online that ship livestock? or with a guarantee atleast. equipment is ok but it would be nice to have a place like liveaquaria that could ship stuff to my door. parrot is cool! my dad has a yellow winged amazon, i had a green cheeked conure that i gave to my cousin and i'll be picking up a sun conure chick or a red factor conure (if i can find one) soon. i like birds..lol your english is great! i should have went to french class...lol Well there's quite a few extremely nice fish stores around Toronto. And the prices are awesome. I'm totally surprised that your not finding what you want there. You do llike birds LOL They bring so much life into a room. Link to comment
FlCandy Posted December 15, 2011 Share Posted December 15, 2011 woman LOL Thanks andrewguilfoy Awesome! You go girl! I think I may know more about carpentry then he does anyways, but he will be doing the labor so..... Really awesome stand. On the Sump, your chambers are refugium>return>overflow drain from tank, right? How does that work? I usually see them set up as overflow from tank> refugium>return, that way the water has a chance to hit everything before getting pumped back into the tank...... Just wondering as I am getting ready to put mine together as well. Link to comment
Chipie Posted December 15, 2011 Author Share Posted December 15, 2011 Another picture of the stand now with doors. Tank has live sand and a few live rocks in it. Not ready to do the rockscape because i'm waiting for another 12lbs of live rocks. Got my Nano, my laptop and the TV in front. Oh and a little table for pop or beer lol Life is good The bottom part slides rite out if i want to move the tank or clean underneat. The little vortech making a small wave And now the reason for not making much progress today Received this in the mail today. A friend of mine made this for me. He also sent me 3 more for my 180g. The ones for the 180g have black plexi-glass covering. sooo nice. Pictures of those tomorrow Link to comment
Chipie Posted December 15, 2011 Author Share Posted December 15, 2011 Awesome! You go girl! I think I may know more about carpentry then he does anyways, but he will be doing the labor so..... Really awesome stand. On the Sump, your chambers are refugium>return>overflow drain from tank, right? How does that work? I usually see them set up as overflow from tank> refugium>return, that way the water has a chance to hit everything before getting pumped back into the tank...... Just wondering as I am getting ready to put mine together as well. Carefull if you are cutting your own baffles like i did. Here's the result of working with glass and no gloves. Here a drawing of one pretty much like mine. Only difference is i've only used 2 baffles after the skimmer section and i have a union and ball valve over my return pump. Oh and i also aded a Tee(with valve to the return line for when i want to install a reactor. Link to comment
pilandisland Posted December 15, 2011 Share Posted December 15, 2011 Carefull if you are cutting your own baffles like i did. Here's the result of working with glass and no gloves. Here a drawing of one pretty much like mine. aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah Link to comment
FlCandy Posted December 15, 2011 Share Posted December 15, 2011 Ouch! No I will be getting the pre cut for that reason. Link to comment
Chipie Posted December 15, 2011 Author Share Posted December 15, 2011 Ouch! No I will be getting the pre cut for that reason. LOL it was so dumb on my part to not wear heavy leather gloves(which i had but just didn't use). As you can see in the drawing of the sump, i put a tee after the return pump and a ball valve to control how much flow i want in the refugium. My return pump's flow can also be controlled. Link to comment
FlCandy Posted December 15, 2011 Share Posted December 15, 2011 Yeah I plan on a t valve for the return so I can control the flow as well. Nicely done. Link to comment
JoelRHale Posted December 15, 2011 Share Posted December 15, 2011 Hey I cut myself cutting my eggcrate today too! Thread needs more pictures IMO Link to comment
Chipie Posted December 15, 2011 Author Share Posted December 15, 2011 Hey I cut myself cutting my eggcrate today too! Thread needs more pictures IMO Hum...... Link to comment
Chipie Posted January 20, 2012 Author Share Posted January 20, 2012 I guess it's time for an update The canopy And now finished and on the tank. With all lights on Blue lights only Under the hood Boy those fans are quiet! The only 2 fishes in the tank. A mated pair of neon goby. I think i need more fish Link to comment
timothymarsh Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 Really great job with this tank. I love the design of the cabinet and it looks like you have plenty of room to do whatever work that you need. Keep it up! Link to comment
miniwhinny Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 Oh, that stand/canopy are incredible!!!! WANT,want,want!!!!! Link to comment
Chipie Posted January 21, 2012 Author Share Posted January 21, 2012 Thank you for the compliments guys. I made both the stand and canopy high enough so it's easy to work inside. For now the sump it pretty much full of live rocks. I might decide on a refugium instead later on. Not sure yet. I also need to get a reactor for gfo and carbon. Here's what it looks inside for now. Link to comment
aap15 Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 what are the dimensions of your light setup and how high above the water do you have it mounted? Thanks Link to comment
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