ksrinlv Posted October 1, 2008 Share Posted October 1, 2008 Very festive, I like it already!! Link to comment
hellathafish Posted October 14, 2008 Share Posted October 14, 2008 Can't wait to see if this lighting works out. Been wanting to do it myself but havn't had the money to spare. Link to comment
Thristan Posted October 14, 2008 Share Posted October 14, 2008 Everything looks sweet. Cant wait to see some water and rock in there. Link to comment
scholar Posted October 14, 2008 Author Share Posted October 14, 2008 neither can I but I have to wait till the 15th of this month due to being entered into the canreef 5.5 contest. here are some udated pics I have the baffles now put in and the dolphin mounted in place. I also have a pics of the hole I drilled to mount the return pump in. Im not sure if im going to go with a Mj 600 ora 400 so I drilled the hole large enough so I could place the flow director in there thus alowing me to slip either pump in and out of the wall for cleaning and to get more flow. Link to comment
outtafocus Posted October 19, 2008 Share Posted October 19, 2008 You have some very cool ideas in the thread. I cant wait to see what it looks like wet, and how the HID will look. I spy an EMAXX body !! Link to comment
cuboy Posted October 23, 2008 Share Posted October 23, 2008 any updates? I also want to know how the HID are doing Link to comment
Smurf Posted November 10, 2008 Share Posted November 10, 2008 This discharges on my pico. Lol. This looks like an awesome build! Can't wait to see her filled up! Link to comment
scholar Posted November 20, 2008 Author Share Posted November 20, 2008 well I know its been awhile on posting any progress on the tank, this is due to a brake up between the wife and I. I'm just now moving back to my house so the tank got water in her today. I will be posting some pics asap! Link to comment
ash71089 Posted November 21, 2008 Share Posted November 21, 2008 I have a few questions 1.how did you determine where to drill the hole for the maxi-jet? 2. what did you use to bind the acrylic and glass? 3. what are the dimensions of the acrylic pieces? Link to comment
noobwithatank Posted November 21, 2008 Share Posted November 21, 2008 kev where did u move to? also get your own msn..lol -mike Link to comment
scholar Posted November 24, 2008 Author Share Posted November 24, 2008 Well here are some updated pics of the tank. It has been setup for a week now. Everything was taken from my main system in the basement. no rock or sand etc was out of the water for more then 10sec's and all the water from my system also (just in case people are going to give me trouble for stocking it already) well here are some pics I have since removed the mushroom it was an unwanted hitch hiker and I had to remove the birdsnest since it was getting burnt. I just drilled the whole for the maxi Jet almost dead center in the left side of the rear pain. I used lots of silicone to get it to stick to the glass I know that this is not the proper method but since there isnt going to be a huge amount of pressue on the lexan i figure i should be ok. I have since swapped out the 600 for a 400 for the return pump I will get you some dimensions of the lexan if you want it. Please let me know what every one thinks of it so far??????????????!!!!! Link to comment
Xanthi Posted November 24, 2008 Share Posted November 24, 2008 i think its pretty sweet..but by the look of it, you ruined the look by not hiding all those wires. Link to comment
noobwithatank Posted November 24, 2008 Share Posted November 24, 2008 kev, get msn, or give me some info as to how to contact you. -mike Link to comment
scholar Posted November 24, 2008 Author Share Posted November 24, 2008 i'm going to route the wires through the back pannel. i had to switch out the light bulb since i extended the wires to help with the hiding it. but when i did that i was losing to many amps through the little 18G wire. it will cleaned up by next week mike you have a Pm Link to comment
scholar Posted November 26, 2008 Author Share Posted November 26, 2008 thought i would post a pic to show some polyp extension Link to comment
ash71089 Posted November 29, 2008 Share Posted November 29, 2008 I will get you some dimensions of the lexan if you want it.Please let me know what every one thinks of it so far??????????????!!!!! I would love the demensions if it isn't any trouble. You're tank looks great already. i love the sand do you like the flow of the maxi-jet 600.. i was looking into getting that instead of using the 400 but was wondering if it was too much? Link to comment
scholar Posted November 30, 2008 Author Share Posted November 30, 2008 Well have been monitering my temps and now that I have raised the water level in the rear of the tank i hae stabled out at 82.1 lights off to 83.4 with lights on for 10ish hours give or take. I still dont trust the light 100% so i make sure im home when i turn it on dont want there to be any fires... (99.9% that nothing can or will happen but just not that full level of trust) Link to comment
scholar Posted November 30, 2008 Author Share Posted November 30, 2008 Ya the sand was just me trying to be diffrent i do like it though and every one that comes to the house does comment on it looking neat . I took the 600 out it wasnt that there was to much flow in the display area but the fact that I dont have enough teeth on the overflow so with the 600 going it was pushing the water to the very brim of the tank (aka playing with fire) I now have a 400 in it. If I was going to make the tank again I would more teeth so I could install the 600, you can never have to much flow. The measurments are: I have the chamber set 5inches into the tank and each rear chamber is 4 inches give or take wide. the center baffle is raised off the bottum pain by 1.5inches. Like I said I would do the teeth so that the are all the way on one chamber so for lots of flow. let me know if this helps. glad you like the looks Link to comment
ash71089 Posted November 30, 2008 Share Posted November 30, 2008 yeah that helps! Thanks! Link to comment
capsfan Posted December 9, 2008 Share Posted December 9, 2008 Looking very cool. But what's with the black/white sand? Link to comment
cuboy Posted December 9, 2008 Share Posted December 9, 2008 Looking very cool. But what's with the black/white sand? ying and yang, the perfect balance! lol it does look a little weird, but it's definately different. Link to comment
owned162 Posted December 9, 2008 Share Posted December 9, 2008 How did you create the perfect teeth for the overflow? What did you cut that with? Link to comment
scholar Posted January 25, 2009 Author Share Posted January 25, 2009 Here are some updated pics for every one. Please be advized that the lights just came on not an hour before the pic's are taken. Link to comment
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