matt frizz Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 Im going to community college for one probably two years. I'm hoping i can skip a year ahead with the credits ive accumulated in high school. Either way once i transfer to a semi local school probably suny ESF (1.5hrs away) Im planning on getting and apartment and bringing the tank with me for the two years im away. I'm absolutely against dorm living.I think i mentioned i want to go for construction managment or possibly Architectural Engineering, which evers more hands on. Thanks i thought it was clever, im hopeing it works well with the light on it. i have yet to test it with the actual pendant. I can't find a matching pair of tiny cari######(spelling?) spring clips. like the ones you would find on a laser pointer of a flash light. Seen any ?? Nice. Community College is how I've kept my tank this long. Perhaps I dedicated too much time to my fish tanks. This is my third year lol. I shoulda been done last fall. Oh well, gives me more time (and money) to dedicate to the tank. Link to comment
tyty22 Posted January 25, 2011 Author Share Posted January 25, 2011 This tank setup is friggen sexy. Looking forward to what it ends up looking like. Thanks i can't wait to get some water in it! Nice. Community College is how I've kept my tank this long. Perhaps I dedicated too much time to my fish tanks. This is my third year lol. I shoulda been done last fall. Oh well, gives me more time (and money) to dedicate to the tank. Haha what are you studying? Link to comment
CollegeNano Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 Wow, I wish I had the ability to make a stand like that when I was a senior. Oh wait, I still wish I had that ability. Very good looking setup. Good luck with approval of your senior project. I remember mine was on video game addiction. I like your project better! Link to comment
tyty22 Posted January 26, 2011 Author Share Posted January 26, 2011 haha thanks its been approved now i just have to follow through with my plan of action. This is deffinitely my favorite project for school, next to my research paper on FIght Club haha that was fun to analyze. I posted a picture of the tank on my facebook and captioned it " my senior project" and one of my friends commented something along the lines of "easy project. i actually have to do work for mine." HAHAHA he has no idea... Link to comment
nibbleroo Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 quick tease90% done dry fitting plumbing (waiting on paint and rubber-dip to dry) 95% done with light hanger ( just need to find two small spring clips) 85% done with sump (waiting on my filter socks from marinedepot to come so i can make holders) please tell me what's this ? like a reels Link to comment
tyty22 Posted January 26, 2011 Author Share Posted January 26, 2011 please tell me what's this ? like a reels haha its an old casting real, i had a couple laying around. you can find them cheap on ebay. Its mounted on a wooden "sleeve", box thing i made. the sleeve slides back and forth on an old tv wall mount. the reel has one 3ft piece of the 1/16" steel cable threaded through the hole in the centerl. when you reel it up each side winds up in opposite directions rising each side equally. the limited amount of cable makes it impossible to ever be reeled down into the water. it simple gets to its lowest point and reels back up. Link to comment
tyty22 Posted January 30, 2011 Author Share Posted January 30, 2011 Guess whos moving... Kinda Link to comment
tyty22 Posted February 10, 2011 Author Share Posted February 10, 2011 So the tank and stand made it up two flights of stairs. However my brothers moving out so im moving into his room. Im gonna go ahead and set the tank up in my room anyway because its ready now. And i have to clean,mud, sand, paint and recarpet my new room. it will be three weeks or so but it won't be too hard to break down and move 15ft. Plumping finished Light Hung water fail safe dosing pumps hung Link to comment
gutterguy Posted February 10, 2011 Share Posted February 10, 2011 Very nice build!! From the sounds of it your to young to know what that round vinyl thing is on the bottom of your stand let alone who Peter Frampton is. good luck gg Link to comment
fmfa0801 Posted February 10, 2011 Share Posted February 10, 2011 I always look at these tanks at my LFS all the time. very sharp looking. Love the fishing reel light too! Link to comment
keydiver Posted February 10, 2011 Share Posted February 10, 2011 this build is amazing!!! I'm really looking forward to seeing this one fill out Link to comment
tyty22 Posted February 10, 2011 Author Share Posted February 10, 2011 FILLING IT UP!!!!!!! Very nice build!! From the sounds of it your to young to know what that round vinyl thing is on the bottom of your stand let alone who Peter Frampton is. good luck gg HAHA nooooooo. i have an entire crate full of my parents old records in my room, including a phono player. My buddy and I were into records a while back. We both listen to music from our parents generation. RUSH is my all time favorite which i have 5-6 vinyl albums, also some boston, led zeppelin, styx, who, REO speed wagon, kiss, aerosmith ... are in the mix I always look at these tanks at my LFS all the time. very sharp looking. Love the fishing reel light too! Thanks it caught my eye too!...and my wallet...obviously. The Fishing reel idea i thought was pretty clever, i went with thinner steel cable. the 1/16 was extremely springy this build is amazing!!! I'm really looking forward to seeing this one fill out Thanks! I'm looking foward to it filling UP Link to comment
Chyendra Posted February 11, 2011 Share Posted February 11, 2011 I'm looking forward to seeing your tank set-up It's 6" taller than mine, so I'm interested to see how you decide to aquascape it. Link to comment
tyty22 Posted February 15, 2011 Author Share Posted February 15, 2011 almost halfway... however, i'm only going to fill it 3/4 of the way the foam i added to dampen sound a bit my new room mid-renovation, im almost done mudding so ill be ready to paint and recarpet soon. This is the spot where the tank is going, its only a coincidence theres a big walk in closet behind that wall haha. i wish i knew i was moving rooms when i started this project my plans would have been a weee bit different with access to a big walk in closet, if you know what i mean. Link to comment
tyty22 Posted February 20, 2011 Author Share Posted February 20, 2011 The tank is offically a Saltwater Cube Link to comment
tyty22 Posted March 3, 2011 Author Share Posted March 3, 2011 Sand and Saltwater! Fiji Pink. Feels like sugar in your hand Anyone know how to fanagle with marineland overflows to make them quieter??? Link to comment
c-bskt Posted March 3, 2011 Share Posted March 3, 2011 Hey man I saw your post on my 60g cube thread! I love the tank Any advice with this tank that I should know about? And did you ever find out the estimated gph for the overflow? Link to comment
tyty22 Posted March 3, 2011 Author Share Posted March 3, 2011 Not exactly but i can tell you at 4.5ft of head pressure my quiet one 3000 can not keep up. i estimate around 600gph on the overflow and my pump only keeping up around 525-550gph of that. Im watching ebay for a 4000 high head to replace it. Link to comment
Chyendra Posted March 3, 2011 Share Posted March 3, 2011 I built a durso drain for mine, which made it alot quieter, and it would probably help with your flow issue too since you can adjust the drain flow rate. There's a few pics in my tank thread and I could probably talk you through it. It's pretty simple. Link to comment
tyty22 Posted March 4, 2011 Author Share Posted March 4, 2011 actually i have got it down to a reasonabe noise level. I went to my lfs and talked to my mentor Mark and he pointed out how the rigid tubes in marineland overflows can be raised and lowered. So i tapped it down about a 1/4" and its a bit quieter now. Oh and BTW i have an air line tube attached to the rigid tube. I wrapped it down around the pvc elbow with the end inside a sock. The air line tubing and the sock definitely do most of the work quieting it down. Link to comment
Chyendra Posted March 4, 2011 Share Posted March 4, 2011 That's good, glad you figured something out. That little tube was making a super annoying sucking noise on my tank too. I put airline tubing over it and tied it in a knot so it no longer makes any noise! ha ha ha... course I had to replace it with the durso standpipe, but that is much quieter. Link to comment
tyty22 Posted March 5, 2011 Author Share Posted March 5, 2011 ya i have my airline tubing in a sock. Im pretty satisfied with the noise level, just sounds like the beach. BTW i added all my base rock thursday so its begining to look like a Reef Tank finally. As soon as i get some free time im going to transfer all my fish and coral over. Link to comment
tyty22 Posted March 7, 2011 Author Share Posted March 7, 2011 AND the moment we've been waiting for....... i know the aquascapes a little boring at the moment but i knew not to get to fancy with it because i don't want to fall in love with it and then have to take it down in three weeks when i move the tank 10ft into my new room. You can never recreate an aquascape, its the sad truth... Link to comment
Dizzle21 Posted March 7, 2011 Share Posted March 7, 2011 wholy montipora! hah like it! Link to comment
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