nanoman Posted February 10, 2003 Share Posted February 10, 2003 I finally finished my 20. I cut out a hole in my closet wall and mounted it in my closet with a DIY 10 sump. Comments suggestions welcome. Link to comment
nanoman Posted February 10, 2003 Author Share Posted February 10, 2003 Sump and topoff Link to comment
Nic Posted February 10, 2003 Share Posted February 10, 2003 All I have to say is wow! The sump, plumbing, and topoff look very well thought through and very organized. Very Nice! Link to comment
lizbeth Posted February 10, 2003 Share Posted February 10, 2003 I agree, very well thought out. I like the way it looks like a living picture. What kind of lighting are you using? What are you planning to put in there? Link to comment
nanoman Posted February 10, 2003 Author Share Posted February 10, 2003 Thanks for the comments. Lizbeth, The only thing I can fit in the closet right now is a 55w combo. I will put some low light softies at the top of my rock. I also want a 6 line, cleaner shrimp, and goby. I will also add a cleanup crew. Link to comment
MacnReef Posted February 10, 2003 Share Posted February 10, 2003 VERY NICE...What is your return pump? Link to comment
SoS Posted February 10, 2003 Share Posted February 10, 2003 Awesome.....But its never Done:) I've never finished a tank. There always in some state of evolution. Link to comment
nanoman Posted February 10, 2003 Author Share Posted February 10, 2003 Macnreef, my return pump is a Mag 7. I thought this might be a little big but it works fine without any restriction. And yes when I say "done" I only meant for now. Next is a moon light from Walmart. Link to comment
MacnReef Posted February 10, 2003 Share Posted February 10, 2003 Cool, I run the same return on my 20H...Do you have a check valve on your returns? Link to comment
nanoman Posted February 10, 2003 Author Share Posted February 10, 2003 Ya, you can see the swing check valve above my sump in the closet pic. I also T'd off my return line with a ball valve for water changes and it works great. Link to comment
MacnReef Posted February 10, 2003 Share Posted February 10, 2003 Nice. I had thought about redoing my plumbing on my return a little to put a check valve and a tee for my water changes. Great thinking! Link to comment
Korbin Posted February 10, 2003 Share Posted February 10, 2003 shhhhweeet! Congradulations. You made all of our setups look like sh!t;) Link to comment
nanoman Posted February 10, 2003 Author Share Posted February 10, 2003 Thanks Korbin my goal has been accomplished:P. JK:D Link to comment
quiksilver5768 Posted February 11, 2003 Share Posted February 11, 2003 damnit, all these new "in wall" setups makes me wanna take my 20 and redo everything...lol Great tank...its just so neat and organized... Link to comment
The Unit Posted February 11, 2003 Share Posted February 11, 2003 wow....that is very nice....u have taken your nano and made it part of your house.....very cool Link to comment
madness Posted February 11, 2003 Share Posted February 11, 2003 Beautiful installation! I showed my wife your pictures. What a mistake!!! Link to comment
scruz Posted February 11, 2003 Share Posted February 11, 2003 nice rock too. is that from another tank or did you buy it. Link to comment
kimura Posted February 11, 2003 Share Posted February 11, 2003 I love that setup! Right now we're looking at home, and I've told my wife that if it's possible.......I'd like to setup a tank in the wall just like that. I was thinking underneath the stairs, or whatever I get to work with. But Very nice setup, was it hard to convince your wife about cutting the wall? Link to comment
duckhuntboy Posted February 11, 2003 Share Posted February 11, 2003 I agree, those in-wall set-ups are the sh*t! Living art for your home. Link to comment
nanoman Posted February 11, 2003 Author Share Posted February 11, 2003 Thanks for the comments. Scurz, I had the rock in another tank and just transfered it. Kimura, I told my wife I was going to put the tank in the closet but left out the cutting part until it was done. She has no complaints now. Everyone that see's it wants one. It was allot easier than I thought to cut the hole. Try it you will like it. Link to comment
Rock Anemone Posted February 11, 2003 Share Posted February 11, 2003 Looks AWSOME!!!! It looks very well planned out and VERY clean. That's really neat to have the closet as the sump room, very well planned out!!! Looks like your tank is lit by a MH, those PC's must be strong. Every thought of going with a single 250 watt MH or 175 watt MH 10K and having those PC's supplement it? That way you could have some very nice blue clams and colorful SPS! Keep up the AWSOME work! Rock Anemone:D Link to comment
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