saltyFISHscales Posted February 12, 2003 Share Posted February 12, 2003 Damn, that is clean! Nice job! My friend did the same concept, but in his window with a 90 gallon... Link to comment
Wigguh Noony Posted February 12, 2003 Share Posted February 12, 2003 Thats awesome. I love the in the wall look. How's the Prizm working for you? BTW- Nice house Link to comment
nanoman Posted February 12, 2003 Author Share Posted February 12, 2003 Tell you the truth I think the Prizm sucks and I wouldn't buy another one. It does ok on a 20 but anything bigger I wouldn't bother. Link to comment
Mox Posted February 12, 2003 Share Posted February 12, 2003 neat..can i live in your house? Link to comment
Lunchbucket Posted February 13, 2003 Share Posted February 13, 2003 cool set up. it is a nice little tank for a picture type look and not a HUGE tank like most...very cool! Lunchbucket Link to comment
Djm9288 Posted February 13, 2003 Share Posted February 13, 2003 WOW!!!! I love the look! Link to comment
Type-H20 Posted February 16, 2003 Share Posted February 16, 2003 Excellent..........the 20XH is a really impressive looking "SHOW" tank - It has a great viewing area/window.........too bad you can't keep any more fish in it than in a standard 10 gallon.....but for having the same footprint as the forementioned 10 gal....you do get that BIG tank look and feel!!..........GOOD LUCK WITH IT! Link to comment
fourhand2 Posted February 19, 2003 Share Posted February 19, 2003 Looks awesome! Yeah, the 20X is my favorite tank on the planet. It's just a really cool shape. I just got one a few weeks ago after gawking forever over one used as a refugium in a lfs. How much did yours cost? I had two 1" holes put in the back of mine, and with drilling it was like $85. Not too bad, I think... I'm interested to see how your tank turns out in a year or so. I'm using my 20X for my seahorses. They are really going to appreciate the extra height since they've been in a standard 20 for so long now... -Will Link to comment
nanoman Posted February 20, 2003 Author Share Posted February 20, 2003 Thanks fourhand2, I bought the tank for $50 and had a 1 3/4" hole drilled for $20. Link to comment
MacnReef Posted February 20, 2003 Share Posted February 20, 2003 Nanoman, is your sump, a sump or fuge? I cant tell if you have any sand or lr in your sump. I currently run a fuge but I have a protein skimmer that I ran on my 65 that I would like to use on my 20H. So I was planning on removing the sand and lr and redoing my sump to accompany my in-sump skimmer. What is your opion on skimmers vs fuges? Thanx MacnReef Link to comment
nanoman Posted February 20, 2003 Author Share Posted February 20, 2003 I wanted to keep my design simple but effective. I wanted to avoid having to maintain two tanks (fuge and main tank). I put a DSB and enough rock in my main to handle the bio load and don't keep inverts or fish that depend on allot of critters from a fuge. The sump is basically maintanance free exept to empty the skimmer box and changing the carbon and sponge. I fully support skimmers, they pull allot of junk (even my Prizm pulls stuff). Link to comment
MacnReef Posted February 20, 2003 Share Posted February 20, 2003 Hey, can you give me a drawing of how you designed your sump? I cant tell by the pic, how many baffles you have or how you put in a carbon and filter chamber! Thanx Link to comment
MacnReef Posted February 20, 2003 Share Posted February 20, 2003 nanoman, how big (tall) are your first two baffles? Also, how did you get that egg crate to hang like that? Did you use small glass pieces? Thanx Link to comment
nanoman Posted February 20, 2003 Author Share Posted February 20, 2003 The first 2 baffles are about 9". The one that holds the pump is about 6". For the egg crate I cut 2 thin strips of acrylic and glued them to the baffles so the egg crate sits on them. Link to comment
nanoman Posted March 18, 2003 Author Share Posted March 18, 2003 I woke up one morning with a puddle on the floor. My sump sprung a leak in the bottom. I didn't have very good support so I made a new sump with better support. I rearanged my plumbing a little. Link to comment
MacnReef Posted March 18, 2003 Share Posted March 18, 2003 Nice Night Shot! Do you have a pic of the LED? Link to comment
nanoman Posted March 18, 2003 Author Share Posted March 18, 2003 I will post one tomorrow. Link to comment
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