ReefEze
12/03/2007, 01:52 PM
Whatup guys,
I am planning creating the below tank out of acrylic in the near future (althugh i have no acrylic skills... possible? hopefully the acrylic store can cut it for me)
Anyway, the tank is going to be mostly 1/2" acrylic, I think, with the baffels and such the thinnest available. The pump will be probably a mag9.5, throtteled down a little (I have one in my basement), which will have returns (1) directly to the tank, (2) to the surge tank above, and (3) eventually to a DIY skimmer. The surge tank above will be about 4 gallons, and as you can see the tank extends above the overflow to allow for this (plus the back wall is .5" lower than the other sides just in case), filling the tank and (hopefully) slowely draining the water level back down. I think i might need to play with the overflow sizes to accomplish this.
I wanted to make the tank a cube, but decided on 24"L to accommodate T5's... its about 24x20x18, although the size may vary along with available funds :rolleyes:
Anyway, heres the design:
http://img139.imageshack.us/img139/7107/setupbs1.png
Any ideas / comments?
I am planning creating the below tank out of acrylic in the near future (althugh i have no acrylic skills... possible? hopefully the acrylic store can cut it for me)
Anyway, the tank is going to be mostly 1/2" acrylic, I think, with the baffels and such the thinnest available. The pump will be probably a mag9.5, throtteled down a little (I have one in my basement), which will have returns (1) directly to the tank, (2) to the surge tank above, and (3) eventually to a DIY skimmer. The surge tank above will be about 4 gallons, and as you can see the tank extends above the overflow to allow for this (plus the back wall is .5" lower than the other sides just in case), filling the tank and (hopefully) slowely draining the water level back down. I think i might need to play with the overflow sizes to accomplish this.
I wanted to make the tank a cube, but decided on 24"L to accommodate T5's... its about 24x20x18, although the size may vary along with available funds :rolleyes:
Anyway, heres the design:
http://img139.imageshack.us/img139/7107/setupbs1.png
Any ideas / comments?