10gal

[mmn_usn]

I plan on doing a all enclosed 10gal with stand. 7gal viewing with approx. 1-2gal sump. MH lighting, Zoes and possibly a small anenome and clown. Livestock is still in the air, sorry. This is going to be all new to me. Never messed with silicone and plexi. Wish me luck.

[motorslave]

Sounds good but with the plexi you will need something called "Weld On" to bond the panels. The silicone wont hold.
Fully enclosed sounds like a cool idea, cant wait to see it take shape!

[mmn_usn]

So I went and attempted to take a picture of everything I have.... no battery for the camera.. and can't find the charger... So now I am at a stand still until I find the charger. Supplies are stacking.... and I am itching to get started... Shift work is not helping me... work by 1300... and off at midnight... blah. Hope to get started soon.

What if I melted the ends of the plexi together?

[Loverotties]

Silicone won't work! Use the weld-on.melting won't workunless you have a frame that takes the pressure off the joints.

[mmn_usn]

Here we go... found the battery charger. I bought the 10gal at one of the pet stores. Just a normal all glass tank. I had a 2.5 gal set up in Guam ( and it is set up now) but I got the mini skimmer hoping to add it to the 2.5 and it didn't fit without horribly disfiguring the top... so it has sat for almost a year not being used.. what a great time! The 2 AZOO 200's will come in handy too. May upgrade those or put them in the 55 for more flow.. haven't got that far yet.

[mmn_usn]

I finally have some time to some to the tank. Here is the back of my tank.

[mmn_usn]

baffles for the sump area.

[mmn_usn]

Well... had a little problem with the baffles... Cleaning the 55 and my knee hit the drying baffle set and broke them off. Start over cutting the lexan. I have sand and another pump on the way. Using the black and white Caribsea. Hopefully have the tank together this week.

[mmn_usn]

Well, I have finally gotten some time off from work. Not much but enough to get more done. Finished with the filter/ pump area last night and today filled it with water to see if it worked... Yeah. Now I just have to start on a stand.

[Sprayin70]

That's a pretty neat idea. It looks great so far, keep us posted!

[Wiskey]

Woh, that is a really sweet idea! Very inventive, hides the equiptment great too while still letting you have a desktop style tank. Good work!

Whiskey

[ScruffyRubicon]

Very Cool!

Could you list what each section is for and maybe show how each converges to the next section?

[mmn_usn]

Here is the plan... drawn on the bottom of the tank. Dotted lines are the under flows and solid is the over. Holes represent flow through. If you look at the earlier posts, the black plastic is the tank division with holes not slots for the overflow and 2 returns one at the bottom and one at the top. The only change to these plans are in the under/over before the mini refugium. the over is now a through with 25-50 ( I didn't count) small holes... allowing for an even flow throught the refugium. For return pumps I am using 2 rio pumps, upper is a 400 and lower is a 200.

[mmn_usn]

Went from water to no water and drying it out to resilicone.... the bulkheads I am using, or shall we say the method isn't working....I have to pull the wall to reglue/ rethink the bulkheads... I was hoping to have it cycling this week... oh well....soon..

[mmn_usn]

Fixed the back of the tank. holds water now. The system hold 8.75 gals. I have 3 rocks in there but I do not like how they are fitting in the system. I also lost the impeller to one of the pumps( I actually think my son found it neat and took it, still looking) I leave in about 2 weeks till around the end of April ( Deployment under the vast blue ocean). You all will have to forgive me for not posting any pictures during that time frame. I will have my computer underway and the wife will not be able to load any pictures with her computer. She however will keep you posted on what is going on in the tank.




I used about 1/4 to 1/2 a bag of Caribsea indo pacific sand. What a dust storm. The 3 rocks are about 10#s