Nice looking tank. :smile:

I love nano tanks. I have a 7 gallon bowfront I look after at work. I'm also just setting up a new 2 gallon at home. It will have an Aquaclear 300 on the back as a refugium with 2 7 watt 7200K PC's over it. Haven't decided on the lighting for over the tank yet. Maybe one of the Mini MH pendents coralife is coming out with.

I am also thinking of drilling it for a sump, maybe a 5 gallon. Have to have someplace to put the beckett skimmer. :mrgreen:

Thanks Dale.

Wow now that is small... maybe I'm in the wrong forum :smile: .
I'd love to see some pictures.

- Chad

Nice tank Fish :smile:

Hey, thanks Quagmire :biggrin: .

I'll try and post some pictures of the external overflow if anyone's interested.

- Chad

Will have to agree. Looking very nice. :biggrin:

Yes Please. :mrgreen:

Thanks Muck!

Here's a picture of the overflow just after I put it together:

http://www.canreef.com/photopost/dat...ry-med.jpg?806

Here it is running:

http://www.canreef.com/photopost/dat...g-med.jpg?7071

And here's a shot of the sump (I've gotta organize all of the electrical cords :razz: ):

http://www.canreef.com/photopost/dat...p-med.jpg?2765

- Chad

Yes! My father-in-law brought my canopy up today (sorry Chad, the ghetto canopy's gone :cry: ).

It is baisically a 1/4" oak box that rests on two rails attached to the back of the stand. The VHO ballast is mounted on the back of the box along with a fan that I added.

Front:

http://www.canreef.com/photopost/dat...k-med.jpg?9496

Side:

http://www.canreef.com/photopost/dat...e-med.jpg?6381

Inside canopy:

http://www.canreef.com/photopost/dat...y-med.jpg?2678

Back of canopy:

http://www.canreef.com/photopost/dat...y-med.jpg?7953

- Chad

:biggrin: It just keeps getting better,nice work

Slick setup!
 

Wow Chad!

Gorgeous tank! You practice what you preach. I hope my tank looks 1/2 as good when we're finished!

Thanks again Quagmire :biggrin:

And Jody, half as good I could handle... but I'm just afraid that your tank will look twice as good :mrgreen: .

I've recieved a couple private messages from people asking how I cut the glass for my overflow. I actually have to give credit for the idea to a user on reefcentral named Tunjee who had a thread discussing using a dremmle to cut an overflow.
He cut a bunch of slots in the back of his 20H and the job took him about 8 hours. He used diamond coated dremel bit #7103 to start each hole and then #7134 to grind it out. I am not such a patient man so I cut a single slot 7 inches long and then used a piece of black eggcrate to stop critters from washing over. Because I only had to start one hole I just used bit #7103 to do everything (still have it if anyone wants). When I did it, I laid the tank on its side on my front porch and ran a trickle from the garden hose over the glass being cut to keep it cool. I set the dremmle on high speed and cut through the glass with a sawing motion like I was using a file. It only took about 20 mins and I had no concerns about cracking, it cut so well. I used the same method to cut three 1" bulkheads without any problems. HTH.

- Chad