Looking cool Wes. I give bonus points for building in useable storage into you stand design! But I take away point for the back ally lighting setup haahaa...jk! I had to run fans as well, too freaking hot under there without them.
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Yeah I guess I should have took a little more time cutting the reflector... and I guess I could have made the wiring a little neater... oops... but it's hard when you know that besides 1 little picture you're never really going to see it... and the few times I lift it up to feed and such I don't think the reflectors jagged edge will be my focus and I'm pretty sure it still reflects the light just as good :D. Plus it's hard when the fiance is hovering and asking why you love your fish tank more than her ahahah kidding... she's good about. I also cut the fan switch to short so I was kinda limited in where I could put it. How many volts you running through your fans?? At 12 volts it was just WAY to loud for me. at 5.5ish I can barely hear it and I'm sure I wont hear it at all once I get the pump going. Are you overdriving you T5s?? I tried to make the stand as usable as possible... I always see peoples nice fish tanks circled by a cluttered mess of food, additives etc. so I want all that crap hidden so I figured the more cupboards the better. And I want super super easy access to the sump so that I'll actually do water changes and change the filter floss etc. |
Here's a bit of an idea of what it should look like with the tank in:
http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m...sman/stand.jpg |
Now all I want to do is go home and re-cut the reflectors edge and wire things a little cleaner ahah
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What a beautiful idea for a stand.
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Ok..... so I finally got my tank from my good buddy over at Engineered Aquariums... took him a little longer than usual but I'm assuming it's because he is scared of the game I'm going to bring now that I have the tank to fill up ahah or maybe because I'm no longer in Saskatoon to hover over his shoulder and offer the assistance of my mad skills... but seriously a big Thank you... and YES I owe you a nice big lunch next time I'm in town ;)
Now for some pictures: Standard 10 gallon http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...s/DSC_1495.jpg Cut cut http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...s/DSC_1496.jpg Overflow http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...s/DSC_1543.jpg Finally at my Place w some outputs and the return inlet http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m...n/IMG_1266.jpg It's soon to be next door neighbor the SUMP http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m...n/IMG_1268.jpg In the Stand... with some Sand http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m...n/IMG_1269.jpg Top View http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m...n/IMG_1271.jpg This is the point at which you can see my little screw up... I had meant to leave the hood overhanging the tank a little more than it is.... so now the front half of the tank does not get lit very well... I think I'll try to lower and angle the lights at a later date... and hopefully that will sort things out Top View w/ Sump http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m...n/IMG_1272.jpg I finished plumbing things in today and now have water in but never got a chance to snap some shots... so those will come later |
WOW! looking good...your sump sure is nice!
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looking good buddy! But is it good enough? :razz:
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Looks beautiful. Love the stand and built in look.
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