Terry's home made nano. NANO contest 2010. my unique tank.
 

so interest got the best of me and i want to do a tank for the nano contest, i am building my own tank so it is gonna take me a few days to get everything figured out as i just just decided that i am entering this contest. so i am not going to have any pics up for a little bit. please bare with me.

Well come on get with it clock it ticking......

How do you say hooked:biggrin: where do you you find all the time to do these things...lol

i just find the time derek. i work some pretty easy hrs at work so yeah.

so here is a pic of what i want to build for my tank here.
i have redesigned it and made it differant in so many ways from my original idea so here it is.
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r...tankdesign.png
please comment if you find anything wrong. i know the drawing is crappy but it looks way better on paper.
the main porpose of the angled front pane is for photography and visual of the corals

I'm pretty sure the top edge of the tank closest to me when looking at ur drawing has some issues? I think it carries to the wrong spot?

what do you mean wes? the only open part of the tank is the very top where the overflow is and up to where the angled part starts. the whole angled pane is enclosed. it will give you better visual without any distortion

Basically this tank, with an internal overflow:

http://www.reefbuilders.com/wp-conte...t-to-coast.jpg

edit- and a few more edges it seems...

I just don't understand what's going on in these areas??

http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m...man/issues.jpg

Took me a minute to see it as well. Here's a layout that a sketched really quick on paint. It's not good, but you'll see from his diagram what you missed:

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y20...njaEliXD-1.jpg

yup that is a sweet looking tank the back piece if you dont mind me answering is the over flow like a jbj nano tank. with the holes driled for a closed loop. there is a hagen tank out there that i saw at the lfs i love them great clam tank too.

ahah I see it now but for some reason depending on how I look at it I can see 3 different tanks. 2 of which are very awkwardly shaped ahah

It was doing this kinda thing to me ahah

http://www.optical-illusion-pictures...ges/stairs.jpg

Depending what you plan to keep, the design of your tank might make it difficult to light adequately. What are the dimensions and what kind of lighting are you hoping to employ? I'm really digging the design, but I am worried that the angle of the tank might provide adverse lighting conditions to any coral you want to keep.

I don't think the front is THAT sloped that he'd have issues?

Hm. Perhaps I'm looking too closely at the pic that was posted of the real tank. My concern is that the light will reflect too much given the angle of the glass. I suppose, though, it's going to depend more on what kind of light than anything else. A single MH mounted at an angle would probably take care of that issue.

A lot of light fixtures are narrower than the tanks they're above but the reflectors typically fan the light out. So if the fixture is above the opening it should fan out enough by the time it's to the bottom. I do agree that there will prob be some gradient but nothing too drastic I doubt? If you go back to the pic you'll see that the little light about that tank fans out enough to light the entire bottom of the tank.

yeah so i got a sweet deal on a 36" light and i changed the tank design. the one i built is not as cool as the one i had designed up earlier but ill have pics up within the hr. just loadin them up on photobucket.
thanks for all the comments on it. and yes wes it did the same to me when i looked at it and it still does.

Oh come on already get with the pic's :razz::razz:

relax greg haha. photo bucket takes forever to load pics

so here is what i did all day yesterday out at grizzly acres.
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r...0/P1020736.jpg
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r...0/P1020738.jpg
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r...0/P1020743.jpg
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r...0/P1020744.jpg
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r...0/P1020747.jpg for size compare
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r...0/P1020748.jpg
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r...0/P1020750.jpg

its not quite done i just need to euro brace it a bit with one inch strips and then ill be all ready to get some water in it

LOL that is some serious clamping going on there.:lol::lol:

thats what happens when you build stuff in a welding shop, the ol bessay clamps are your friend lol.

Took the words right out of my mouth.

you and grizz are boarderlining a tank building business... I give it a year, until your in production. Nice work.

I don't really see that happening. No body seems to want to pay for quality any more with the economy, it seems that people want some thing for almost nothing. I myself will pay a little more for quality as long as it is reasonable especially if it is something custom.

got a few new pics tonight
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r...0/P1020796.jpg
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r...0/P1020797.jpg
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r...0/P1020798.jpg

it is really hard to take pics of an empty acrylic tank just so clear and im sure the lighting in my house sucks for it as well lol.

Well this tank has my vote already but only because I am byist haha

that tank looks awesome terry, wicked work man,

thanks john. im gettin better at this but it does take a bit of time.

i got the light the other night and it looks good and will work pretty good on this tank i am sure.
and thanks to doug i got some better bulbs in it too.

so i got some new pics haha.
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r...0/IMG_0121.jpg
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r...0/IMG_0123.jpg
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r...0/IMG_0124.jpg
my little frag rack i built into the tank.

so if the pics are not really nice quality it was because i took them with my new iPhone, still learning how to use it haha

Hey thats a good lookin' tank, can't wait to see some water and rock in there. I like the setup :mrgreen:

So here it is with water and some temporary rock till I get some new pieces this weekend I hope
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r...3/624c6fc2.jpg
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r...3/8a6f4aca.jpg

WELL...........IT IS ABOUT TIME, :lol:

Curious about the back chambers layout. The center is the overflow, left return but how about the right chamber.....another return?

Yes they are both for returns. And also space for my skimmer and carbon reactor

Thanks, that's how I've been thinking of doing the chambers for my tank as well. You don't see many AIO like that so it's nice to see one.

It's nice to have it like that as I have limited room and nowhere for a sump under the tank. Plus I am going really cheap with this system too

totally wicked tank dude

Here are a few more pics for those who enjoy pics
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r...0/4001f247.jpg
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r...0/77969988.jpg
and I want to get one of these guys if I can ever find one. This is from my buddies tank who does not know much about the hobby and won't listen so I'm trying to get it off him
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r...0/ac657316.jpg

So I am curious on what i should put in here for fish and shrimp. I want to keep them smaller yet somewhat active