When you get bored......
 

...... do you ever find yourself getting into something and then you get told off by the good lady because you have been sat at a computer for 7 hours!!!!!

I did just that and decided to CAD out my new 60 Gal rimless tank and setup im going to build. Have a look and let me know if you can see any improvements i could make.

Cube and DIY Stand:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2507/...e56d8d4e_o.jpg


Herbie drains and 1" SQWD return:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2656/...c4fa467e_o.jpg


Aquarium upstairs, sump downstairs in the 'Man Cave':
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2755/...5f301649_o.jpg


Sump, Frag Tank and Salt mix reservoir:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2720/...e0292894_o.jpg


Sump is middle return style, Skimmer on right, fuge on left:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2627/...74e68294_o.jpg


Manifold style return:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2621/...d0f5ff49_o.jpg


Let me know what you think!!

VR

That is looking boss already. The man cave looks like a joy to work in. my cave is under my tank and the only family members that can actually fit in are my cats!

Things I'd change:

- Add a floor. You might already have one but I don't see it in the render
- Lose the SCWD. Get the smaller unit by Oceans Motions. More reliable.

Wow.....

Daily.. :lol:

Those are some really nice drawings. I tried to do something similar using Google Sketchup for my new tank/stand. Failed miserably. Sad really - I spent 7 years programming supercomputers and I still can't drive Google Sketchup. :redface:

Looks great. Very functional set up.
Personally I would use gate valves instead of ball valves. I know they are more expensive but are so much easier to tweak flow rates.

If it's for a herbie definitely use the gate valve. Even on my manifold I sometimes wish I used gate valves but that would have cost a fortune.

In the actual build i will be using gate valves, there just wasnt any models of the valves in the correct size and i didnt want to spend an hour drawing one!

:biggrin:

some nice ideas but seems loosing lots of display volume with the overflow.

The actual display is a 2'x2'x'2 cube. The overflow is approx 6" deep and hides everything. I hate even seeing return pipes in an aquarium and i want this rimless to be crisp, clean and natural.

Get a tinted black glass...dark as you can for the false wall. Then use sch 80 grey pipe in there and you won't see a thing and you'll have a nice glass wall wet side...easy to clean.

I did something similar on my first tank and really liked it. But I had a piece of black plexi siliconed to the wall...wet side. Thing had a bit of warp to it which was noticeable.