New nano

[Dale D]

Nice looking tank.

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.

[Fish]

Thanks Dale.

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

- Chad

[Quagmire]

Nice tank Fish

[Fish]

Hey, thanks Quagmire .

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

- Chad

[muck]

Originally Posted by Quagmire

Nice tank Fish

Will have to agree. Looking very nice.

Originally Posted by Fish

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

- Chad

Yes Please.

[Fish]

Thanks Muck!

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



Here it is running:



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



- Chad

[Fish]

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

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:



Side:



Inside canopy:



Back of canopy:



- Chad

[Quagmire]

It just keeps getting better,nice work

[jojoseb]

Wow Chad!

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

[Fish]

Thanks again Quagmire

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

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