Fish's new tank project

Pan · #1 12-13-2006, 02:58 AM

How are you going to have fish and coral there is no water in your tank, take it back they are trying to rip you off

Er anyways

Beauty...looks very nice sir.

Fish · #2 12-13-2006, 03:42 AM

Haha, ya those fellas at Gold's have been great to deal with, but....

...delivered, with water and livestock? That's more like it!

woodcarver · #3 12-13-2006, 04:56 AM

Looking pretty snappy ,Chad . Be careful with that razor blade

Thought you had gone to sleep there, for the moment .Nice to have things happening again....................Dave

Fish · #4 12-13-2006, 11:02 PM

Well I didn't like how much the closed loop intake strainer protruded into the tank so I cut it down a bit.

Here is a pic of the modified one next to stock:

Here you can see that it takes up a lot less room:

I wouldn't normally recommend reducing the size of the strainer, because that only increases the likelihood of a blockage. In this case however, I am not concerned because the bulkhead/strainer size is 1.5", but the pump is only 0.75" in/out. This modified stainer still had more surface area (I think) than a stock 3/4" strainer. Also, I am not keeping an anemone or anything in the tank that would be capable of blocking it all by itself.

- Chad

Delphinus · #5 12-14-2006, 06:52 AM

What did you use to bond the piece back on?

albert_dao · #6 12-14-2006, 07:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Delphinus

What did you use to bond the piece back on?

Isn't it obvious? He used baby blood.

Farrmanchu · #7 12-14-2006, 01:07 PM

That external Overflow box is the way to go! That's a really clean look, can't wait to see rock in there, it's gonna look like a glass box full of color. Won't take very much aquascaping to conceal intakes and such. That setup is gonna ROCK.

Delphinus · #8 12-14-2006, 04:31 PM

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Originally Posted by albert_dao

Isn't it obvious? He used baby blood.

Won't that lead to iron contamination?