Aquarium Bar build

[danny zubot]

No, the back of the pump inhibits that. The reverse flow isn't all that great either, it's not like it's going to suck in a fish or something. What a bummer! For a day I thought I was like some kind of briliant modifier guy, but it turns out that I suck.

[chris121277]

LOL......how about if you shortened the air line a bit, then added some kind of rubber washer or something on the other side of the impeller to cushion the clacking on start up?

[chris121277]

In fact I think mine came with a rubber bushing that fit over the bottom of the impeller (I lost them down the drain wile cleaning)

[danny zubot]

Hmm, it might just work. I've since lost mine too, if it came with them at all but I think I might have something that would work.

[danny zubot]

The weekest link in my system up until now has been my piddly little refugium / joke of a frag tank. Well, no longer. I picked up an old hagen tank from the basement of the LFS and fixed it up. I took the top trim off and added glass bracing instead, then I drilled it to house a 1.5" bulk head. It's 30x12x15" and fits quite nice in the cabinet right beside my sump.



Holy crap there were some serious micro bubbles floating through this tank. Solution: I have an old overflow box with built in baffles. I hung it on the inside back of the tank and ran the drain into it. The results were about 90% lesss bubble, which is tolerable for a frag tank.



I still might mess around with the frag rack a bit to create more room for the abundance of frags I plan on making soon. I just hope that the 4 T5's I have over the tank will be enough to sustain my SPS frags.

Danny

[bauder1986]

Pretty innovative dude. Liking this tank more and more with each gadget add on

[danny zubot]

I know, when will it stop eh? I had to do this one though, the little bin I had before was a detritus trap and didn't have enough room in it.