Fluval Edge with 15 Gallon sump

[FishyFishy!]

The small cover that sits against the glass of the aquarium is too tall for the overflow section. I trimmed it down to the edge where the plastic lip of the aquarium meets the glass.

Trim area


Cover back together

[FishyFishy!]

I decided to go with 1" for the drain, 3/4" for the emergency, and 1/2" for the return... why??? Because thats what I had laying around for bulkheads and plumbing! haha.

Here are the holes drilled in the acrylic


Test fit inside the overflow again -


Bulkheads in for test fit

[Nano]

HAHA neat this will be a cool build for sure

[FishyFishy!]

So, the next thing to do it make the rear overflow section water tight. I used some crazy acrylic glue to seal all the parts together, and after for safety I also siliconed the entire inner perimeter.

(warning... don't open the can and stick your nose in to see what it smells like....burnt my lungs in a bad way)




Acrylic weld is seen here -


And now all together with the silicone in place



And bulkheads installed

[FishyFishy!]

Luckily, the top edge of the tank is plastic, making it easily modifiable. Since I did not want to glue/silicone the stand/cover and the tank together to allow water to flow directly into the back chamber, I decided to go with this:


Now, water will flow over the crack between the tank and stand, without worrying about leakage. I can also direct flow to add a layer of floss to pre-filter the water going into the drain. I don't have to worry about overflowing the overflow box with the emergency drain either.

Few more pictures



I have yet to decide how I want to do the tank side overflow. I'm going to either drill a bunch of holes, dremel slats (comb style) or cut it out completely and silicone some egg crate in there.

[Bblinks]

super cool.

[FishyFishy!]

First, you have to cut out the bottom of the stand to allow the plumbing to go through. I kinda hacked it with a dremel, but no one will see it anyways.



Then did up the drain, emergency and return line plumbing






Also did up a little egg crate rack for some filter floss. The design of the stand on the Fluval Edge is awesome, because it already has little ledges inside the overflow section. So the egg crate just lies on top:


As it sits today:

[FishyFishy!]

Had to do a water test again after I got all the plmbing for the overflow in place:



All is good, and no leaks as of yet!

Now.. onto the stand. I will be starting that tonight.

I seem to remember seeing a stand calculator that you plugged dimensions into, and it gave you all the list of lumber that you needed... anyone remember seeing anything like this... or am I just whacko?

[Reefie]

Very VERY COOL! Tagging along.