Canreef Aquatics Bulletin Board  

Go Back   Canreef Aquatics Bulletin Board > General > Tank Journal

Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
  #1  
Old 02-11-2010, 06:34 AM
lastlight's Avatar
lastlight lastlight is offline
Gold Member
 
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Calgary
Posts: 6,997
lastlight has a spectacular aura aboutlastlight has a spectacular aura aboutlastlight has a spectacular aura about
Default lastlight's 94 shallow wannabe

Well I bought this fixer-upper from Ryan (Muck) so I'm starting a new thread. No more waffling between various cube sizes now. This tank is 36x30x20.









__________________
Brett
My 67 392 225 101 94 34 97 404 28 93 209 gallon reef.

Last edited by lastlight; 02-11-2010 at 07:01 AM.
Reply With Quote
  #2  
Old 02-11-2010, 06:37 AM
lastlight's Avatar
lastlight lastlight is offline
Gold Member
 
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Calgary
Posts: 6,997
lastlight has a spectacular aura aboutlastlight has a spectacular aura aboutlastlight has a spectacular aura about
Default

The plan is to get creative and run a Herbie on this tank. I'm going to reduce the 1.5" to 1" to free up some space in that overflow. Then I'm going to drill a 1" hole thru the back of the tank and toss a 90 on it pointing up to act as my emergency drain.

I don't have the tank in my hands so there might not be room to do this but I'm going to try very hard to make it work and avoid redoing that overflow.

The back will be scraped and I will be painting it and 1 side black. Overflow will be covered with live rock.
__________________
Brett
My 67 392 225 101 94 34 97 404 28 93 209 gallon reef.
Reply With Quote
  #3  
Old 02-11-2010, 06:41 AM
kien's Avatar
kien kien is offline
¸.·´¯`·.´¯`·.´¯`·.¸¸.·´¯`·.´¯`·.´¯`·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸¸. ><(((º>
 
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Calgary, AB
Posts: 7,665
kien will become famous soon enoughkien will become famous soon enough
Default

Sweet! I think that will be killer and a very doable overflow. Pretty much just as you described. Nice and svelte! I like it!
Reply With Quote
  #4  
Old 02-11-2010, 06:45 AM
lastlight's Avatar
lastlight lastlight is offline
Gold Member
 
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Calgary
Posts: 6,997
lastlight has a spectacular aura aboutlastlight has a spectacular aura aboutlastlight has a spectacular aura about
Default

Equipment I have:

tank (36x30x20)
ro/di
ranco controller
eheim 1250 return

Plan to buy:
2 x LumenMax Elite mogul
1 x BlueWave 7 dual 250w HQI ballast
2 x Radium 20k bulbs
1 x Bubble Magus 250 Pro
2 x 100w Ebo heaters
2 x MP20
__________________
Brett
My 67 392 225 101 94 34 97 404 28 93 209 gallon reef.

Last edited by lastlight; 02-11-2010 at 06:56 AM.
Reply With Quote
  #5  
Old 02-11-2010, 06:52 AM
Delphinus's Avatar
Delphinus Delphinus is offline
Member
 
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: Calgary
Posts: 12,896
Delphinus has a spectacular aura aboutDelphinus has a spectacular aura aboutDelphinus has a spectacular aura about
Send a message via MSN to Delphinus
Default

Sweet!

What about using the patented sphelps style Herbie-in-a-single-hole Herbie? Might be easier than shoehorning a second hole.
__________________
-- Tony
My next hobby will be flooding my basement while repeatedly banging my head against a brick wall and tearing up $100 bills. Whee!
Reply With Quote
  #6  
Old 02-11-2010, 06:53 AM
kien's Avatar
kien kien is offline
¸.·´¯`·.´¯`·.´¯`·.¸¸.·´¯`·.´¯`·.´¯`·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸¸. ><(((º>
 
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Calgary, AB
Posts: 7,665
kien will become famous soon enoughkien will become famous soon enough
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by lastlight View Post
Equipment I have:

tank (36x30x20)
ro/di
ranco controller
eheim 1250 return

Plan to buy:
2 x LumenMax Elite mogul
1 x BlueWave 7 dual 250w HQI ballast
2 x Radium 20k bulbs
2 x 100w Ebo heaters
2 x MP20
Nice :-) I'm not sure if you've ever seen a BlueWave7 dual ballast? I had one on loan last summer (it was the single, not the double), but I found it very large, heavy and noisy. Other than that it worked great!
Reply With Quote
  #7  
Old 02-11-2010, 06:55 AM
lastlight's Avatar
lastlight lastlight is offline
Gold Member
 
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Calgary
Posts: 6,997
lastlight has a spectacular aura aboutlastlight has a spectacular aura aboutlastlight has a spectacular aura about
Default

Well I like the new select-a-watt ballasts as well.

I know for sure I want to run the radiums to spec...which means I need an hqi ballast. for $100 more I can buy 2 of those ballasts and have flexibility down the road. Plenty of time to decide.

All the equipment will be on the other side of the wall as well. Noise matters not!
__________________
Brett
My 67 392 225 101 94 34 97 404 28 93 209 gallon reef.
Reply With Quote
  #8  
Old 02-11-2010, 07:01 AM
Kryptic4L Kryptic4L is offline
Member
 
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Calgary
Posts: 354
Kryptic4L is on a distinguished road
Default

or you use the line in the over flow as the return, build an external box for the overflow, not sure how cutting glass would work if it was already assembled however. Awsome dimension's and nice grab however.
__________________
Two clownfish were in a tank. One says to the other, how do i drive this thing?
Reply With Quote
  #9  
Old 02-11-2010, 07:04 AM
lastlight's Avatar
lastlight lastlight is offline
Gold Member
 
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Calgary
Posts: 6,997
lastlight has a spectacular aura aboutlastlight has a spectacular aura aboutlastlight has a spectacular aura about
Default

Yeah I don't mind coming over the top with the return. I think adding the 1" hole thru the back will be easy and the overflow is there to add some support under the drill location. I just know I won't be doing it =)
__________________
Brett
My 67 392 225 101 94 34 97 404 28 93 209 gallon reef.
Reply With Quote
  #10  
Old 02-11-2010, 07:13 AM
Delphinus's Avatar
Delphinus Delphinus is offline
Member
 
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: Calgary
Posts: 12,896
Delphinus has a spectacular aura aboutDelphinus has a spectacular aura aboutDelphinus has a spectacular aura about
Send a message via MSN to Delphinus
Default

Oooh, shun burn. Fine, be that way I'd still try the single hole Herbie first (could it really hurt? If it doesn't work then you can drill the tank.)
__________________
-- Tony
My next hobby will be flooding my basement while repeatedly banging my head against a brick wall and tearing up $100 bills. Whee!
Reply With Quote
Reply

Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Forum Jump


All times are GMT. The time now is 05:03 AM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.7.3
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.