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  1. snowstar

    Acrylic 120 setup

    OK while a lot really hasn't been physically happening on the getting the house ready for the tank front, I have been agonizing over the external weir - as everyone who has viewed this thread is aware ...:doubt: Well I talked to Mike the flow master today and have finally gotten the final tank...
  2. snowstar

    Acrylic 120 setup

    that is the way the 180 is 'scaped currently I was just more verifing that yes I should definitely be able to sink a tunze down behind ---- if i need to soo I think I am on my way with it
  3. snowstar

    Acrylic 120 setup

    I am hoping that I will be able to - I've busted my camera and have not decide on repair or replace... :( thanks for the measurements that gives me something to work with - I may supplement that top 1/3 with tunze - if i find that I just cannot get the flow the way I want it.They would still be...
  4. snowstar

    Acrylic 120 setup

    Alright I have some additional information from Andy - the 12" is just his preference but he does feel that 8" is really a minimum for height. I can live with that I'll just use fewer holes and more Y's - it should all work the same - unless I am not thinkging of something... I know that I will...
  5. snowstar

    Acrylic 120 setup

    I had thought about that but - yeah plumbing nightmare kept running through my head... :( I have PM'd the Mike master and asked for an opinion... but at this point I'm thinking about falling back to the internal corner & coast to coast plan.... what is the height of the section of coast to...
  6. snowstar

    Acrylic 120 setup

    Thanks for the Rock update Nikki --- Tank update - it's getting ready to go to build - Andy is going to drill the closed loop holes on the back for me and the 2 holes on the eurobrace in the front... i have found out a bit more about the external weir - so I may be back to nervous. the...
  7. snowstar

    Acrylic 120 setup

    No update on the tank - it has not gone to build yet... but I'm still trying to get all my parts in a row though... Since I've decided not to use any of the rock in my current tank, what is everyone's feeling about rock types around here. I know that Mike, Nikki and some others have Pukani - but...
  8. snowstar

    Aquarium Stands Constructio Reference Data

    sorry I have taken so long to get back to you - it's the regular house styrofoam insulation sheets Lows calls it (Styrofoam residential sheathing extruded polystryene insulation) - pink made by corning i think or the blue made by dow - the mildew resistant variety it resists water very well and...
  9. snowstar

    Acrylic 120 setup

    Nikki I believe that he is planning on using thicker Acrylic - but I am not 100% certain - when I mentioned that I want to add bulk heads on the front corners or the eurobrace - he said that he would "re-inforce that area" I will ask when we finalize everything next week and let you know...
  10. snowstar

    Acrylic 120 setup

    I forgot to answer some of your earlier questions. Yes it will be eurobraced, and the acrylic will be 1/2" - I'm debating 3/4" but most tank builders are using 1/2" for tanks that are 4' long 2' tall... I am thinking about bulk heads on the front corners of the eurobrace for a part of the closed...
  11. snowstar

    Acrylic 120 setup

    I read through or pretended to read through that thread Nikki and I did not see a reference to the fact that the external weir is noisy but that there are ways of dealing with it.... I'm still searching the forums trying to find out how... but i know I will figurout something if it is just tooo...
  12. snowstar

    Show your filtration Systems

    Thanks Gaby and Krish - Seriously the setup is nice but boy is it a space hog.... that is one of the reasons I need to break down the 180 -the lack of space under the tank and plumbed water to a location near the tank.... getting into the sps end of the hobby has really opened my eyes to how...
  13. snowstar

    Show your filtration Systems

    Well better late than never to the party I guess... As with everthing this is sort of a work in progress.... This filtration setup is on my 180 currently and is one of the drivers for pulling down the 180 and moving everything temporarily to a 120 - while I remodel the fishroom to make room for...
  14. snowstar

    Acrylic 120 setup

    Stan - I've sent you a PM .... ont the MBV.... Nikki - I'm not 100% sure why 4 other than the over flow will be three feet long - I know your coast to coast drains into your corners - since I'm going external I'm not going to use any corner overflows just the coast to coast. I think the choice...
  15. snowstar

    Acrylic 120 setup

    ok panic over new and different over..... it stays external.... after thinking about it for 5 minutes I had a very duh moment. The 4 drain lines will be about 2" off the back wall and should easily fit "under/behind" the plumbing for the closed loop.... where the @#$%^ was my head....
  16. snowstar

    Acrylic 120 setup

    OK - tank is now officially ordered!!!! Yeah! I did go with the external coast to coast - but no corner --- I'm starting to understand how it will be plumbed a bit better. Having always delt with ready made "reef" glass tanks with the corner overflows - planning an acrylic is sooo different. The...
  17. snowstar

    Aquarium Stands Constructio Reference Data

    there are a few acrylic manufacturers out there that will void the warrenty if the tank is not on a foam insulation sheet of x" thickness. I will be using the 1/2" foam board on the 120 I just ordered. I have read that using foam with a glass tank - or maybe I should say a glass tank built using...
  18. snowstar

    Acrylic 120 setup

    Nikki - thanks for the ideas about turn over... I doubt that the MBV will boost us up to double the flow - as speculated by bigt but it will definitely help us max out the fow up to the max flow/restriction of our CL plumbing and the lock-line. I'm not sure what that turnover rate is and...
  19. snowstar

    Acrylic 120 setup

    Thanks Nikki for the fish ideas and experiences... I had a mandarine in a 20 prop tank - she is now in the 'fuge on the 180 - I cracked the back of the 20. Like a moron I drilled it a bit to close to the edge for an overflow - worked fine for about 6 months then while cleaning it this past week...
  20. snowstar

    Acrylic 120 setup

    Ok - Upfront I am horrible with drawings - so let me try to describe what I want to do. As I said before - I am forced to break down my 180RR tank and remodel the room it is in to accomodate more equipment in the area behind the tank. To include water/sink and then lots of Aquarium related...
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