Krish
RF STAFF
I wanted to set my Current USA 24gal Aquapod apart from the rest a bit and also do something to suit my needs a bit better so I'm doing a little bit of DIY to it which hopefully will all be finished by the end of the weekend. Here's the plan already in motion...
First off, the first pic shows the tank as is right out of the box when I first got it.
The first part of the project will be to cut out the the box you see outlined in red removing basically the whole black backround only leaving a small border around the sides and the bottom to glue a new back onto which you won't see either the black or the blue sticking out from the sides.
Ever since having my 75gal, I loved the way blue acrylic looked with the shimmer from the metal halides against it and so I'm going back to the blue after giving the black backround a try twice since (Martin's tank convinced me to go back ) However, this time, instead of the back having the odd shape the aquapod comes with limiting space in the back compartment, the backwall will be flat with the overflow cut into the center section to basically drain right onto the pump for my skimmer as well as where my media bag for the carbon will sit. This should also increase surface skimming. I also have some bulkheads and lockine coming in this week (already shipped out from Friday of last week) along with a 150w MH fixture to replace the 70w one I have now so I can put my corals back in. The plan is to put all 3 maxijet 1200's I have now in the back compartment out of view and pump them through the lockline. I will see what that does for flow first before I try anything else and if it is not enough flow (which I'm sure it will be ) I may do an "over the tank" closed loop (hidden of course) to feed a Wavy Sea, but like I said...We'll see first. I don't want to jump the gun.
Here's a sketch of the piece being made for me. It's the acrylic back (in blue) with the "teeth" in the center for the overflow which will all be cut by laser so that it will be neat and accurate. The black circles are where I'm thinking of putting the bulkheads, but I'll decide when I have everything infront of me.
That's it for now...I will post pics as I go. Wish me luck!
First off, the first pic shows the tank as is right out of the box when I first got it.
The first part of the project will be to cut out the the box you see outlined in red removing basically the whole black backround only leaving a small border around the sides and the bottom to glue a new back onto which you won't see either the black or the blue sticking out from the sides
.Ever since having my 75gal, I loved the way blue acrylic looked with the shimmer from the metal halides against it and so I'm going back to the blue after giving the black backround a try twice since (Martin's tank convinced me to go back
) However, this time, instead of the back having the odd shape the aquapod comes with limiting space in the back compartment, the backwall will be flat with the overflow cut into the center section to basically drain right onto the pump for my skimmer as well as where my media bag for the carbon will sit. This should also increase surface skimming. I also have some bulkheads and lockine coming in this week (already shipped out from Friday of last week) along with a 150w MH fixture to replace the 70w one I have now so I can put my corals back in. The plan is to put all 3 maxijet 1200's I have now in the back compartment out of view and pump them through the lockline. I will see what that does for flow first before I try anything else and if it is not enough flow (which I'm sure it will be ) I may do an "over the tank" closed loop (hidden of course) to feed a Wavy Sea, but like I said...We'll see first. I don't want to jump the gun.Here's a sketch of the piece being made for me. It's the acrylic back (in blue) with the "teeth" in the center for the overflow which will all be cut by laser so that it will be neat and accurate. The black circles are where I'm thinking of putting the bulkheads, but I'll decide when I have everything infront of me.
That's it for now...I will post pics as I go. Wish me luck!
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