[onebadbug]

Ok So i've decided to get back into it after a decade or so away from the end of a disaster.

I Cut the glass for the tank itself today and will hopefully have it edged up before friday and possibly assembled sometime next week if/when time permits in the shop. Dont ask me WHY it is glass... I own a glass shop call it a personal perk.

I've been away from this for so long I have forgotten so many things since. so... if any of you don't mind I would like your expertise on the filtering I am hoping to contain it within and from within from under the tank and inside the caninet.

What I drew below is rough at best for other than the dimensions and not well planned or thouht fully out as of yet.
What would you change?
What would you scrap?
what would you do with it?

Please tear it apart, I need you're suggections.

[onebadbug]

And now a little refining.. I still see a few wrinkles to work through though.

after I ran the glass this morning I remebered how much I hated a 6 foot system... makes it a b**** to do routine cleaning!... Still at 234 galons not including the sump cap. : )

[patrick1234]

what program did u go with for this

[patrick1234]

also alot of ppl will tell you to for get the carbon. of you want to do somthing like carbon go with what is called polyfilter.

[plecosword]

Yeah those are some hifh tech plans!, I like it.

[patrick1234]

is the uv light on the in side or out side

[onebadbug]

Originally Posted by patrick1234

what program did u go with for this

Ermmm... I don't know... When I had the last I just changed the basket once a month and it was cheap to boot and seemed to work well at the time but if it is the same cost and ease of use I won't hesitate trying or using it... Not to mention this setup will be about 1/3 the size in volume of the last one, the last was 540 in the tank and another 300 in the sumos, so see what happens when I get to that point...

Originally Posted by patrick1234

what program did u go with for this

AUTOCAD... I use it at the shop here. I just convert to a jpg for the internet.

Originally Posted by patrick1234

is the uv light on the in side or out side

Inside... and its actually an afterthought only for the fact I have a brand new one never used that I bought for like 10 bucks at a pond store that was going out of buisness... So though I would try amd incorporate it and see if they do anything worthwhile.

Originally Posted by plecosword

Yeah those are some hifh tech plans!, I like it.

Thanks... cant wait to have it ready and fill 'er up!

[aquasalt]

Do you have any pictures of your former tank? What happened to it?

[pogodzib]

For cleaning purposes, I like the 30" DT height much better than the 36" height. I always have a tough time reaching everything near the bottom of the tank in my 220.

In the sump, I would get rid of the drip plate and media. Debris can get trapped in those areas and cause nitrate issues. Instead, I would recommend having a refugium area. I have my sump set up with a refugium area on one end of the sump, my skimmer on the other end, and the return pump in the middle section of the sump.

For your overflow standpipe, most 6' long tanks have 2 drain lines so you can push more water through the system and don't need to worry as much about the single drain line getting plugged. I like the look and space used by coast-to-coast overflows and recommend that you check it out. If I did a custom tank, I'd use them instead of standard overflows. Everyone that I know that use them, love them and say that they wouldn't go back to standard overflows.

I'd keep the carbon as it is never harmful to a tank. It helps keep contaminants and the yellowing of water out of your tank.

[onebadbug]

Originally Posted by aquasalt

Do you have any pictures of your former tank? What happened to it?

It was removed from my possesion by a 140 year old oak tree when it dell on the house in a storm. the only pics that I do have it are some really crappy polaroids from it from when it was only being built... and I haven't seen em in years. If I ever come across them I will definatley scan and post.

Originally Posted by pogodzib

For cleaning purposes, I like the 30" DT height much better than the 36" height. I always have a tough time reaching everything near the bottom of the tank in my 220.

In the sump, I would get rid of the drip plate and media. Debris can get trapped in those areas and cause nitrate issues. Instead, I would recommend having a refugium area. I have my sump set up with a refugium area on one end of the sump, my skimmer on the other end, and the return pump in the middle section of the sump.

For your overflow standpipe, most 6' long tanks have 2 drain lines so you can push more water through the system and don't need to worry as much about the single drain line getting plugged. I like the look and space used by coast-to-coast overflows and recommend that you check it out. If I did a custom tank, I'd use them instead of standard overflows. Everyone that I know that use them, love them and say that they wouldn't go back to standard overflows.

I'd keep the carbon as it is never harmful to a tank. It helps keep contaminants and the yellowing of water out of your tank.

ha I completely changed the build today...
the new dimensions are now 96"L x 26"H x 24" D and the sump will now almost mirror the tank in size... Reason for changing? after I ran all the other glass last night and set it up in mock I realized it was way too rall for EZ maintenance. And I remeber I hated cleaning off a ladder before.

I knew I was going to get out of hand again, especially after I found more cutoffs in the shop hiding around here and there...

Filter and skimming... yes as I am reading I am finding that it seems that I have a few things to cosnider as far as newer technology is concerned... I will have to weigh options with a real fine comb to make the details and holes and such to fit and work... But I can still get the tank built while I investigate....

And forgot I had these burried behind 100 boxes when I was looking for some longer cutoffs...
5/8" thick lami 9' tall 5'wide quarter bows... Scuba anyone?

[plecosword]

wow thats huge. is that the front or back side of glass>?

[onebadbug]

Originally Posted by plecosword

wow thats huge. is that the front or back side of glass>?

Nooo....
not using those in my tank... Just some expensive garbage thats been clogging space in the shop...

Those are a pair of $6,000.00 mistakes for an enclosure I did for a customer last winter.
The Bending facility made them at the wrong radius and reamde the now one per correct specs.
...So here they sit.