125gal Tank Project Underway

[ibew]

Originally Posted by ameno
Thanks slowly getting there, TurningTim is setting his tank up with the externial dursco. The way it works is with a dursco (I'm sure you've seen this type that is internial or in a overflow box) you have a pipe with a tee and an elbow turned down and then the pipe continues up with a hole at the top. well with this setup all you have in the tank is the 90 ell. turned down, then on the other side of the bulkhead, outside your tank you do the tee and cap with a hole in it.
is this dursco style easier and cleaner looking than the stockman style if you would have done it differently would you do a dursco

 

[ameno]

yes I would have, there easy to built and there's nothing in your tank but an elbow pointing down. You just have to be sure and get your hole drilled in your tank at the right place, because there's no adjustment for water level.

 

[ibew]

thanks man you have been big help

 

[ameno]

anytime

Hope it works out for ya

 

[turningtim]

As stated I think the issue will be water level, but you could turn the elbow up and then the "U' for the durso. this will bring the water level higher in the tank and could be adjusted. With some creative street elbow use it could be pretty clean. Just don't drill to close to the top or sides......

 

[ameno]

Thanks Tim. Hope you don't mine I've been refering to some of your designs lately, You just have some good ideas and some good picks.

 

[turningtim]

No worries bud! Thats why I'm here!

 

[grubsnaek]

any new pic updates

 

[ameno]

Originally Posted by grubsnaek
any new pic updates
Well I meant to this last weekend, but never got around to it, Things do look a lot different since the last pics. The canopy and stand is starting to come together, I will make sure and post some next week. Since I'm gone during the week the only time I get a chance to do anything is weekend.

 

[ameno]

new Pics

 

[ameno]

I have about half the rock in the tank, the onther half is still in the old tank

 

[grubsnaek]

coming along nicely

 

[ameno]

Thanks Grub, slowly but surely getting there, my goal is to finish the canopy so I can get my lights on, once I do that I can switch everything over to that tank and finish up as I get time.

 

[grubsnaek]

any updates killa

 

[ameno]

been busy buiding the canopy, finished it last weekend,turned out really good. and I'm about to start on the side cabinet next weekend, I'll try and post some picks soon. Hopefully within the next month I'll get the lights, I'm goning with the aquactinics constellation. Hows your tank doing Grub? did you get some stockmans put in?

 

[grubsnaek]

yeah i made them and through them on the frag tank. comeing along sick. the only thing with the frag tank i have a heat issue. i have a 250w heater and the heats staying at 75 degrees. not good so i bought two 50w visi-therm heaters. so that should do the trick.

 

[ameno]

like to see some pics of the frag tank sometime, I'm thinking of doing one once I get this project done, may need some advice, once I get started since I've never set one up before, that is if I can convence the wife I really really need one

 

[grubsnaek]

will send you pics and update my thread 2marrow after the frag swap.

 

[ameno]

here's the canopy, finally got it finished

 

[ameno]

well I'm getting ready to make the big purchase this week, I'll be buy the 72" aquactinics constellation, the auto-top off system controller, aqua lifter pump, the closed loop pump, which I'm looking at the quite one 9000 for that, and the exaust fans for the canopy, does anyone have any recommendations for the fans on this size tank? such as brand, CFM needed.
I was looking at putting to in the back, which is open, have one blowing in on one side and one blowing out on the other.