king_neptune
Active Member
I give you....Neptune's Rim!!( *** Come on
-Sep)*patent pending
Doesn't look like much but look closer:
And better yet:
That's right, surface skimming for poor people! I get the whole length of the tank for a few bucks in PVC! Right now it is just a demo and this isn't the final product, but you can see where I'm going with this
It doesn't waste precious real estate in the tank, yet it gives me up to 2600GPH over flow since I'm using 2x1.5" lines. It will draw evenly since its pulling from both sides. Larger pipes=larger flow, or smaller,whatever you prefer. If someone wants they can add a third line in the middle...or whatever, I just chose two since I feel this will give me considerable surface skimming.
Oh and the reason I have it so far from the back of the tank is because I want to fit my foam wall build behind it.
I'm trying to figure a way to cut a straight line but 3x-5x as thick. The size of the saw blade isn't thick enough...and if I try to give a small twist and run it through again:
As you can see, I cant do it with just a table saw, but pops has a whole wood working shop so I'm sure there is a tool in there that can do it. But right now hes asleep so Ill have to wait till morning.
This is just demo to show you all what I had in mind all along. Ill get it tweaked and spend the next week running it with fresh water till I determine the proper size of the slit.
Waddaya think?
Right now I'm trying to come up with a good screen or something to cover it...I don't want small fish swimming in. Any thoughts or comments?
Doesn't look like much but look closer:
And better yet:
That's right, surface skimming for poor people! I get the whole length of the tank for a few bucks in PVC! Right now it is just a demo and this isn't the final product, but you can see where I'm going with this
It doesn't waste precious real estate in the tank, yet it gives me up to 2600GPH over flow since I'm using 2x1.5" lines. It will draw evenly since its pulling from both sides. Larger pipes=larger flow, or smaller,whatever you prefer. If someone wants they can add a third line in the middle...or whatever, I just chose two since I feel this will give me considerable surface skimming.
Oh and the reason I have it so far from the back of the tank is because I want to fit my foam wall build behind it.
I'm trying to figure a way to cut a straight line but 3x-5x as thick. The size of the saw blade isn't thick enough...and if I try to give a small twist and run it through again:
As you can see, I cant do it with just a table saw, but pops has a whole wood working shop so I'm sure there is a tool in there that can do it. But right now hes asleep so Ill have to wait till morning.
This is just demo to show you all what I had in mind all along. Ill get it tweaked and spend the next week running it with fresh water till I determine the proper size of the slit.
Waddaya think?
Right now I'm trying to come up with a good screen or something to cover it...I don't want small fish swimming in. Any thoughts or comments?
