diy acrylic overflow on glass?
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sleasia
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one of my 7 yr old twins did the whiter large star one and I like that much better for some reason than the ones I did which are the greener ones....they always out glaze me.
Had a little crisis ...I discovered the heat isn't working. I turned it on because the last two nights were very cold and I was afraid the tank water would drop too low at night....so I actually put sleeping bags over the tank and aimed a space heater at it and in addition dropped in another tank heater while waiting for pseg to come figure out the problem. Wierdly enough this all worked fine and the temp stayed around 74-76,
Had a little crisis ...I discovered the heat isn't working. I turned it on because the last two nights were very cold and I was afraid the tank water would drop too low at night....so I actually put sleeping bags over the tank and aimed a space heater at it and in addition dropped in another tank heater while waiting for pseg to come figure out the problem. Wierdly enough this all worked fine and the temp stayed around 74-76,
bojik
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Originally Posted by sleasia
one of my 7 yr old twins did the whiter large star one and I like that much better for some reason than the ones I did which are the greener ones....they always out glaze me.
Had a little crisis ...I discovered the heat isn't working. I turned it on because the last two nights were very cold and I was afraid the tank water would drop too low at night....so I actually put sleeping bags over the tank and aimed a space heater at it and in addition dropped in another tank heater while waiting for pseg to come figure out the problem. Wierdly enough this all worked fine and the temp stayed around 74-76,
Nice tiles all the same
Be carefull too much of a temp variance (specially with directed heat/cold) might crack the tank over time. (if glass) Hope yo ucan get the heat fixed soon. Ac/heat going out is always a pain to get fixed.
one of my 7 yr old twins did the whiter large star one and I like that much better for some reason than the ones I did which are the greener ones....they always out glaze me.
Had a little crisis ...I discovered the heat isn't working. I turned it on because the last two nights were very cold and I was afraid the tank water would drop too low at night....so I actually put sleeping bags over the tank and aimed a space heater at it and in addition dropped in another tank heater while waiting for pseg to come figure out the problem. Wierdly enough this all worked fine and the temp stayed around 74-76,
Nice tiles all the same
Be carefull too much of a temp variance (specially with directed heat/cold) might crack the tank over time. (if glass) Hope yo ucan get the heat fixed soon. Ac/heat going out is always a pain to get fixed.
crox
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Originally Posted by sleasia
If they do go on...I think they probably need to be in some type of molding frame like pictured with the larger whiter star tile...The other thing I can do with them is have them on the boxes I will have to build to project the pendant halides out and off of the wall a bit above the tank. They may be less conspicuous above the tank....I will probably use 3 white pendant halides to light the tank and hide their ballasts behind the wall in the laundry room.
Yes you should put a frame around them and I believe you should paint them blue and red!!
If they do go on...I think they probably need to be in some type of molding frame like pictured with the larger whiter star tile...The other thing I can do with them is have them on the boxes I will have to build to project the pendant halides out and off of the wall a bit above the tank. They may be less conspicuous above the tank....I will probably use 3 white pendant halides to light the tank and hide their ballasts behind the wall in the laundry room.
Yes you should put a frame around them and I believe you should paint them blue and red!!
crox
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Originally Posted by sleasia
one of my 7 yr old twins did the whiter large star one and I like that much better for some reason than the ones I did which are the greener ones....they always out glaze me.
Had a little crisis ...I discovered the heat isn't working. I turned it on because the last two nights were very cold and I was afraid the tank water would drop too low at night....so I actually put sleeping bags over the tank and aimed a space heater at it and in addition dropped in another tank heater while waiting for pseg to come figure out the problem. Wierdly enough this all worked fine and the temp stayed around 74-76,
You should always carry extra heaters!!!!
one of my 7 yr old twins did the whiter large star one and I like that much better for some reason than the ones I did which are the greener ones....they always out glaze me.
Had a little crisis ...I discovered the heat isn't working. I turned it on because the last two nights were very cold and I was afraid the tank water would drop too low at night....so I actually put sleeping bags over the tank and aimed a space heater at it and in addition dropped in another tank heater while waiting for pseg to come figure out the problem. Wierdly enough this all worked fine and the temp stayed around 74-76,
You should always carry extra heaters!!!!
sleasia
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Heats fixed...it was a blown ?on off switch? or something simple to replace...(or more likely it all happened because I didn't know you have to change the furnace filter every month....its been in about a year!!!unchanged!!!) so guess where I am going...to buy some extra heaters!.
I don't think I am going to use the tiles, they suck. the stand looks better without them.
I don't think I am going to use the tiles, they suck. the stand looks better without them.
sleasia
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well the good old sleeping bags worked! And I slept on the couch near the tank all night to periodically check the temp...everyone is fine it only went down to 76, now its up to 80 again....no casualties....and now I have a few extra aquarium heaters and a million extra furnace filters....
bojik
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Originally Posted by sleasia
Heats fixed...it was a blown ?on off switch? or something simple to replace...(or more likely it all happened because I didn't know you have to change the furnace filter every month....its been in about a year!!!unchanged!!!) so guess where I am going...to buy some extra heaters!.
I don't think I am going to use the tiles, they suck. the stand looks better without them.
month to 1.5 months is normal. The tiles are nice perhaps use them for somethign else?
Heats fixed...it was a blown ?on off switch? or something simple to replace...(or more likely it all happened because I didn't know you have to change the furnace filter every month....its been in about a year!!!unchanged!!!) so guess where I am going...to buy some extra heaters!.
I don't think I am going to use the tiles, they suck. the stand looks better without them.
month to 1.5 months is normal. The tiles are nice perhaps use them for somethign else?
sleasia
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OK...here is the problem. Now I am getting scared of glass....there seems to have been alot of threads of tanks or glass sumps cracking?!...there is ongoing debate over what to sit glass tanks on, foam or no foam...and I was sorry to see some nasty bashing...Is it really safe to load a glass tank with sand and live rock, the amount needed for a reef system?
sleasia
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Ok ...thanks guys...for some reason I didn't get notice of your replies which is why I'm late responding....You guys all know what you are doing and I do not which is probably why I began losing confidence, or maybe I got to a burn out point....I removed all the family room carpet myself to save money, and was going to paint the whole room myself, but the walls are so high that in the end I found a handyman to help with a high ladder. Then everything got finished and the room looks soooo great? I got worried about the tank cracking, and flooding the room....then I began thinking too much, maybe I should plumb this tank to the basement too? Now I know that plumbing to the basement is such a beautiful thing!!!! But how?...maybe I should have put the over flow on the other side of the tank, and go through the wall and down to the basement, maybe I should leave it where it is and go straight back through the back wall and into the laundry room and just keep the sump in there, or maybe come down and through the door of the stand and put the sump under the stand? So I stopped dead for awhile trying to think of what would be best.....Then a tree fell in the yard from a storm and I had to deal with that. so finally, I got some help carrying this tank in from the garage...All I can say is wow!!! I'm getting my nerve back again....but what should I do about all my plumbing confusion?
sleasia
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I drew lines to try and show the 3 possibilities for running the plumbing.
1. put the overflow on the left side and go through the wall and under the kitchen floor to the basement.
2.go out and then back through the back wall and into the laundry room. then just keep the sump in there
3. go out and down and then through the door of the stand and into an under the stand sump.....
1. put the overflow on the left side and go through the wall and under the kitchen floor to the basement.
2.go out and then back through the back wall and into the laundry room. then just keep the sump in there
3. go out and down and then through the door of the stand and into an under the stand sump.....
