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DSophia
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I designed and built this myself because I couldn't find anything on the market even close to what I was looking for. Although I'm very happy with how it turned out and the macro seem to agree.
The inlet is split to both side chambers and then angled down to create even flow and mixture. Then pours evenly over the inner panels and falls toward the back corners about half an inch which creates just the right amount of rolling current for what I wanted to grow. This also evenly circulates the water to the bottom and back up towards the drain. The drain is a 5" slit in the center back of the tank that drains to a box and 3/4" tubing that dumps back into the DT. I designed the drain last, I wanted it to be silent and efficiently skim the surface water. It was kind of a gamble but works beautifully.
The inlet is split to both side chambers and then angled down to create even flow and mixture. Then pours evenly over the inner panels and falls toward the back corners about half an inch which creates just the right amount of rolling current for what I wanted to grow. This also evenly circulates the water to the bottom and back up towards the drain. The drain is a 5" slit in the center back of the tank that drains to a box and 3/4" tubing that dumps back into the DT. I designed the drain last, I wanted it to be silent and efficiently skim the surface water. It was kind of a gamble but works beautifully.
StirCrayzy
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Great work ! I'm impressed .
How long has it been running? Is it tough to clean?
How long has it been running? Is it tough to clean?
I'm with Choff. It looks like I was looking at the lid lift handle. My bad LOL!
DSophia
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I just posted a few pics of the DT this is connected to.
http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/reef-chronicles/93098-cube-dt.html#post1275969
http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/reef-chronicles/93098-cube-dt.html#post1275969
sirrealism
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Thats fantastic. Looks great. I would love to see a big display tank set up like that. Something like 6' 150g. I made a post in your other thread before seeing this one where i suggested you do something to feed your mandarin. If you could get a good supply of pods to get you started the fug would help keep there population up for the mandarin.
DSophia
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Sorry guys, I don't get notifications on here.
The DT and fuge are running like a dream. Pods, feather dusters, and stomatella snails are reproducing daily but arent over populating the DT because of the drain design.
That mandarin goby is the sole reason I decided to build this thing, lol. While it was establishing he got a little thin, but is now fatter than my valentini puffer. I've also thrown a few SPS in the DT a few weeks ago that are doing great. I've noticed the efficiency of a refugium on a system largely impacts the DT. My tank is only three months old and is behaving like its been years.
Thanks for checking in!
The DT and fuge are running like a dream. Pods, feather dusters, and stomatella snails are reproducing daily but arent over populating the DT because of the drain design.
That mandarin goby is the sole reason I decided to build this thing, lol. While it was establishing he got a little thin, but is now fatter than my valentini puffer. I've also thrown a few SPS in the DT a few weeks ago that are doing great. I've noticed the efficiency of a refugium on a system largely impacts the DT. My tank is only three months old and is behaving like its been years.
Thanks for checking in!
Billerbong
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Wow! Such a cool design!