my 90g braceless/framless tank!! 36x24x24"

[JFK_Jr]

Don't forget the rubber shower pan lining from Home depot for the floor of your stand.

Looks Sweet... very nice work...

[tbittner]

Just curious but what is on the other side of the wall behind the tank?

[tigerarmy90]

thanks for the links guys! I have contacted them both with some drawing of what I think i want and they are both checking into it for me!!! ah, it feels good to ge some feedback on sumps! I have been looking around for quite a while! just in all the wrong places

as far as running the co2 tank outside the stand I have been thinking about this alot, I have a closet close to the tank that has been awarded the name of the "random equipment closet" by my wife. I was think I could do the auto top off res and entire ca reactor in the closet so I could free up some room under the stand. I would have to run the lines under the door and they would be viewable but man would it make some room. I am going to be feed the ca reactor with a prerristaltic pump so I think it will push the water the distance to the reactor through it and back to the sump. I was considering doing the same for the top off and having it controlled by a acjr. anyone doing this for top off?

terry~the wife wanted me to tell you that the walls are strictly off limits

[tigerarmy90]

Originally Posted by JFK_Jr

Don't forget the rubber shower pan lining from Home depot for the floor of your stand.

Looks Sweet... very nice work...

thank you sir! "like a tiger"

[Frankie]

I really like the tank a lot. Great job on the stand and hood. The lighting is awesome also.
How about building a separate cabinet for all the equipment and just use the stand for the sump only?

[tbittner]

Originally Posted by tigerarmy90

terry~the wife wanted me to tell you that the walls are strictly off limits

Well, it was worth a shot!

[tigerarmy90]

def worth a shot, she just isnt giving up an entire room to the tank unless I buy a larger house!!! lol

So I have one of the guys from the first link for acrylic sumps and he has been really helpful! I showed him a few of the drawings that I had and he came up with something that I think is going to work...its going to be tight in the sump but it may just do the job!!! let me know what you thinka nd if I should make any adjustments before ordering it

its 24x18x16 and has room for my skimmer wich has a footprint of 18x8. I will still be adding a filter sock and nracket for acjr probes

[boozeman]

[BigAl07]

I like to look of that drawing. Can't wait to see the actual finished product

[tbittner]

Which compartment is which? Is the top/right compartment where the water comes into it and is also the skimmer compartment? And then the bottom/left compartment is a fuge? And the top/left is the return?

In any event, I would think you would want the teeth more towards the outside edge so the water had a little more dwell time, wouldn't you?

Is that a Euro brace around the top edge? Will that give you enough room to still allow you to get the skimmer into it?

[boozeman]

to the right is the skimmer compartment...the skimmer feeds the fuge (top left)which dripps into the return area(bottom left)...compact but good design.

[BigAl07]

Thanks for the explanation booze.. I've looked at it and that's what I was "thinking" but wasn't sure. Now I know.

Good design

[tigerarmy90]

with this design I can actually go either way, and I was thinking that when I drew it up. I could do what you guys have laready figured out and have a larger return section for any misshaps that may arise or I could go with the bottom left being the skimmer and main input with the top left being the fuge with its own feed line and have the right section be the return that way the fuge feeds in before the bubble trap and stops any bubbles from getting through! wich do you guys think will be more effective?

[tigerarmy90]

Originally Posted by tbittner

Which compartment is which? Is the top/right compartment where the water comes into it and is also the skimmer compartment? And then the bottom/left compartment is a fuge? And the top/left is the return?

I guess I could have labled the sections, lol

In any event, I would think you would want the teeth more towards the outside edge so the water had a little more dwell time, wouldn't you?

Is that a Euro brace around the top edge? Will that give you enough room to still allow you to get the skimmer into it?

the euro bracing is something Im looking at doing away with, I dont really know if its going to make too much of a difference on such a compact deisgn.

[BigAl07]

That's very true. I totally missed the Euro-bracing. Maybe instead or eliminating it totally just reducing it. I have noticed acrylic sagging over time with constant water pressure on it over a span of say 16"+ and the euro bracing would help that. Also like Terry said, move the teeth section further away from the actual bubble traps to allow more dwell time and increase the systems efficiency.