Took a bunch of pictures of our "build"
cutting the glass....with a tile saw.....with a pretty dull blade
working in the mess, man that stand looks rusty <gets out the spray paint>
putting in the overflow
tank is lying on its "back" as the overflow sets, view from the side
We ran into a difficulty; the Euroreef was too tall to fit under the stand in the sump. We ended up putting the sump behind the tank so we would not have to modify the skimmer to work out of sump (don't really know how at this point
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And some plumbing pics:
I used crafters mesh to make a little circle deal to ensure fish and snails don't get into the sump. This is more a temporary measure until I find an option I like better.
I could use light diffuser, but I think that the overflow is going to look very ugly once it gets coated in the inevitable algae and I'd like the snails to have free rein to munch it. Most of my fish could fit through light diffuser anyway. Also covered the seio's in it for now as I expect the anemone when placed will move and I'd like to avoid accidents.
I probably put in too many ball valves, but hey if I ever want anything turned off, it'll be off by golly!
view from the top at the back looking down on the sump
T-d off a little valve that I can attach a length of vinyl pipe to if I desire to pump water out of the tank sans bucket
the contraption we made to reduce "possible" noise
beginnings of a power centre