My 38g Setup (Mega Pics)

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Originally Posted by asmodeus

tank looks really good love the firefish

mike

Thanks Mike! Its slowly getting there. Having a small budget doesn't help the speed of things, but makes you appreciate it That firefish is great. At first he kept under the rocks, but lately he stays out all day. Just hangs around in the same corner, which is fine by me, the colors are amazing to look at.

So today I finally finished off my HOB overflow box. This was the missing peice to setup my sump. I haven't set it up on the tank yet, that will be this weekend project. I'm using a T3 for a return, and even though its has about 6' of head, i'm worried that the 900gph will be a bit much for my overflow to handle, so I will probably T off some of the return back into the sump.

So in case you haven't seen the actual overflow box itself, that link is here.
I made it sometime back, but I slacked on making the rest of it, which I finally got around to this week. Decided to work a Durso in there to keep things quiet as the tank is in the tv room, so silence is of importance. Btw, please excuse the brutal glue job. I'm still working on my acrylic skills. Here is the finished project:

Front View:


Back View:


Overflow Box: You can see the teeth that I milled out on a ramp, which makes a big difference with the water flowing in.



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