Randi's Bedroom Tank

[karazy]

Randi, talk to Colby at elite aquatics. he might be able to get them in for you (no promises)

[Rbacchiega]

will do.

This is going to be an uber-long build process. With the economy crunch there's not many tattoos to do and the money I make from tattooing is what I use to fund the tanks. That might have to change though LOL

[GreenSpottedPuffer]

Man...I wish I had a sump closet. Well I really want a sump ROOM but I would gladly settle for a closet with selves at this point. I am trying to cram soooo much crap under my stand right now.

[Rbacchiega]

Initially I was just going to get a longer stand built (4 feet long for a 3 foot tank) and then have a long, narrow sump - ie 55 gallon long. Then have frag tanks seperate.

It wasn't until I started reading a thread on RC where the guy's sump etc is accross his house (all plumbing run through a crawl space). His tank is in the living room and his sump etc is in the Garage. Anyways, I really like the idea of having a multi tank system and the thread got me thinking. I don't use the closet where I plan on storing everything, well, except for storing crap I never use. So it clicked.

[GreenSpottedPuffer]

Originally Posted by Rbacchiega

Initially I was just going to get a longer stand built (4 feet long for a 3 foot tank) and then have a long, narrow sump - ie 55 gallon long. Then have frag tanks seperate.

It wasn't until I started reading a thread on RC where the guy's sump etc is accross his house (all plumbing run through a crawl space). His tank is in the living room and his sump etc is in the Garage. Anyways, I really like the idea of having a multi tank system and the thread got me thinking. I don't use the closet where I plan on storing everything, well, except for storing crap I never use. So it clicked.

Yeah I like those kind of set ups too kind of. The problem for me is I live in a condo and can't run pipes through the walls or under the floor. Its all concrete anyways, so wouldn't be possible even if I was allowed. I bet the strada council would be quite confused if I even asked them for permission to try it

[Rbacchiega]

first snag and I havn't even gotten started.

I'd imagine that 10 gallons are horribly difficult to drill because they are so thin. The solution? Suck it up. Keep the 10 gallons in storage and just get a 20 gallon (30 gallon?) breeder type tank drilled.

In simple terms...

Water goes through overflow in tank directly to the sump. From there it will go through a skimmer section, bubble breaker etc and head to the Baracuda. The return line from the baracuda will be T'd off with some heading straight back into the tank and the other heading up to the frag tank. The frag tank will then drain straight back down to the sump. Frag tank will be on the middle shelf.

As far as I can tell, and I may be completely wrong, but when balling you just need three tanks or jugs whatever but they don't need to be tied directly into the system (Correct me if I'm wrong?). These will be on the bottom shelf.

The top shelf will be used for holding all the dosing stuff. Keep it neat and accessable but out of the way.

[fishytime]

Well this tank has certainly evolved into something a little more than the simple bedroom tank you billed it as.