Contest #1 Nano - New Rock Work

superduperwesman · #1 11-10-2008, 06:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Chaloupa

WOW! looking good...your sump sure is nice!

Thanks... yeah Steve's pretty good with scraps ahah.. I'm just glad it's super easy access

sphelps · #2 11-10-2008, 01:45 PM

looking good buddy! But is it good enough?

rocketlily · #3 11-10-2008, 06:16 PM

Looks beautiful. Love the stand and built in look.

superduperwesman · #4 11-10-2008, 09:09 PM

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Originally Posted by rocketlily

Looks beautiful. Love the stand and built in look.

Thanks... I'm happy with it so far... I just need to get my rock work figured out now

superduperwesman · #5 11-11-2008, 06:20 AM

So I got some rocks in the tank... only about 4.5lbs in the display but I don't think I'll add anymore cause I kinda like it with lots of open space... I'll try and post some pictures tomorrow

I switched the light bulbs around and the tank seems to be a lot better lit now with the actinic in front... I still might try to lower the light a little later but for now I'm happy

As the stand sinks into the carpet the left had side is just lifting off the ground a touch.. it's not at a risk of tipping over but the floor is already slightly off level so this just adds to the sloped water level inside the tank... so I think I'll have to put a piece of foam or something under the tank portion of the stand to level things out because even if I put the salt and everything in the left lower cupboard it's not enough weight to sink that side into the carpet to level things out

Thankfully the tank is super quite and seems to run at about 82 with the fans off and 80 or less with them on

sphelps · #6 11-11-2008, 02:15 PM

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Originally Posted by superduperwesman

Thankfully the tank is super quite

Told you

superduperwesman · #7 11-11-2008, 10:16 PM

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Originally Posted by sphelps

Told you

Well... I still had to strategically place some filter floss in the overflow and I have to run the sump water level really high so I don't have to hear the water trickle over the 2nd baffle... which makes me wonder if I should add one more baffle so that the pump chamber is separate?? Because with the water level so high cheato could float into the return chamber and clog the pump. Maybe I'll just put some egg crate between the refuge and the pump return?

Here's some pictures to better explain what I mean... hopefully??

Noise Problem... not probelm as below ahah

Current Situation... with new problem

Possible Egg Crate Solution??