68G cube becomes a 95G Reef :)

GreenSpottedPuffer · #1 12-04-2008, 05:17 PM

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Originally Posted by superduperwesman

Dang your place is sexy... what's the deal??? What kinda place is that. Concrete floors concrete walls. I really like it!

Yeah its a Loft style Condo building designed by a European Designer to be artist live/work spaces. They have since opened it up to anyone but originally meant for artists only from what I have heard. The main entrance and hallways (outside my place) are HUGE and open and were set up to be an art gallery to host events. The most common question is "when are the floors going to be finished?"

This is what the building looks like...

Front Entrance

Outside

tang daddy · #2 12-04-2008, 08:02 PM

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Originally Posted by GreenSpottedPuffer

Yeah its a Loft style Condo building designed by a European Designer to be artist live/work spaces. They have since opened it up to anyone but originally meant for artists only from what I have heard. The main entrance and hallways (outside my place) are HUGE and open and were set up to be an art gallery to host events. The most common question is "when are the floors going to be finished?"

This is what the building looks like...

Front Entrance

Outside

Nice pad man, do you live right beside burger king......
No worries not trying to stalk you or anything just looks familiar I use to work down the street and had lunches at BK all the time I remember looking at the place thinking this would be nice to live in someday.....

GreenSpottedPuffer · #3 12-04-2008, 09:07 PM

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Originally Posted by tang daddy

Nice pad man, do you live right beside burger king......
No worries not trying to stalk you or anything just looks familiar I use to work down the street and had lunches at BK all the time I remember looking at the place thinking this would be nice to live in someday.....

I am right beside Wendy's on 8th ave. near Broadway and Cambie.

Did it used to be Burger King?

GreenSpottedPuffer · #4 12-04-2008, 09:30 PM

SO I think the decision has pretty much been made...the FOWLR is being taken down. I have a few good homes for some of the fish and will find homes for the rest.

The tank is not going though...it will be the sump for the 68G. Sounds confusing right?

Its 6' long and the 68G is 2.5" long (or wide).

Well I am going to draw up some plans and I will post them tonight. Basically the 68G is going where the 130 is now as a room divider. The stand will be 6' long but the tank will only take the the left side. The rest will be a bar that faces the TV. So it will be a 68G display with a 130G sump/refugium. I think the 130G will be divided up so that 4' of it is a refugium with a bunch of LR. In this section I will most likely keep one of my puffers! I can't imagine not owning a puffer! I just have to decide which one stays. Actually two will stay. My Green Spotted Puffer will be living in the fuge for sure as well. Then its between the Burrfish and Dogface. Man...how can I make that choice???

Drawings to come.

I do have to still drill the 68G with another hole because I need to be able to set up the herbie drains.

How hard is it to drill a tank?

GreenSpottedPuffer · #5 12-04-2008, 10:37 PM

This is the new design with the 68G with 130G sump. Beside the tank is a bar/table with viewable refugium below (about 3.5' will be viewable) through a sheet of removable acrylic. The area where you see the plumbing behind the tank is actually partly against a wall and party in a little alcove. It hides the plumbing perfectly and also fits a brute garbage can perfectly for auto top off. This all faces into the room and right at the TV. The only thing I don't like is that there is no room to put your feet under the table but the stools I have already have foot rests. Plus I doubt it will actually get used all that much

Boomboy · #6 12-04-2008, 11:52 PM

if you put the refugium before the skimmer, wont the skimmer take all the pods and everything out before they hit the tank?? just curious thought it was best the other way around.

tang daddy · #7 12-05-2008, 12:09 AM

Hahaa I meant Wendy's not BK must have been sniffing too much skimmate and after I saw your post in the equiptment section to confirm that yes it is. I think the new set up will be pretty cosher it already looks pretty neat that you can combine the 2 together. btw pm sent

GreenSpottedPuffer · #8 12-05-2008, 12:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Boomboy

if you put the refugium before the skimmer, wont the skimmer take all the pods and everything out before they hit the tank?? just curious thought it was best the other way around.

I don't know but I have done it this way many times and it seemed fine. Pods are not likely to go over the baffles anyways and get to the skimmer. Especially in a 4' refugium. I didn't draw it since that was a quick 5 minute drawing but only half the drain goes to the far end and the rest goes straight to the skimmer. This is how I have set up all my tanks pretty much and been fine.

Pan · #9 12-05-2008, 01:15 AM

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Originally Posted by GreenSpottedPuffer

This is the new design with the 68G with 130G sump. Beside the tank is a bar/table with viewable refugium below (about 3.5' will be viewable) through a sheet of removable acrylic. The area where you see the plumbing behind the tank is actually partly against a wall and party in a little alcove. It hides the plumbing perfectly and also fits a brute garbage can perfectly for auto top off. This all faces into the room and right at the TV. The only thing I don't like is that there is no room to put your feet under the table but the stools I have already have foot rests. Plus I doubt it will actually get used all that much

Put in some more baffles, have the refugium seperate, have a big skimmer section, have the return in the middle. Have the drain go into both the skimmer section and refugium...then drain to the middle for return.

Here is a link to, I think, a nice design.
http://www.melevsreef.com/acrylics/sumps/f/sump_f.html

GreenSpottedPuffer · #10 12-05-2008, 01:35 AM

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Originally Posted by 'Ol Nobodaddy

Put in some more baffles, have the refugium seperate, have a big skimmer section, have the return in the middle. Have the drain go into both the skimmer section and refugium...then drain to the middle for return.

Here is a link to, I think, a nice design.
http://www.melevsreef.com/acrylics/sumps/f/sump_f.html

Sounds like a plan. To be honest that drawing was not a real plan for the sump, just a quick sketch to show where the refugium will be. I am set on keeping the fuge 4' long though because I am keeping one of my puffers in there for now. Plus aesthetically for viewing it needs to be 4' give or take.

Your idea with the return in the middle will work perfectly though. Thanks.