Booms cube-80

JDigital · #1 01-04-2009, 11:45 PM

Sweet tank man!! Looks fantastic!

Your gonna need a ladder to do any maintenance tho!

Boomboy · #2 01-05-2009, 12:44 AM

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Originally Posted by JDigital

Sweet tank man!! Looks fantastic!

Your gonna need a ladder to do any maintenance tho!

i know what you mean i cant even get my arm in without a step stool. but man it going to be sweet.

on a side note, im building my sump and im not sure what water level to put my skimmer at, the book says 6"-8" but what is the best anyone else that has a vertex100 can let me know. or what works for other people. this is my first time with an in sump skimmer.

Skimmerking · #3 01-05-2009, 12:58 AM

make your baffles to the height of 8" then you can always add a piece of plastic in there to rise it up. that is the standard for alot of the skimmers

fishytime · #4 01-05-2009, 01:27 AM

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Originally Posted by asmodeus

make your baffles to the height of 8" then you can always add a piece of plastic in there to rise it up. that is the standard for alot of the skimmers

I would go the other route. Make the baffles 10" to increase the volume of water in the skimmer compartment and lift the skimmer up. I used a shelf made from eggcrate with a few blobs of silicone to dampen vibration.

Boomboy · #5 01-05-2009, 03:31 AM

well ive got plenty of eggcrate, so i think i will make it 10". id rather have more water volume too, more room for error every little bit counts.

Boomboy · #6 01-05-2009, 03:32 AM

anyone know of any good sites for DIY rock. i want a certain look in the tank, but i dont think i will find all the right piece of rock that i want. and BRS is all sold out.

fishytime · #7 01-05-2009, 03:54 AM

Perhaps I should mention-make sure you have enough hieght to get the collection cup off the skimmer body after it is lifted.

Boomboy · #8 01-05-2009, 05:09 AM

i have more than enough, i probably could have 2 skimmers on top of each other. i wanted my stand to be a showcase tank, so that you dont have to bend over to look into the tank. its 40 " tall. ive got plently of room. thanks for the heads up though.

Mrfish55 · #9 01-05-2009, 04:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Boomboy

anyone know of any good sites for DIY rock. i want a certain look in the tank, but i dont think i will find all the right piece of rock that i want. and BRS is all sold out.

I think some of the best man made rock comes from GARF, here is a link to the how to http://www.garf.org/class.html#mold

Boomboy · #10 01-05-2009, 05:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Mrfish55

I think some of the best man made rock comes from GARF, here is a link to the how to http://www.garf.org/class.html#mold

thanks appreciate it