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10-06-2010, 03:08 AM
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Topoff tanka dn mix tank on a high stand right under the living room floor? Plumb into them through a cold air return?
I really approve of the last straw/the first straw mentality. If it IS broke...go bigger! Looking fwd to more. Are you supporting the floor? 
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10-06-2010, 04:29 AM
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I'm not supporting the floor this time around, I did with my 155, and found I didn't need to. This one will be up against a wall, overtop a support wall, probably over a slab where a fireplace used to be. It should be ok.
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10-06-2010, 04:32 AM
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I'm just reading the link to Beananimal system, not sure how that works yet. For that matter, I don't know how Herbies work either, I've always used stockman style, but they do give off some noise.
I was going to drill the bottom, but coast to coast does sound appealing, although that pushes me out from the wall, which I was trying to avoid. Thoughts on internal vs external plumbing??
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10-06-2010, 10:59 PM
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Having that extra space on the side of the tank is great for putting fish stuff on. Very convenient.
Use a herbie or at least durso system. Much quieter. I have glass tops on the 165g and it really reduces my evaporation. Thus I can get away with just a 5 gallon bucket of topoff for the auto topoff system. Easy enough to fill and stick back inside the stand as needed. I find with the glass tops, I only need to top up my ATO bucket once a week or so. My 210g reef, in contrast, evaporates at least 2 or 3 gallons a day. Huge difference. I also love the 24" width of a 90g wide sump, compared to the 18" of a 75g.
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10-06-2010, 11:10 PM
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 for sump width there is a disadvantage to 24" wide as well as benifits. if your stand is 24" wide thats 6" less space to place things infront of it. so lets say he puts a 6" wider stand so there is a ledge around the tank. underneith if there is a 24" wide sump that leaves about 3" of room, if it is a 18" sump then he has about 9" of room to place a Ca reactor, chemicals, tools, ect.. I think now when I do another tank I will take my widest chunk of out of sump equipment and build it to acomadate that. personaly I would make the stand with a front ledge of 8" a back ledge of 2 or 3" and ends about 8" larger also. this would give you 12" of usable room aprox infront of a 18" wide sump which would be able to acomadat almost anything you want to throw under there. Steve
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