Asylumdown's 275 Tank build

[Zoaelite]

I can't believe I missed this build until now, absolutely stunning so far, I'm stoked to see it filled with water!

Have you finalized on internal overflows yet? My biggest relief on my new tank was finally getting rid of my little bastard of an internal overflow. They are bulky, take up space and are a nightmare when it comes to maintenance (leaky bulk heads, fish overflowing in, ect...).

Another major problem you run into with side internals is that they block valuable aquascape and swimming room.

In the amendment below the red areas are places you wont see when you look at the tank, yellow is area of high flow and blue is your flow pattern.



By having your internals placed as such your loosing a whack load of valuable real-estate, another problem with placing them there is the final placement of your MP40W's. When you confine the MP40W's to a small water foot print (with the overflow box and the rear/front tank wall on either side) it restricts the amount of water that can be drawn into the pump decreasing there efficiency.

If your set on internals you could do this:


Or if you really want to shake it up and go external you could coast to coast it like this:


I will post on the radions after I eat supper, quick overview though: GET THEM! .

[lastlight]

I'm pretty sure your proposed overflow boxes would be blocking a visible pane. Maybe I'm not reading his drawings right but this thing is viewable on two sides is it not?

[Zoaelite]

Originally Posted by lastlight

I'm pretty sure your proposed overflow boxes would be blocking a visible pane. Maybe I'm not reading his drawings right but this thing is viewable on two sides is it not?

Gah, sorry I thought it was like this with one single viewing pane.


If that's not the case ignore all my crazy ranting please haha .