10g bowfront tank/34g cube

[fishoholic]

Originally Posted by lastlight

Geez if it was only 2 trips total my wife wouldn't mind tagging along. The family likes to come to 'the wood store' as the kids call it with me but if it's plumbing she refuses to come along anymore!

It's time-consuming and I usually return 2 or 3 times:

1- staring blankly at the parts on the shelf
2- sifting through mixed up bins
3- creating new ways to get from A to B when they are missing that key piece
4- consulting your drawing you brought
5- hunting down a sales guy to cut some hose if needed
6- laying parts out on the floor like a weirdo
7- staring blankly (again) at the parts on the shelf

Wow that sounds very familiar....let's see

1- check
2- check
3- check
4- didn't make a drawing, so this we didn't do
5- check
6- check
7- check

[Ross]

I didnt realize that people were cutting pipes with a saw.



I picked one of these up ages ago, and they work great! Not as slick as a powered version, but it was only $10.

I think it was from Princess Auto, but Totem and I imagine Home Depot, Rona, etc would all have them.

[Delphinus]

If you had a few dozen cuts of 1.5" and 2" pipe though, you'd switch to a chopsaw too.

But I agree the hand cutters trump a hacksaw.

[fishoholic]

Finished the all important egg create on top of the overflow (however I'm sure the little gobies who will first be living in this tank will find their way though )


Made some egg create stands. One for the pump to sit on (hose for the pump was a few inches to short to reach the bottom)


one for the skimmer


skimmer taking a vinegar bath

[fishoholic]

Did a power out situation (I don't have the loc-line pieces I need to raise the water level higher) to make sure the sump wouldn't over flow, needless to say I have an inch to spare, cutting it close though.

[fishoholic]

Added salt


Which raised the water level a lot more then I thought it would. The black line is where the water level was, and I drew an arrow to show where the level rose to.

[lastlight]

Looks nice it's coming together! Is that a marineland tank? looks like it... they're nice.

As for the stand for the return pump... I've plumbed my last 2 tanks with the return pump dangling from the piping so the bottom doesn't touch the glass. Helped a lot with noise levels on my eheim 1262 and well... my current laguna pond pump doesn't have a flat base anyways lol.