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Old 07-21-2004, 03:50 AM
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Nice looking tank.

I love nano tanks. I have a 7 gallon bowfront I look after at work. I'm also just setting up a new 2 gallon at home. It will have an Aquaclear 300 on the back as a refugium with 2 7 watt 7200K PC's over it. Haven't decided on the lighting for over the tank yet. Maybe one of the Mini MH pendents coralife is coming out with.

I am also thinking of drilling it for a sump, maybe a 5 gallon. Have to have someplace to put the beckett skimmer.
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Old 07-21-2004, 04:34 PM
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Thanks Dale.

Wow now that is small... maybe I'm in the wrong forum .
I'd love to see some pictures.

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Old 07-22-2004, 12:04 AM
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Nice tank Fish
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Old 07-22-2004, 04:15 PM
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Hey, thanks Quagmire .

I'll try and post some pictures of the external overflow if anyone's interested.

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Old 07-22-2004, 04:46 PM
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Nice tank Fish
Will have to agree. Looking very nice.

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I'll try and post some pictures of the external overflow if anyone's interested.

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Old 07-23-2004, 03:16 PM
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Thanks Muck!

Here's a picture of the overflow just after I put it together:



Here it is running:



And here's a shot of the sump (I've gotta organize all of the electrical cords ):



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Old 07-24-2004, 04:08 PM
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Yes! My father-in-law brought my canopy up today (sorry Chad, the ghetto canopy's gone ).

It is baisically a 1/4" oak box that rests on two rails attached to the back of the stand. The VHO ballast is mounted on the back of the box along with a fan that I added.

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Back of canopy:



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Old 07-24-2004, 05:56 PM
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It just keeps getting better,nice work
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Old 07-25-2004, 05:37 AM
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Wow Chad!

Gorgeous tank! You practice what you preach. I hope my tank looks 1/2 as good when we're finished!
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Old 07-25-2004, 03:00 PM
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Thanks again Quagmire

And Jody, half as good I could handle... but I'm just afraid that your tank will look twice as good .

I've recieved a couple private messages from people asking how I cut the glass for my overflow. I actually have to give credit for the idea to a user on reefcentral named Tunjee who had a thread discussing using a dremmle to cut an overflow.
He cut a bunch of slots in the back of his 20H and the job took him about 8 hours. He used diamond coated dremel bit #7103 to start each hole and then #7134 to grind it out. I am not such a patient man so I cut a single slot 7 inches long and then used a piece of black eggcrate to stop critters from washing over. Because I only had to start one hole I just used bit #7103 to do everything (still have it if anyone wants). When I did it, I laid the tank on its side on my front porch and ran a trickle from the garden hose over the glass being cut to keep it cool. I set the dremmle on high speed and cut through the glass with a sawing motion like I was using a file. It only took about 20 mins and I had no concerns about cracking, it cut so well. I used the same method to cut three 1" bulkheads without any problems. HTH.

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