My New Frag Tank!

[Wolverine57]

whats the dimensions of the tank?? maybe an mp10?

48" x 30" x 13" I need to see if a MP10 will hold on a 1"

 

[Tonyscoots84]

I dont think it will

 

[pecan2phat]

Mp40 probably won't hold on to 1" tank wall let alone the Mp10.
You will need to go the Tunze route.

 

[motortrendz]

Wow 1" thick? What's it bulletproof? Lol. Yea a tunzi or some sort of closed loop( be creative)

 

[Wolverine57]

Pecan2phat...Tunze was my second choice...or maybe Seaswirl
Bulletproof...ha ha ha yes serious acrylic

 

[nycpassat]

Johnny - mp40 ES

Need more flow! Any suggestion on what PH to use! The thickness is one 1" Putting in the sand this weekend.

 

[Wolverine57]

Tonight I will take one of my MP40's from my DT and see if it will stay on my frag tank!

 

[Wolverine57]

MP40w ES will not stay on!
Now...MP60w ES & Tunze 6155 would work, but this is too much flow for this tank!

 

[Reef Fixations]

If you are comfortable working with acrylic, get some black or blue acrylic about 1/4-3/8" and to the left or right of the overflow make a box in the shape of a typical overflow in a RR tank; glue it in place and make sure it is watertight. it should be slightly higher than the height of the tank so that if your drain gets clogged, it doesn't overflow into the "dry" well. For example, make it 5x5x5 and then you can keep the dry side in the "dry" well and the wetside in the tank and then you won't have to spend more money on an insanely powerful pump.

I don't know if you like the idea but thinking out of the box works sometimes.

Best of luck on your build, it's looking good.

 

[Reef Fixations]

You can even make a 4 sided box that is slightly higher and put it in front of your overflow that way it can be perfectly centered maybe 1" or so off of your overflow drain. You'd just have to glue it to the bottom of the tank.

Another less permanent option would be to glue a bottom on it and weight it down and then you could place it wherever you like, but whatever you choose as a weight would have to be pretty heavy to account for the displacement.

 

[Wolverine57]

Desided to get a Sea swirl 3/4 in Now in another thread Albano mention using the same return. Which I think is a great idea! Question: base on the return pump I'm using, will it be enough for adding the Sea swirl 3/4" IN?

 

[Hecdr34]

If you are comfortable working with acrylic, get some black or blue acrylic about 1/4-3/8" and to the left or right of the overflow make a box in the shape of a typical overflow in a RR tank; glue it in place and make sure it is watertight. it should be slightly higher than the height of the tank so that if your drain gets clogged, it doesn't overflow into the "dry" well. For example, make it 5x5x5 and then you can keep the dry side in the "dry" well and the wetside in the tank and then you won't have to spend more money on an insanely powerful pump.

I don't know if you like the idea but thinking out of the box works sometimes.

Best of luck on your build, it's looking good.

Wow.. That's a great Idea. I would've never thought of something like that.

It's looking great Johnny

 

[Hecdr34]

Any updates Johnny? pics