Tonyscoots's 120 gallon Wall Unit Tank.. . . .

[Tonyscoots84]

hey guyz im starting a new project on the canopy and side portions of the tank.. wanted to get people input on this...

well as some of you know i got 2 vortechs which at the moment are on the back wall of the tank.. one on the left and one on the right...

my plans are to cut the side wood to open up the sides of the tank and so i can place one vortech on each side opposite sides of each other...

my questions

what would be the best way to cut the sides of the canopy without damaging the whole thing.

and how far away from the front glass and back glass should the pumps be placed for optimal flow... at the moment i have them pulsing.

i think this will look really nice as well considering that the bookshelf next to the canopy will still be enclosed.

thanks in advance guys...

 

[jhale]

Tony is there any space between the tank and cabinets? even a little?

 

[Tonyscoots84]

not even a 1/4"...

 

[bueller]

Hey Tony,

I would roto-zip it. trace your templete on the sides, use put the roto-zip on the lowest rpm's [about 2000 rpm ]. the roto-zip has a adjustable depth coller, just make the depth a hair line over the depth you need, go slow and you should be good.

bueller

 

[Tonyscoots84]

good idea bueller, well if i had a roto zip lol...

 

[nyfireman3097]

I have one tony

 

[pecan2phat]

Tony what is the EXP setting on your camera. The photos come out very dark. Try -.03 You also might want to remove those sprinkler plugs. Looks very unnatural. It will take a long time for a coral to encrust over that plug, and once it does it will look retarded Otherwise things are looking good. I see some nice growth.

Sprinkler plugs :lol: :lol2:

 

[Tonyscoots84]

New Look for my stand and canopy N New fish

A big thanks to my buddy Nick for helping me out today and doing what i intended on doing.. what a day of work ... but it came out great and im really happy with the modifications to the canopy and side bookshelfs..

also got a new fish today 3"-4" blonde naso tang :biggrin:

 

[jhale]

how did you cut the sides out?

it looks great, now you have more viewing area.

what happened to covering the overflow :scratchch you got to used to it didn't you

 

[bueller]

I'm curious too... looks great!

Bueller

 

[nyfireman3097]

No prob tony looks sweet happy to see you finished it all today instead of letting it sit there like my tank lol

 

[Tonyscoots84]

thanks guyz... seems like no 1 cares about this tank no more.. i guess this thread has been seen to many times lmao..

J i (i mean nick) used a jig saw to cut the wood lol came out great thanks to nick...

nick what you mean ur tank is sitten there we been upgrading alot of things all u got left is the front panel thanks again man

 

[noodleman]

dory i cheating on nemo with flounder

 

[Deanos]

seems like no 1 cares about this tank no more..

Are the frags getting smaller?

http://www.manhattanreefs.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=31584&stc=1&d=1196749939

 

[Tonyscoots84]

dean remind me to bring your clown shoes to the swap :biggrin: ohhh and ur red fluffy nose :lol2: those are all pieces that broke when rearranging things :thanks: for the concern

 

[Tonyscoots84]

This past month these are New Additions for my tank and new things i have done

Upgraded the 2 tunzes to 2 vortechs

cut out boxes in the wood so i can see the tank from 3 sides

Got phosphates down to .01 with blue life drops :biggrin: and running phosar

Added

- hawain male blonde naso tang 4"
- Kole Tang 3"
- Rainbow monti
- sunset monti
- 3 diff. types of milles (nick know the names)
- green/brown birdnest
- green polyp birdnest
- ORA Blue Tort

Next on the list alot of really nice sps :biggrin: (waiting it out sucks)

pics will come when they are adjusted to the tank :biggrin:

What i plan on doing next is removing the overflow box and doing a direct line to the sump with the elbows inside the tank.. there will be 2 strainers to get a better surface skim

 

[jhale]

Tony, I don't like elbows and strainers inside the tank. It's too easy for algae to grow over the strainers and block the water. If it happens when your gone then you get a flood. if you do it, use the thick gutter guard instead of the strainers, it has wider openings, won't get blocked and will keep the fish and inverts out.

 

[Tonyscoots84]

who wants to see some pictures?

 

[nanoreefer22]

Me please...and it better be today

 

[pecan2phat]

Yeah.......................

Show us some pics