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#21
Posted 23 February 2011 - 09:01 PM
#22
Posted 23 February 2011 - 09:18 PM
Yes it will, I have never had a problem.
I agree with this, a wier is great and surface skimming is important and this overflow skims the surface look at "A" on the sketch, I added 3 inch adapter to the top of section "A" on the sketch to increase the surface area, if you are on a tight budget this overflow is the go, also there is no need to drill the tank, the only down turn to this is that you have a pipe inside the tank. A wier looks much better.
#23
Posted 23 February 2011 - 09:26 PM
#24
Posted 23 February 2011 - 09:32 PM
I agree, I will be replacing my tank in a month or two and will definitely be getting one with a wier.
I will still use this setup in my fresh water breeding setups though, because it is cheaper and I can customize them for the duty. You just need a sponge over the "A" pipe
#25
Posted 23 February 2011 - 09:59 PM
im going to have to weigh up whether i can afford a weir. unfortunately i realized today ill have to change 6 of my t5 tubes =[
and iv gotta get the skimmer as well
if i have the spare cash i'll grab a weir. or maybe i might just set one of those diy ones up for now just to get things running and change later. should be easy enough i still have at least a couple of months before i'll even be thinking about adding fish.
where can i get a good reliable weir when the time comes?
#26
Posted 23 February 2011 - 10:11 PM
If you read the link i posted you will find out what im talking about.
#27
Posted 23 February 2011 - 10:54 PM
but yeah iv just finished reading that thing
wow
have you set up one of those 3 standpipe systems?
if you have i'd love to know how you found it
was it difficult. it looks very fiddly
and very comple/fancy givven im going for such a small simple tank
ill see how many of the pvc parts needed to make that i have access to
i would like the piece of mind that would come with that setup
#28
Posted 23 February 2011 - 11:00 PM
#29
Posted 23 February 2011 - 11:07 PM
if i didn't need the three id be far more tempted to do it.
so you think that the 2 is fine?
did you just silicon in the overflow part yourself?
if so did you use glass? how did you get the right size?
#30
Posted 24 February 2011 - 08:34 AM
#31
Posted 24 February 2011 - 12:05 PM
#32
Posted 24 February 2011 - 01:51 PM
#33
Posted 24 February 2011 - 04:24 PM
#34
Posted 24 February 2011 - 05:48 PM
Edited by Neakit, 24 February 2011 - 05:48 PM.
#35
Posted 24 February 2011 - 07:42 PM
thanks for all your help. no doubt i'll have a couple more questions when it comes time to set it all up haha
#36
Posted 25 February 2011 - 12:34 PM
#37
Posted 26 February 2011 - 10:58 AM
40mm is a good idea and veebas cut 2 holes in my tank, i just took it down to them and it cost bugger all. Mark it out yourself and maybe give them a call to arrange it before you lob on their doorstep on a busy day.
#38
Posted 04 May 2011 - 06:57 PM
getting some glass for my sump and overflow soon and the tank will have the holes cut soon as well.
getting that done is all thats really slowing me down now
with the lighting.
i have at my disposal. 2 mh currently with 70watt globes but can run 150watt
and a 6 x 39 watt t5 unit
now i originally wanted to do the t5s and one mh
but its going to be really hard to get them in the hood
whereas 2 mh would fit easily
and i came across this awesome little extraction type fan which im going to cut a hole in the hood and mount in there
lighting is something iv never put a huge effort into understanding so i was wondering if anyone had any ideas here
increasing the height of the hood is an option and i may have to do it for the mh's even if i dont go the t5s
so what setup will be best 2 mh or t5 and 1 mh
thing is ill have to buy 6 new bulbs for the t5s straight up which is a bit of a downside to using them. and i dont like the whole replacing them after a year thing either.
cheers
#39
Posted 05 May 2011 - 07:35 AM
Only ever used two dorso's the third is great if you have plenty of space (most people use this if they are drilling into the back of the tank)
Biggest thing I believe when looking at lighting will be ensuring you can pay the energy bill! 2x200w MH is 400w for at least 10 hrs a day being 4Kw Hrs at ~21cents is 84cents per day and $50 over your billing cycle.
(All numbers are estimates!!)
You add a few pumps/heaters etc and you will probably be looking at an extra $100-150 per billing period. Point is to only get the lighting you need based on what you plan to keep.
#40
Posted 20 May 2011 - 03:18 PM
but i made a bit of an error.
looking at the very well drawn diagram i did in paint. (the water comes in on the right)
now iv gone and made the final overflow too high. which means that the water level has risen above the first and second overflows. is that going to be an issue at all?
i did initially want the far left overflow to be a little lower. but i must have measured wrong or something.
what will be the best way of removing the panel? i used a far bit of silicon
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