KhensuRa's 58 gallon rimless
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I am doing some reading and it looks like I need to get you all some more info to really answer the return pump question. I will see what size bulks heads I have and as far as sump/refug, I am hopping a 30 gallon tall will fit in the stand. Can't know for sure if it will fit till I get the 30T back.
Bean said it best, it's up to you to decide what kind of sump you want. You can go low or high flow. I did this.
Without going into to much detail, this is my hybrid Bean Animal, full siphon and emergency dump into skimmer chamber. My open channel goes into my fuge. I think I have a high and low flow sump, high through the skimmer and low through the fuge. Both the skimmer chamber and fuge dump into my return chamber (some adjustable rate ehiem pump, think 800 or 1000gph) this is a 20g sump and feeds my 15g cube. Hope this gives you some ideas
Without going into to much detail, this is my hybrid Bean Animal, full siphon and emergency dump into skimmer chamber. My open channel goes into my fuge. I think I have a high and low flow sump, high through the skimmer and low through the fuge. Both the skimmer chamber and fuge dump into my return chamber (some adjustable rate ehiem pump, think 800 or 1000gph) this is a 20g sump and feeds my 15g cube. Hope this gives you some ideas
Here you go Mike!!!
As you can see I got a little work to make it nice and clean. The first thing I am going to do is remove that bottom return line!! What the heck was the person thinking when they put that in. Maybe they added a one way valve, but heck no would I trust that.
Might tackle the clean and remove the old plumbing today. Then after that I will make her rimless... Cross your fingers I don't scratch the hell out of it.
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As you can see I got a little work to make it nice and clean. The first thing I am going to do is remove that bottom return line!! What the heck was the person thinking when they put that in. Maybe they added a one way valve, but heck no would I trust that.
Might tackle the clean and remove the old plumbing today. Then after that I will make her rimless... Cross your fingers I don't scratch the hell out of it.
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Gave it a good first clean and looked at the rim. Going to be a bit of a pain to remove, just need to get some new sharp blades to make it go as smoothly as possible.
Man I wish this house had a hose hook up in my garage to the hotwater. Damn it was cold with the wind trying to clean it with just the cold tap.
Going to need a new bulkhead as the guy who owned it before Gabe put a smaller bulk head on the return, I am really surprised it never leaked on anyone. And I am going to need a bulk head and cap for the side of the over flow. If you really look at the pictures you can see one of the tanks owners put a return hose on the lower part of the return.
Chad as soon as I find out what size I need I am going to hit you up for a new bulkhead.
Man I wish this house had a hose hook up in my garage to the hotwater. Damn it was cold with the wind trying to clean it with just the cold tap.
Going to need a new bulkhead as the guy who owned it before Gabe put a smaller bulk head on the return, I am really surprised it never leaked on anyone. And I am going to need a bulk head and cap for the side of the over flow. If you really look at the pictures you can see one of the tanks owners put a return hose on the lower part of the return.
Chad as soon as I find out what size I need I am going to hit you up for a new bulkhead.
Ya I saw that and at first I was like man that is a good idea.....Then my brain turned back on and I was like WTH woudlnt that drain the entire tank if the power went out? Must of had a check-valve on the entire return system i would guess right? Gabe? For sure Bro hit me up and we will get one for you.
Worked on the tank and it now rimless. Still have a little work to do on the glass...
First cut, I started on the back just in case. Good thing I did, chipped the glass a tad.
Picture of the back off.
My mess:
The silicone on the top is a pain to get off...
All the rim gone, time to start scraping:
Done for now till I find a way to get the silicone off the top rim.
Any one know if I can polish/buff glass?
First cut, I started on the back just in case. Good thing I did, chipped the glass a tad.
Picture of the back off.
My mess:
The silicone on the top is a pain to get off...
All the rim gone, time to start scraping:
Done for now till I find a way to get the silicone off the top rim.
Any one know if I can polish/buff glass?
