new facade for reef tank

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new facade for reef tank

Post by Archie » Sun Dec 06, 2009 7:17 pm

couple in progress construction pics of new cabinet for reef tank.
been meaning to build this for some time...something about cold weather that makes me want
to cut some timber


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Re: new facade for reef tank

Post by Gerwin » Sun Dec 06, 2009 10:41 pm

Damn that thing looks huge!
Let me know when its time to drag it in

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Re: new facade for reef tank

Post by Redfish » Mon Dec 07, 2009 5:49 am

Give me a shout, I will come help if you need me.

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Re: new facade for reef tank

Post by Archie » Mon Dec 07, 2009 5:42 pm

yes it is 7' tall by 11' long
will barely fit though door casing at an angle

will let you know

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Re: new facade for reef tank

Post by Sandy » Tue Dec 08, 2009 10:08 am

WOW!!! :shock: That's gonna be very nice! Already is!! But with the tank in it, even better.

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Re: new facade for reef tank

Post by Archie » Sat Dec 12, 2009 11:50 am

facade installed on framework. now on to the 14 or so doors i need to make...so much fun

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Re: new facade for reef tank

Post by Redfish » Sat Dec 12, 2009 5:45 pm

It looks nice, bet its going to really look nice when you get the doors mounted to it.

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Re: new facade for reef tank

Post by Archie » Sat Jan 02, 2010 12:08 pm

finally have all doors completed and installed...talk about time consuming.
still have one corner piece to install. the control panel was the best part of this project.

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Re: new facade for reef tank

Post by Redfish » Sun Jan 03, 2010 4:48 am

It really turned out nice, congrats to you. When you get the time. :wink: maybe you could give us run down on your control panel, what all does it do, and how its set up.

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Re: new facade for reef tank

Post by Sandy » Sun Jan 03, 2010 11:48 pm

VERY NICE!!!!

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Re: new facade for reef tank

Post by Archie » Tue Jan 05, 2010 6:56 pm

the top piece is a tunze multicontroller(wavemaker)
have it set to control two tunze streams and two tunze powerheads
i am using a sequential mode set at 45 second intervals.
power head in right corner on for 45 seconds
then power head in left corner on for 45 seconds
then stream on right side of for 45 seconds
then stream on left side on for 45 seconds
each previous pumps stays running for its respective 45 seconds

then to add on that, the pumps(while in on position) pulse between 100% capacity
and to 30% capacity(which is variable)

the second controller controls a wave box on right hand side of tank(which creates about a 1/4-3/8 wave in 8 feet

the third controller controls a stream on right hand of tank which has the same pulse capacity as mentioned above

tunze pumps are very powerful, energy efficient, and to top it off the pumps only operate at 24 volts.

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Re: new facade for reef tank

Post by Redfish » Wed Jan 06, 2010 1:30 am

I would love to see all of this working, do you think you will let us come over on the tank tour and give us a run down on your tank?

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Re: new facade for reef tank

Post by Archie » Wed Jan 06, 2010 9:43 pm

most definitely

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