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After much planning and saving, my soon to be 12 year old is ready to start his "Fragging Display Tank"
First thing that was purchased :
37 gallon tank : Purchased from jungliztkruger
sedona matching stand and canopy
custom acrylic sump built by blown76mav and jungliztkruger
mag7 return pump and plumbing (includes a union and ball valve)
hang on back overflow with drain plumbing
its a retrofit PC lighting has 4 65w bulbs and reflectors and ballast comes with 2 switches and power cords so you can have daylight and actinic on separate timers. 2x65 on each cord. and the lighting is mounted inside the hood.
Here he is with the new set up.We are moving the sump behind the tank and stand and are going to add a custom (that means we are going to make it
) enclosure with an egg crate style top to allow for ventilation. This decision was made, due in no small part, because of the change in plans for the skimmer. I must say blown76mav and jungliztkruger did an awesome job building a sump that fits TIGHT but not too tight. However, I foresaw future maintainability issues, so I decided to do the behind the stand thing. as this is still under construction, pics of that part of the build will be posted later.
We knew going into this that the sea clone skimmer would only be a short term skimming solution untill my son could save the money to buy a larger more efficient unit. Little did we know HOW short the term would be
. After some crazy meeting arrangements (all my fault) we finally got hooked up with riderc82. He donated a Coraline Supper Skimmer 220 body (the pumps epoxy fill that they use to seal the motor failed). all I can say is OMG
(my son's expression when he saw it). just a little bit of a size difference
So now, as you might have noticed from my other post, we are looking for a pump for the skimmer.
My options are a MAG 5 equipped with a needle wheel impeller or an OME spec pump that is also equipped with a needle wheel impeller.
Have to make a decision on this this week.
Well...I think this is all for the 1st post from me. Nick however is writing a little post that he wants me to add, so that will be posted soon.