Ohio Reef
Reef Discussion => Tank Profiles & Build Threads => Topic started by: jfishwild on August 14, 2017, 19:04:12
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So today was just like every other Monday sucks. I got a call from my wife telling me that there is water everywhere in my basement and in my dinning room. So I rush home from work and sure enough water was everywhere so I thought the worst and the tank had a leak. Thankfully the tank was not leaking but the sump was. So now I need to build a new stand to transfer the tank to it so I can get it all dried up underneath the stand. I will also be running the sump to my basement so this dose not happen again.
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I think something like that is everyones worst fears. Good luck with it and hope you dont loose too much.
jeff
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That STINKS!
Having a sump in the basement changes everything about the way you maintain your tank.
I am running an Iwaki pump that I purchased on Ebay and have been very satisfied.
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Jfish, that is terrible! I hope it's not too much of a mess for you and I'm glad to hear the goby is ok!
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all fish are doing great. i am hoping i do not stress them out to much when move the tank. i will be posting picture as i go. thanks for everything guys
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Sorry to hear rhat Josh, what kind of sump was it?
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acrylic one that i got off of jeremy
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So I got my plans drawn up today and went and bought the wood. Tomorrow I will start the building process.
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acrylic one that i got off of jeremy
That was my guess when I seen the post.
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those kinda things always suck but sounds like you have a better plan going forward
good luck with everything
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A word of caution on that design. You've got a lot of vertical timber, which is great, but it looks like you have your top and base frame sitting around them. This is going to create major pressure points on the bottom of your tank as well as restrict all your vertical support to the sheer strength of whatever screws or fasteners you use. I'd recommend keeping your 4x4 corner posts as is, but shorten your 2x4 all the way around to sit between the top and bottom frames. This will transfer the strength from your screws to the compression strength of the 2x4s where you want it.
So I got my plans drawn up today and went and bought the wood. Tomorrow I will start the building process.