46 Galon Bowfront build

[cyberwollf]

does one of the overflows have a siphon break or are they all siphon?

[lightningfront]

does one of the overflows have a siphon break or are they all siphon?

Yes on one of the drains there will be a hole drilled into the cap on top, and an airline tube run from there back into the overflow just above the waterline.

The center one is a full siphon, the left is the secondary drain, and the right an emergency overflow.

[lightningfront]

Overflw box glued and sealed to the tank.



Drain plumbing finished.

[UD Flyer]

Looks good

If the sump has a leak or something of the sort, how do you plan on getting it out?

[quicksilver]

very nice keep up the good work.

[Bigmoo]

Details, details.... Looks very nice though. Really like the background color.

[jake]

A hammer and saw all

Nice man it looks tight. I like the plumbing like art ,but for fish geeks

[cyberwollf]

I was reading a thread on RC about that overflow setup.  I am going to try it on my next build.  Question about the box: Does anyone else run one without teeth (cutting teeth in glass would suck)?  More problems with fish flowing into the box?  I have seen a jig with a dremel tile cutting bit that might work if you wanted teeth

[jake]

Put some egg crate or sponge on the top of it

[lightningfront]

Ya there is only a 1/2 inch or so inbetween the top of the box and the glass lid that will be on the tank. If I find fish are getting into the box I will add some kind of strainer to keep them out.

[lightningfront]

Excitement Filled with tap water and checked everything out. All is good and the overflow works flawlessly and silently. Drained and have started to fill with RO/DI. Could take a while I only have a 50gpd RO/DI.

[Joel]

Ya there is only a 1/2 inch or so inbetween the top of the box and the glass lid that will be on the tank. If I find fish are getting into the box I will add some kind of strainer to keep them out.

A piece of egg crate trimmed to snugly fit inside the o/f box flush with the top of it, works pretty well at keeping most fish out. Snails are really bad about getting into un-screened o/f boxes and end up getting into & blocking the drain tubes. Super cheap, easy way to prevent this.

Looks good BTW...Congrats....Joel

[lightningfront]

Managed to get it the rest of the way filled and salt added. Just waiting for the water to clear up. I'm gonig to go tomorrow and pick up some of the tonga branch rock at a LFS and some live rock with christmas money and get things started.

[lightningfront]

Picked up some tonga branch and some live rock.



First corals, Thanks Jake.

[lazylivin]

Got to love new tanks, So clean and algae free!

[jake]

Looks like they opened up pretty good. Nothing a hammer cant fix right. I just need a band saw now

[Arcade_Guy]

lookin good man. the tonga adds a nice touch.

just need some frogspawn in there now right? lol