Elos All-In-One

[Canadian]

If Elos made an all-in-one nano do you think it would look something like this?

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery right?

I just completed re-finishing my stand and thought I'd take some pics. Hoping to get some LR cooking in here within the next month. I'm waiting on a new tank to replace this one - same dimensions (24 x 24 x 18) just with 3/8" glass instead of the 1/4" pictured. The builder decided to rebuild my tank after I expressed concerns about the integrity of the joints.

Still trying to decide what pendant MH I'll light the tank with. Right now I'm thinking a simple AquaMedic OceanLight 250W.

[CamBarr]

sweet tank do you have any pics of the filtration

[Diver Dan SD]

That looks like an elos to me!!! Great job!

[Canadian]

CamBarr,

I'll flip the stand around and take some pics of the compartments I glued into the false wall.

Here's the tank that was the inspiration

[GrandeGixxer]

I am not so sure about the stand though. Does it match the decor of your house? It kinda looks like something that shoud be sitting next to a hot dog stand. Does elos make hot dog stands? Just kidding of course, The tank looks awesome!

[Canadian]

I guess Elos makes hot dog stands - you can see one in the picture above from InterZoo 2006

But yes, the red is the accent color in our place so it maintains the "flow". Additionally, the red is a sheet of acrylic that is attached to the front door panel with super-adhesive double-sided tape so it can be removed and replaced with another color quite easily. I was just sick and tired of seeing the weak and boring typical black stand or oak stained stand. I think this stand is more modern and contemporary.

[Rue]

...geez...and I'd give anything for a nice oak stand...lol...

...instead I have basic black...

Nice mod!

[fisheebill]

Awesome!
Can't wait to see this tank running!

[CamBarr]

any pics of the filtration and back compartments?

[boozeman]

very nice effort

[InsaneClownFish]

Canadian, very nice job. Nice clean lines. Elos indeed.

[deacon hemp]

Candian....I live in vancouver too and was wondering where u got this tank built as im looking for the exact same thing?

[Canadian]

CamBarr,

Here's a pic from the back - not much to look at. The skimmer compartment was made for the Tunze 9002 skimmer. The MJ 900 return pump is plumbed into a bulkhead with a Hydor rotating return on the display side (I had a MJ 1200 for this but the flow was more than I wanted going over the 4" overflow so I'll use the 1200 as the ATO pump). Circulation will be my 2 modified Tunze Nanostream 6025's at 1200 gph each. The tubing coming up the back is the return from the ATO reservoir. The small high baffle on the right is a place to hang float switches and provide support for the false wall.




deacon hemp,

I bought the tank from OceanAquatics. I just ordered a custom rimless, braceless cube made by SeaStar. Then I did the acrylic work and made the false wall, baffles, and cap. I'll be getting rid of this tank though because one of the front joints looked sketchy. It held water for 1 week but I couldn't comfortably leave the house without worrying about it. So SeaStar is apparently making me a new tank with 3/8" glass instead of 1/4". I'll just cut the false wall out and put it in the new tank.

[deacon hemp]

Awesome man thanks,Wendell will hook me up with the details....How much was it if u dont mind me asking and did u go for starfire glass?

[CamBarr]

how did you make the cap???

[Canadian]

CamBarr,

All acrylic is 1/4" cast.

I cut and glued the false wall (drilled the hole for the bulkhead and used a router to notch out the overflow).

For the cap I cut it to size, clamped it with a 2" overhang, heated the overhanging portion with a heat gun and bent it. I then cut and glued the side pieces into the cap.

[Water Box]

very nice clean look

[CamBarr]

Can you post a close up so i can understand the work a little bit better! When does the new tank come in?

[Goongs]

Another beautiful rimless tank. Definitely something to think about. Very nice job.

[Canadian]

Quick update:

Hung the pendant (still waiting for the T5 ballast replacement)

Cleaned sand

Started filling with RO/DI

Here's a quick pic of poor quality. I'll take more when I get home from work this evening.

[fisheebill]

Looks nice!

[reefman13]

Looks sweet! Another build thread starting up

[chriis716]

wow!!!! tank is amazing

[CamBarr]

any updates? rock yet?

[Canadian]

CamBarr,

I'm still waiting for my T5 ballast replacement - it's now bordering on irritating and I'm getting frustrated with Xenia, the Giesemann distributor.

I added 25lbs of Tonga and Fiji LR. I drilled the rock to put 1/4" acrylic rod in between pieces to get some flat pieces to create ledges that wouldn't otherwise balance out.

I also put PVC columns under the bottom pieces of LR to keep them off the sand.

I'm not happy with the aquascaping because the ledges slant away from the front and towards the back. I'm likely going to pull everything out again to make sure the ledges slope towards the front so that corals will be better displayed.

With all the screwing around in the tank it's quite cloudy right now and there's a lot of sediment all over everything in the tank. If it clears up enough tomorrow I'll post some pics.

And I'll also be asking for suggestions for aquascaping and positioning of my modded 6025s. Right now the flow from the 6025s is pushing the sand around and I'm worried that any SPS I eventually add are going to get blasted and ticked off. I'm hoping the sand will settle down once it is covered in a biofilm.