Seeking advise on designing a ~285g

[uryy4me]

I am in the process of designing an acrylic SPS tank and would appreciate it if those of you that have been through the process could lend me your expertise. The tank will be built into the wall and will be viewable from 3 sides. Water will enter from the bottom and top of the tank.

Tank dimensions are 72"x30"x30" ~285g?

I tried to attach a GIF file showing what I had planned but it was too big to upload, I broke it into 4 pieces and hopefully I will be able to upload these.

Also, I am also interested in feedback on tank builders, I have searched through the RC files and have some impressions to work with but it is often those that are displeased that are the loudest and it is difficult to tell if this is an isolated incident or pattern.

Thank-you in advance for your feedback!

- scott -


Picture 1 - Bottom pannel showing overflow & holes to be drilled to support water flow.

[uryy4me]

Picture 2 - Color coding of hole size and purpose

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Picture 3 - Top of the tank

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Picture 4 - Water flow

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Hopefully this makes sense and is not too hard to read all broken up like this.

I look forward to your feedback!

- scott -

[uryy4me]

Next question - kinda thinking ahead would it be wise to plumb this in anticipation of adding a second closed loop (I assume I can put the unused bulkheads in and seal them off with a ball valve?)? Idea here is to use 2 1.5" drains and 2 1.5" returns for each closed loop kinda like this....

[Zephrant]

Try changing the GIFs to a JPG. GIF's don't compress as well. Open it in Paint, and do a save-as and pick JPG.

:)

Zeph