aquamedic chromis project

[SteveS]

hi all, its been a while!

after selling my last set up in the summer ive been thinking long and hard and decided to set up again in the new year.

im on the look out for an aquamedic chromis tank which im gonna turn into a little project, after a bit of input please...

tanks gonna be drilled for a sump, id like to drill the tank bottom with a flow and return with an island of rock surrounding it, now a pipe to just below the surface would take care of the flow but how could i return the water without soaking the ceiling? or if i angled the pipe with a 90degree bend how could i stop water syphoning back in event of a power failure? failing this, the rear of the tank will have to be drilled with a wier infront of the pipes.

onto the sump, the dimensions for the cabinet are 650m/m high,375m/m wide and 415m/m deep..

all im after in the sump is to obviously return water! grow chaeto/caulerpa and maybe a top up chamber, 3 compartments any ideas on a design would be greatly appriciated.

im hoping the skimmer can be housed in the cabinet or sump, filteration will be live rock only, with chaeto/caulerpa in sump. no dsb or mud, just a sprinkle of sand in the tank and sump.

fire away
tia
steve

[ROB]

Hi Steve,

Hope you have not forgotten me :D:D LoL,

Project looks good,

As I promised I will donate something if I can to get you started back up m8,

Rob,

[SteveS]

Hi Steve,

Hope you have not forgotten me :D:D LoL,

Project looks good,

As I promised I will donate something if I can to get you started back up m8,

Rob,

hi Rob, how could i forget lol

thanks for the offer, fragged that leather yet?

hows the new setup?

steve

[ROB]

hi Rob, how could i forget lol

thanks for the offer, fragged that leather yet?

hows the new setup?

steve

yeh fragged it once ut it is still a monster lol,

also as you know got a new setup but got tons of stuff to off load lol just trying a few sps at the mo for a bit of fun so need room:D,

Rob.

[Tangman]

Hi Steve welcome back into the reef m8, if you doing that with a chromis i suggest you have a look at one of the Betta tanks in the flesh. They have a corner weir with 3 holes drilled in the bottom 2 holes are overflow the third hole is a return which has a 90 deg bend on the top with a 45deg to level it with the water surface. I have one its 27 x24 x24 and its a stunner, Chris stocks them so he might let you have a peek. HTH Twiggy aka Eric:D

[SteveS]

cheers eric, do you have a link to any piccies of your tank?

steve

[Tangman]

cheers eric, do you have a link to any piccies of your tank?

steve

Hi Steve no sorry i have not taken any pics of this one yet. Twiggy:D:D

[stevieh]

welcome back steve:):)