Chance's 4G Tide Pool!

Discussion in 'Show Off Your Fish Tanks!' started by Chance, Jul 27, 2012.

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  1. homyg30

    homyg30 Feather Duster

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    i posted something like this not to long ago but havent got to try it yet! im kinda excited to see if it works! its like making your own biocube
     
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  3. Chance

    Chance Bubble Tip Anemone

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    The display area measures 8x10x11.5 and that equals 3.983 gallons (15.931L). So almost a cube :p
    [​IMG]
    (excuse my messy kitchen counter)
     
  4. Chance

    Chance Bubble Tip Anemone

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    I'm lacking in 3D modeling skills, and I wanted to get an idea. So here's the overtop of the tank!
    [​IMG]
     
  5. zackscott20

    zackscott20 Fire Shrimp

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    your doing what ive wanted to dooo... :(

    but maybe ill get some ideas from you ;D
     
  6. Chance

    Chance Bubble Tip Anemone

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    If you couldn't tell, the top of the picture is the front of the tank :p
     
  7. Caspian

    Caspian Coral Banded Shrimp

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    I'm a little confused about this, but looking forward to seeing more!

    So from what I've gathered and my brain will allow me to collect at 3:25am Your taking a small tank then building your own internal Fuge.... How do you plan on pumping the water out of said fuge what are you going to put in the fuge? is this just going to be a mangrove tank or will there be more to it? what kind of lighting are you going to use?

    Please Lots of pictures helps! I like pictures and so far I'm interested to the point I might forgo the punishment of another tank to try this =P
     
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  9. Chance

    Chance Bubble Tip Anemone

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    The dotted line in the "illustration" is an overflow. And where it says equip, that's where a small return pump would then be pumping water back into the display. I'm on my phone, or I'd go further into detail.
     
  10. Chance

    Chance Bubble Tip Anemone

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    And since I eliminated corals, I'm just going to use a grow light from HD.
     
  11. Caspian

    Caspian Coral Banded Shrimp

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    So i take it that solid line that separates the fuge and the equipment section is actually going to have some kind of flow through?
     
  12. Chance

    Chance Bubble Tip Anemone

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    Yeah there's a baffle there.