kevan Posted February 20, 2006 Report Share Posted February 20, 2006 1450 L x 750 W x 700 H hopfully my two 150 w metal H lights will cope but I do have spare 250 w . Thanks to Aaron for stand (Duke) this has been in my garage for a few months now and finaly a couple of weeks ago I move the existing 4 ft tank into garage and started getting things sorted . Need to drill holes in floor for sump in garage . If you can see were I've removed sand on second picture thats were the reefs will be built. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chimera Posted February 20, 2006 Report Share Posted February 20, 2006 at 5ft, go 3 x halides with the 250 in the middle or at least supplement it with some T5's. two halides wont quite be enough (depending on what you're keeping of course) i have 3 x 150W'ers over my 5 footer and wish i'd gone with 4. keep us all up-to-date with pic's, always good to see progress on a new project. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy Posted February 20, 2006 Report Share Posted February 20, 2006 What size steel have you made the stand out of? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevan Posted February 20, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 20, 2006 25 mm stainless I think (1 inch) round for uprights and square for base Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevan Posted February 20, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 20, 2006 Having trouble with tank in garage coral battles going on and Galaxia is winning . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suphew Posted February 20, 2006 Report Share Posted February 20, 2006 32mm=1 inch?? Time for you to go back to school! lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanksman Posted February 20, 2006 Report Share Posted February 20, 2006 That stand doesn't look strong enough. It needs bracing to stop sideways movement along the length of the tank or it will end up broken at floor level. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeBlog Posted February 20, 2006 Report Share Posted February 20, 2006 That stand doesn't look strong enough. It needs bracing to stop sideways movement along the length of the tank or it will end up broken at floor level. I was thinking the same thing. Add some diagonal pieces. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suphew Posted February 21, 2006 Report Share Posted February 21, 2006 Stainless steal tube is very strong as long at the welds are good it will be fine. I have a friend that works in a stainless steal mill and he makes up a lot of stands and things for me. If you don't believe me put a 1 inch dia piece of tube into a vice and try and bend it! But what I would do however is bolt or screw the stand to the floor and also make sure that the skirt round the tank is connected to the stand so the tank can't move. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chimera Posted February 21, 2006 Report Share Posted February 21, 2006 If you don't believe me put a 1 inch dia piece of tube into a vice and try and bend it it's not the tube that is a concern, its the welds still, looking at the design and the fact there are 3 legs across i think it would be strong enough. if only 2 it would definately be a problem! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reef Posted February 21, 2006 Report Share Posted February 21, 2006 That stand doesn't look strong enough I think he is going to inclose the stand with timber, so if that is the case it will be perfect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanksman Posted February 21, 2006 Report Share Posted February 21, 2006 That will look good and provide more bracing. Its a good sized tank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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kevan Posted February 21, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 21, 2006 The base is going to be open and all equipment will be in the garage 10 m away for now I'm going to use existing 1262 eheim pump and gravity feed return water to pump which will be located under floor beneath tank so pump only has to pump 1.75 m head and will have two 90 degree bends . Correction to size 1400 x 750 x 700 sould hold 700 liters Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pies Posted February 21, 2006 Report Share Posted February 21, 2006 Will the 1262 pump water 10M? Pie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chimera Posted February 21, 2006 Report Share Posted February 21, 2006 Will the 1262 pump water 10M? pump 1.75 m head horizontally 10metres there is no (or little) friction. only head would be an issue here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pies Posted February 21, 2006 Report Share Posted February 21, 2006 I am sure than 10m on the horizontal will cause the pump issues. There is more than just friction to consider, there is the weight of the water it has to push. 10m seems a long way to pump for a small hobby pump, i'd be testing it before I plumbed it all together. Pie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevan Posted February 21, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 21, 2006 water will be gravity fed to pump so piping to tank from pump will be about 2 meters at 1.75 head with two 90 degree bends . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chimera Posted February 21, 2006 Report Share Posted February 21, 2006 gravity (head loss) is the killer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duke Posted February 22, 2006 Report Share Posted February 22, 2006 I hope the stand holds up..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Feelers Posted February 22, 2006 Report Share Posted February 22, 2006 I hope the stand holds up..... At the mo it does look a lil scary (to my untrained eye). I would make 300% sure, I cant imagine anything worse than the whole thing tipping over. Well I can, but it still wouldnt be good. Looks good anyways, and as people say the bracing will add more support. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duke Posted February 23, 2006 Report Share Posted February 23, 2006 Feelers I agree... after all I made the stand and feel a little responible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeroen Posted February 23, 2006 Report Share Posted February 23, 2006 I think your return pump setup is very smart. Head for the pump is water level in the tank minus water level in the sump. So, having the return pump lower then the sump makes no difference. I would ensure that the diameter of the line feeding the pump is big enough to ensure it can feed all the water the pump wants. Cheers, Jeroen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevan Posted February 24, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 24, 2006 the pipe to pump is 32 mm drain and from pump to tank is 28 mm presure pipe.Sump will be 600 to 700 mm above pump .Head is 1500mm and pesure pipe is 2100 mm in lenth with two 90 degree bends. juse been drilling holes and checking out location of pump. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chimera Posted February 26, 2006 Report Share Posted February 26, 2006 28 mm presure pipe no such size, 25mm or 32mm? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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