Lemon's butterflyfish dominated reef

[Guest]

a picture of the cabinet. It's so huge that i can sleep in it! and still have space!

the sump is not going inside here remember? it's an external sump.

will probably use this giant space for future projects hehehe.

How about having a frag tank inside lol..? Nice tank and the small hood look great, it will be much easier for you to put your hand in without having to remove the hood cover.

Will you be using Seawater or salt mix ?

[Terryz_]

Foam the back lah. Make it 3d, why need Oyama?

Check out http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1300282

Bro, heard it will be a nitrate factory after sometime..

[MarcoVan]

congrats man!!! fantastic looking tank! can pm me the price??

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hahaha nice tank bro! I can imagine the depth and islands you can build with this new baby! and not forgetting the kind of fish you can have inside the tank! hoho

[wilsontantw]

haha. come over and have a look when you pop by for the chiller lor

a gsp wall is very nice but i will do a gsp rock instead... have an overall idea already. will let things slowly unfold

Sure thing. Sat you'll be around yeah? A friend needs the external thermostat. Am going to t-loan to him.

Gsp rock is nice too. I'm doing that up for one of my pillar rock, work-in-progress leh.

[yikai]

Sure thing. Sat you'll be around yeah? A friend needs the external thermostat. Am going to t-loan to him.

Gsp rock is nice too. I'm doing that up for one of my pillar rock, work-in-progress leh.

yup. see u sat.

[Gouldian]

Foam the back lah. Make it 3d, why need Oyama?

Check out http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1300282

Yo, looks interesting and impressive didn't know its available in Singapore liao. In case I drift too far, I have started a separate topic with some burning questions.

[Gouldian]

yup. see u sat.

Hi Lemon, thanks for the opportunity to view your swimming pool I mean tank yesterday.

Camping here for more development.

[yikai]

Hi Lemon, thanks for the opportunity to view your swimming pool I mean tank yesterday.

Camping here for more development.

you're welcome! glad to have you, fuel and joe over yesterday to have some expert advice

sump, and piping coming today. and maybe my 2 eheim 1264.

[comycus]

wah lemon saw ure thread on another forum Do Sg proud!

[LaW]

WOw wow wow

[yikai]

wah lemon saw ure thread on another forum Do Sg proud!

i regularly post on RC to get second opinions. the people there are different from other forums in that they are extremely technical and post very relevant and useful tips/comments which i'm extremely fond of (not that you guys don't post relevant or useful stuff, it's just that the people on the other side of the world are very detailed and just, different views i guess). it's good to have the best of both worlds and that's why i frequent both forums

WOw wow wow

thanks man.

[HW33]

and finally, a few pics to comapare how big the tank is.

a dog fish, and my A4 size molecular genetics lecture notes. comparitive to the tank size. HUGE

wa ur tank so big that ur dog sooo relax.

mine so pity....no space to lie down whahahaha.

[raydiative]

wha... hwee your dog damn pui pui lehz... hahaha

yikai.. any updates on the sump??

[HW33]

my dog follow me,i eat he eat that y two of us fatty bom bom whahaha.

[yikai]

some updates for today.

Sump tank arrived

2x eheim 1264 return pumps arrived

overflow piping complete

rest of the piping semi completed and yet to be done. will be completed on saturday

1.5HP compressor arrived (Not hooked up yet)

[yikai]

here's the 2 return pumps in it's section in the sump. a large reservoir of water

[yikai]

Black oyama paper pasted.

[yikai]

pics of the overflow. piping in the overflow is done. two returns with a 90degree angle between both.

pics of the incomplete piping from the cabinet

[yikai]

now pictures of the sump. I'm loving this the most and had it designed in such a way that it's 2 tanks in one. i'll explain in detail later.

front view with some badly drawn errors representing the flow of water.

[yikai]

top down view of the sump. yes. top down view. I love the flip up doors of the cabinet. Allows top down view of the sump!

more arrows to show water flow direction.

[yikai]

top down view of the sump. yes. top down view. I love the flip up doors of the cabinet. Allows top down view of the sump!

more arrows to show water flow direction.

water flows from section 1 into section 2, flowing downwards under the pane of glass.

water flows over into section 3, and flows over into 4.

water flows from 4, under the glass and into 5, where the 2 returns and future coil will be placed.

here's what i like about the sump. section 3 has no underflowing water, which means water flows in and out from the top. This means that it's almost a complete tank within a tank (if you get what i mean). This will be very useful for housing livestock temporarily away from all equipment and other sections. On saturday, overflow teeth will be fixed onto the top of the glass to prevent fish from swimming into other sections with the flow of water. (i hope i explained it well, it's hard to explain in words).

The teeth will complete section 3 by keeping any fish from getting out, but water still flows freely.

this section will allow me to train fish to feed, recuperate wounded fishes, or recovering livestock.

skimmer will be placed in section 2

[wilsontantw]

Nice design. Does it resemble a little of henry's? Can't exaclt remember leh. I could be wrong.

Hey, any reasons why not outsump pump?? Is it's a 1.5hp chiller? Lol. Nice idea of having an easy access sump, ease on maintenance.

Q2: where are you positioning the auto top up?

[wilsontantw]

Am I right to say that there are no doors at section 3 as well? Allowing you to view the section?

[yikai]

Nice design. Does it resemble a little of henry's? Can't exaclt remember leh. I could be wrong.

Hey, any reasons why not outsump pump?? Is it's a 1.5hp chiller? Lol. Nice idea of having an easy access sump, ease on maintenance.

Q2: where are you positioning the auto top up?

Don't know if the design is exactly the same as henry. But if i remember henry's sump correctly, there's a section for fishes to be housed in too. so i guess it's similar in that sense.

outsump pump? what for? lol.

yes chiller is a daikin air-con compressor. 1.5hp

Am I right to say that there are no doors at section 3 as well? Allowing you to view the section?

yup. the cabinet has no doors at the right side to view livestock at section 3

[wilsontantw]

*claps* I'm going to copy your sump setup le. Haha.

Btw, I'm sure you provided space for CR and other toys yah? With 1.5hp, doubt u need much top up also.