300 gallon set up

[fishguy306]

One last question, is the bottom piece under the sides or are the sides around it?

But you are correct about the trim, it looks decorative. Reason I ask about the glass set up, on my rimless Marineland tank Marineland said do not use foam. The tank is built with a floating bottom, the sides are around the bottom. If yours is the same you wont need it.

 

[the lion who ate the sun]

Hahaha! I was wondering if anyone would catch that. She was trying to bite the side of the tank and getting really irritated by its size and shape.

One of the few cats I have trained to play "fetch."

 

[the lion who ate the sun]

One last question, is the bottom piece under the sides or are the sides around it?

But you are correct about the trim, it looks decorative. Reason I ask about the glass set up, on my rimless Marineland tank Marineland said do not use foam. The tank is built with a floating bottom, the sides are around the bottom. If yours is the same you wont need it.

The sides of the tank are on top of the bottom, if that makes sense. There are also reinforcement pieces of glass --the long rectangles you can see. I appreciate the help and concern. Definitely not interested in losing such a well built tank to a user error.

 

[fishguy306]

I'll be honest, at this point, I'm not sure which way to point you. Normally I would agree, tank is built as a rimless tank with the sides on the bottom so you should use foam. That said, doing some external research I came across a Marineland question and answer page-

http://answers.marineland.com/answe...ass-aquariums-questions-answers/questions.htm

If you look about half way down someone asks if they should use foam on a Marineland deep dimension tank. A Marineland staff member answers back-

No, do not put foam under it, this can cause it to not sit correctly and voids the warranty.

There is another foam question on page three of the above link, they give the same answer. Normally I'd say add the foam, but with Marineland themselves stating not to, that is your call. Also, their stands only support around the edges. Just something to consider!

 

[DN328]

Is the black trim on the bottom really just aesthetics? If it's only for looks and you're thinking about wrapping the stand you could just remove the trim as that would be covered by a nice trim or molding on the stand anyway...just a thought. This way, you would treat the tank like a rimless glass and go with the foam. I actually didn't realize the negative effect of using foam with a rimmed tank - learn something new everyday.

Food for thought...the folks that built my tank recommended .5" inch Styrofoam like the ones you find at the big box stores - "TECH". I was going to use a thicker sheet, and they stated .5" crushed better. That's what I use FWIW.

 

[noside]

There's lots of negatives to using foam on a rimmed tank.

That's why I asked a while ago what that was under the tank lion...

But as you say it is a rimless tank with just a decorative time not the official trim as we are used To.

in that case it's the right step to do just make sure to level that beast good and plan for if your flooring material is solid or floating.

 

[the lion who ate the sun]

Sorry for the lack of updates. I had three major stalls, but am now back on track. One of my cats pulled a tank full of 2.5 month old axolotl hatchlings onto the ground. They have required a great deal of my time this week. I also mistook an accumulation of condensation for a leak in the tank. Needless to say, I flipped out. I wound up putting two and two together after sleeping on it and threw a heater in the water. No leaks! Lastly, the tropical gar I ordered were stuck in Tennessee during the snow storm, and arrived on day four instead of the next day. Somehow they made it. After dosing melafix and spending a stupid amount of time dangling talapia in front of their mouths and dropping carnisticks on top of their noses, I managed to get them healthy and eating. Both eagerly accept pellets now!

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Lots of goodies arrived this week. I plan on spending Saturday and Sunday putting the sump together. After careful consideration, I abandoned the lava rock plan after careful consideration and decided a k1 moving bed would better suit my needs.



Taking the advice of oddball, I purchased 5 janitorial floor scrubbing pads to assist my k1 biofilter. They have been cut into large rectangles that will be siliconed to egg crate to create biowalls that will prevent the k1 from leaving the moving bed.



(Phone browser is bugging, editing in pictures after the post.)

 

[the lion who ate the sun]

I was surprised to see that the various threaded components do not screw all the way in. I was told that this is normal for plumbing parts. Peculiar.

 

[Rachel.Cody]

Looking good man. Everything is starting to come togetger.

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[the lion who ate the sun]

Long time no update. I've been really busy with all of the tedious stuff--teflon taping my connections, cementing those without threading, etc.

Today was a good day. My 3-d background arrived!! I just finished cutting all of the pieces I will be using, and am about to silicone them in. My girlfriend was kind enough to assist in the cutting process.



These pictures don't do it much justice. I'm really satisfied with it.