375g in wall build
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Damn it has been a long time since I saw a topic from you! It always stayed with me because of the widebar datnioids of great quality and good pics 
Was on the other site though, but your username and avatar are the same.
What are you stocking plans? What room is the front of the tank going to be in? I love the dimentions btw!!
Was on the other site though, but your username and avatar are the same. What are you stocking plans? What room is the front of the tank going to be in? I love the dimentions btw!!
A little progress tonight. I went ahead and stopped by a great store that happens to be mostly marine and pond. But they have all sots of items that I need. Glass hole saws, bulkheads, random plumbing, plenty of Dianichi, NLS, frozen, etc... they are definitely a hidden little gem tucked away in the middle of nowhere
Anyway, they're worth the visit if you're in the area
www.blueribbonkoi.com
Anyway, I bought a 1" hole saw, bulkhead, a couple of 100micron filter socks, and put a hole in the 75g wet dry. It made a round chip, but no cracks. I think the chip will be perfectly fine. If it was going to be a display tank, I might be a little more concerned, but this doesn't bother me at all.
This hole will serve as the egress route for water that will constantly be flowing in from the drip system. I haven't decided if the bulkhead will get hard plumbed into the sink and have a small mag in the sump as well, or into a resevoir that will hold the pump, but I can figure that out later.
Still on tap:
Building the wet/dry
Rerouting electrical on the backside of the taped wall.
Framing the stand
Moving the tank to the basement (walk out door so it won't be that bad)
Anyway, they're worth the visit if you're in the area
www.blueribbonkoi.com
Anyway, I bought a 1" hole saw, bulkhead, a couple of 100micron filter socks, and put a hole in the 75g wet dry. It made a round chip, but no cracks. I think the chip will be perfectly fine. If it was going to be a display tank, I might be a little more concerned, but this doesn't bother me at all.
This hole will serve as the egress route for water that will constantly be flowing in from the drip system. I haven't decided if the bulkhead will get hard plumbed into the sink and have a small mag in the sump as well, or into a resevoir that will hold the pump, but I can figure that out later.
Still on tap:
Building the wet/dry
Rerouting electrical on the backside of the taped wall.
Framing the stand
Moving the tank to the basement (walk out door so it won't be that bad)
I have a 120g that I'm doing a wet dry for as well. I'm using that to work out any engineering issues I may have before I do it on the 75g (for the 375g). Anyway, today I used my lil table saw to trim up some acrylic, drilled some holes, and eventually made a drip tray. I learned a few things that I can carry forward to the 75g wet dry.
Lessons learned:
Fewer holes, but larger. I can avoid cracks that way. I cracked the bottom of the drip tray 2x, but they aren't that big of a deal because it is after all, just a drip tray.
Weld-on 16 application would work better with a small brush and not the medium finishing nail that I used to goop it onto the edges of the acrylic
Overall, I'm pretty happy with the results. Here are the pics:
Lessons learned:
Fewer holes, but larger. I can avoid cracks that way. I cracked the bottom of the drip tray 2x, but they aren't that big of a deal because it is after all, just a drip tray.
Weld-on 16 application would work better with a small brush and not the medium finishing nail that I used to goop it onto the edges of the acrylic
Overall, I'm pretty happy with the results. Here are the pics:
Drip tray looks professional! The one I'm doing my DIY wet/dry looks ugly. It turned out to be just drilling holes at random lol, I figured if water flows through it even-ish it should be fine right? Lol. Build looks good so far!
