48x48 Workhorse "The Rig"
- Thread starter JK47
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Everything’s moved so the stand gets knocked out tomorrow. Goal is get it sanded, painted, top deck and floor installed.
Picked up the sheets to mount on top of the plywood floor that make it spill proof. Grabbed enough to finish the other two stands we’re working on as well.
Trying to match the 600 build. Below is how that stand came out using the same materials.
Picked up the sheets to mount on top of the plywood floor that make it spill proof. Grabbed enough to finish the other two stands we’re working on as well.
Trying to match the 600 build. Below is how that stand came out using the same materials.
Stand is 42” tall. This tank and the 600 are both 66” in height. In the future will go next to one another.
No I haven’t decided exactly how but going to use two small pumps to run the towers. No head height and submersible means we can get away with two small pumps for large turn over ratio. Any pump recommendations?
Go time... have multiple coats and a wall to get through today so I’ll skip the progress pics until it’s done tonight.
So far it’s coming out great though. Sneak peek:
So far it’s coming out great though. Sneak peek:
JK47
the smallest submersible pumps I’ve found are the new eheim compacton and tunze. Tunze is high quality but not cheap. Those specific compacton I’ve read are not made from Germany and their typical quality. Jebao makes the some really cheap pumps but I’m sure you know their reputation. What I plan on doing is probably using jetlifters if I go HMF. In the link below swisstropicals now has a version that moves 500gph. You can run them off the same air pump provided it’s strong enough that you will use on k1 and they will take up significantly less room than a pump. The downside is that to get the flow the spout needs to be half exposed to the air but not sure how you’d do this with overflow boxes. But because of how you position them they do give awesome surface agitation.
The other thing I plan on doing is running a dry standpipe that I run all air tubing into the hmf corner. I’m sure this will make some folks cringe but I’ve see someone do that. It will let me hide all tubing for a clean look.
http://www.swisstropicals.com/filtration-shop/jetlifter-cubelifter-shop/
Just an FYI, if you find a local paint shop nearby, you can probably get them to sandblast that frame for a pretty cheap price. Will save a ton of time with the electric sander.
I immediately regretted that sander decision... I’m on a budget for this tank so we have to stretch $$$ where we can and put in the work myself.
Couldn’t be happier to have that out of the way though... before and after sanding
The stand(s) are finished and drying for the night.
I can definitely understand that. I’m glad you got it all finished up and it does look great.
