Filtration, Lighting,Substrate Help

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Silversamps85 said:
Yea, I am concerned with how I will clean the sand with a 4ft deep tank, also its strange to me to have a bulk head on the bottom of the tank, just worries me I guess. There aren't suppose to be holes in m tank!
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No need to have holes on the bottom of your tank. I don't know if your tank is going to be free standing, or abut against a wall on one end. Either way, an overflow box can be used without compromising esthetics too much. Here are three pictures taken from Midwest Custom Aquariums' gallery. No holes in the bottom of the tank, all plumbing confined to the overflow box or under the canopy.

http://midwestcustomaquariums.databae.net/photo-gallery/acrylic-tanks-with-cabinetry/

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I, too, am very leery of holes in the bottom of the tank. I prefer holes in the top of the tank. In lieu of bare bottom, some people have put tile on the floor of their tank. A few have used a low profile rocky background on the floor instead of substrate. .....Albertan
http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/f...for-Dummies)&p=6569462&viewfull=1#post6569462

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hey by all means if the guys building the tank can work the plumbing into the design without putting the overflows on the bottom then ya go for it. I am not a tank builder haha but in my mind if you are using the tank as a room partion of sorts then the top of the tank will be more or less unaccessable.

that first pic the overflows are built in the side with the stand so sure you don't need them on the bottom, but that bottom overflow would still scare me with the amount of water above it.

second pic I can't see the back of the tank but I'm assuming there isn't plumbing running down the back since its a 360 view lol so the overflows are either in the bottom of that box orrrrr like I said there is an overflow pipe running from the bulkhead at the bottom to somewhere near the top of that overflow box which is probably the case.

3rd pic same case as the second pic unless they ran the plumbing into the wall which I could see as doable.


Those are awesome tanks haha I'd dig that middle one as a fresh water system for sure.

Also with regards to tank builders that will ship to you in NY, there are like 3 well known builders on the east coast and I'm guessing most of them will ship right to your house, and probably install the tank and plumbing for ya :)
 
I would like to do it myself, I am concerned with the time it may take me and I don't really want to have a trial and error process with this tank. The second picture is very similar in shape to what I would be doing. I can see a center post in that tank.
 
Silversamps85 said:
I would like to do it myself, I am concerned with the time it may take me and I don't really want to have a trial and error process with this tank. The second picture is very similar in shape to what I would be doing. I can see a center post in that tank.
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that center post is the overflow I have to assume.

Basically you can plumb yours much like the 3rd picture posted, the side against the wall could have the bulkheads drilled near the top making your life a little easier, and run the plumbing into the wall. Thats probably what I'd do. but then again ill priobably never build a tank into the wall haha.
 
Silversamps85 said:
Those are some fantastic tanks, does anybody know of a custom tank company that serves the western New York area?
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Midwest Custom Aquariums serves the whole country. They ship anywhere in the country. Chris is a great guy and very helpful. He built my 300 gallon tank. I have never read any complaints about Midwest Custom Aquariums on any fish forum. They will even build a tank onsite....Energy's 1700 gallon tank was done that way. There are pictures of it in Midwest's photo gallery when it was a salt water tank. (He converted it into a stingray/discus/poisonous frog vivarium) http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?329022-1700-Gallon-Stingray-River


http://www.midwestcustomaquariums.com/
 
I have a tank from Midwest Custom. Chris IS a great guy, and their work is awesome. Make sure to tell him you read about him on MFK, too.

I also have a tank with holes in the bottom--a big tank. I'm not scared. Bulkheads are reliable, they are easy to install, and there's plenty of info on the Internet about how to install them properly. If for some outlandish reason a bulkhead did just completely let go, it'd drain the overflow box, not the entire tank. You buy a tank that's built right, and the overflows don't leak, which gets us back to Chris at Midwest Custom again.
 
They built it and shipped it to me. I got a pallet with a tank, a sump, and a stand on top. All strapped together on a wooden pallet and covered in styrofoam. I plumbed everything. My tank is just a big standalone tank in a room, against the wall. Back is painted black.
 
I just saw your thread on your tank, looks great! I was talking to my wife more about this and it seems this tank may be growing larger. The space it is going to occupy is a little odd so I think my next step is to contact Midwest, I checked there website out briefly. Will they come onsite? This tank may end up being twice the size we originally thought and that would definitely need some custom work and design
 
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