My 315G Plywood Tank Build

[BadOleRoss]

Twas a big day here. The plan was to move the stand and tank from the workshop and into the house. While I was moving the tank the glass people called and said the glass had arrived so I had to go and pick up the glass as well. When I got home from picking up the glass, there was a box on the porch that contained my Poret foam for my sump. So, I got the tank moved into the house, got the sump finished, and got the glass siliconed in. Here are some picks....I had to strap the stand and tank to a large handtruck and add handles to be able to move it and get it inside. Each half of the sump has the water running in through a 200 micron filter sock, over an overflow through a 100 mircon filter pad, through poret foam 20 and 30 ppi and then finally through a 50 micron filter pad. There are 2/250W heater in the bottom of the sump.

 

[Conner]

Awesomeness!!!

Where'd you get that foam from??

 

[The Real 118]

WWWWWWWWWWWOOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWWWWWWW thats sexy lol

 

[BadOleRoss]

Awesomeness!!!

Where'd you get that foam from??

http://www.swisstropicals.com/Poret Filter Foam.html

It's not cheap foam but after reading about it and comparing it to other things, like scrubbies, I decided it was worth it.

 

[john73738]

Fantastic,

you just siliconed right to the PC?

Cant wait to see it filled.

Bear

 

[Conner]

http://www.swisstropicals.com/Poret Filter Foam.html

It's not cheap foam but after reading about it and comparing it to other things, like scrubbies, I decided it was worth it.

So is this actually going to be acting as your biological filtration, as well as partial mechanical? Or just one or the other??

 

[john73738]

I got the filter sock assemblies mounted in their final resting place. I had to add a 1" piece of aluminum tubing to each end of the sump. I noticed that the top of the filter socks were level with the first overflow wall. I didn't want to cut the walls down and reseal them so I raised the socks. I also changed the plumbing leading into the return pump. The holes in the PVC really served no purpose. I added 45 degree downturns to the ends of the pipe to pulll water more from the bottom of the sump. Also went down along the river with the wife and collected some driftwood.

I wish we had rivers around here so I could go find great driftwood like that.

 

[Matt724]

That is some thick glass! Love it!

 

[BadOleRoss]

As far as the silicone goes, I left some wood bare so the silicone will stick nicely to the wood. Once the initial silicone cures, I will but a beam around the outside edge of the glass and when that is sured I eill seal everything by going from the tank, over the silicone and onto the glass with silicone. That should seal it up nice.

Yes, the sump will serve as both mechanical and biological. My only concern with the sump right now is that the holes in the drip plate will not be big enough for all of the water to pass through.

 

[Redearsunfish]

So cool! Great work!