Jamie's 13G Custom

[slakker187]

sweet build! i like the outside wavebox, ive been talking about doing that for about two years. i finally have the tank i want to set up and im going to be doing the exact same thing. i was curious though, how come you didnt add "teeth" to the black acrylic where the overflow is instead of leaving it wide open? also, i was wondering if you could tell me what cutting disk you used to cut the straight edges on the tank as i am planning on doing some heavy modding on my own 140g? thanks in advance and keep up the nice work. :lol:

 

[mgdmirage]

Super complicated little system but awesome. You should get some little fiddler crabs for the upper section

 

[DragKnee]

That is unbelievable!

Talent!

 

[revhtree]

Wow epic build!! Keep it coming!!

 

[ritter6788]

That's great! I'll bet some crabs would love that deck.

 

[CausticGuy]

Great build! Tagging along.

 

[SeahorseKeeper]

Great build!! I'm tagging along!!

 

[Martin's Reef]

Amazingly epic! Wow.

 

[jbsmurf]

Awesome build

 

[Funbags]

This is one of the most methodical amazing tanks I have ever seen, and its ONLY a 13G LOVE it.

 

[PaulKreider]

I'm blown away. Speechless.

 

[Servo]

This has got to be the most incredible nano build I have seen online in about 10 years!!! Great Job! Excuse me if you posted this already, but did you copy the dimensions of the Tunze wave box exactly? Did you use a bulk head and how did you get the pump to fit? Thanks

 

[SaltCube]

... Another fellow Canadian with skills. But wow great job man.

 

[Clone1983]

Amazing step by step visuals and break down. Keep up the hard work and motivation. I'm going to setup a 12 gal long from Mr. Aqua for my son. Can't wait to setup and do a step by step pics and explaination. Time consuming but worth doing it for the hobbie. Saw some of the glass cutting tools you had on there that did the rounding on the glass if you can please put that in where or what website you picked it up? Thanks a keep on tanking. .

 

[ethridge78]

This probably one of the cleanest nicest little tanks I have ever seen good job keep it up .

 

[Aleks]

Stunned! Forward to continue.

 

[blueworld]

Hey everyone!!! Im so sorry for being away the last few days. Not only do I work up north and have limited time back at home but so does my beautiful girlfriend. Our days off lined up and that meant that you guys had to wait patiently for my return haha but I'm here now so let me get back to all of you. You'll have to bare with me because I'm going to try and answer the questions as well as post up more on the tank and get into some of the questions with more detail too!! so hold on here we go!

 

[blueworld]

Glass Tools

... Also, what were you using to cut the glass after the hole saws on the overflow? Just a dremel to cut and polish the edges? What disc are you using. Thanks for contributing and inspiring us all!

Amazing step by step visuals and break down. Keep up the hard work and motivation. I'm going to setup a 12 gal long from Mr. Aqua for my son. Can't wait to setup and do a step by step pics and explaination. Time consuming but worth doing it for the hobbie. Saw some of the glass cutting tools you had on there that did the rounding on the glass if you can please put that in where or what website you picked it up? Thanks a keep on tanking. .

... also, i was wondering if you could tell me what cutting disk you used to cut the straight edges on the tank as i am planning on doing some heavy modding on my own 140g? thanks in advance and keep up the nice work. :lol:

Thanks for asking guys! Yes I was just using a standard Dremel 4000 with a Diamond Cutting wheel on their EZ-Lock bit. I used the hole saw bits in the corners to give them a nice rounded looked over the traditional squared off corners, but that was only for astetics. I also did the same with the baffles in the sump

 

[blueworld]

Cords

holy crap the plumbing and cord management is amazing...

Amazing! Great job. I was wondering what the white offset wire extensions were called and where you picked them up? ...

Very nice..
Where did you get the white outlet savers like that?

The cords I finally decided to use are 6" 90 degree rotating outlet adapters, I can't recall where i got them from but a quick google should bring you lots of place for them!! I had to "trim" the one that goes on the second from the left when plugged into the EB8 simply because of the spacing Neptune Systems used when they designed the box for the Apex but other then that they worked perfectly

 

[tlove]

I could enjoy simply watching the build, without any fish or corals, awesome !