Custom Aquariums Neenah WI

JayRozzer · Mar 27, 2021

How do you like the metal frame around the top/bottom ?

piranhaman00 · Mar 27, 2021

JayRozzer said:
How do you like the metal frame around the top/bottom ?

I love it! I much prefer rimmed tanks over rimless and love the look of this especially

ATB USA · Mar 27, 2021

piranhaman00 said:
Anyone using a Custom Aquariums rimmed aquarium?

I have a rimmed tank coming from them and they insist on using there padding beneath the tank to support the glass underneath? I always thought this was a huge no no in rimmed tanks. To my understanding, you dont want anything touching the bottom glass on a rimmed tank. They told me the padding holds the glass and gives more support.

I have a 225 gal from them that I have had for 4 years now. Pad is under it and works great. Very happy with the tank. Their overflows are a little noisy

JayRozzer · Mar 28, 2021

piranhaman00 said:
I love it! I much prefer rimmed tanks over rimless and love the look of this especially

Nice. I’m back and forth between one of their rimless (metal frame on bottom) or an SCA rimless/eurobrace. Prices are roughly the same.

JCTReefer · Mar 28, 2021

ATB USA said:
I have a 225 gal from them that I have had for 4 years now. Pad is under it and works great. Very happy with the tank. Their overflows are a little noisy

I’m glad to hear you’re happy with the tank after 4 years. That gives me a little peace of mind!!! I thought about using their overflows because that’s what I went with in my old tank. On that tank I used the H2overflow only without the external box. Straight plumbed/ full siphon with gate valve to the sump. Herbie style. Then drilled the other side of the tank for my emergency. This go round I had Modular Marine build me a custom box to accommodate their trim. And also accommodate their hole spacing requirements from the top of the tank. Modular Marine had to use a 1/2 inch acrylic to notch it out deep enough to make it work with their trim. And also had to make the box taller so I could drill my holes lower from the top of the tank. I had to do some serious figuring/thinking to get the holes drilled perfectly. I did not want to see the waterline below the trim of the tank. I had to make a custom template for this to work. I wanted the bottom of the internals weirs teeth above the bottom of the tanks trim to conceal the waterline. I have about 2mm of clearance between the top of the internal overflow and the trim. Talk about being nervous when I drilled it. Not from a cracking the tank standpoint, but from a Precise hole spacing standpoint. I didn’t trust them to drill it, as the holes had to be perfectly spaced for everything to work like I planned. If they were off by more than a few millimeters, I’d have to have another custom box made. Here’s the schematics of their trim. As you can see it’s not the usual 2 inch standard trim used on most tanks. And you figure most overlflow boxes teeth are about an inch in height from top of teeth to bottom. So this doesn’t give much room for error. If they used a little wider trim, it wouldn’t be so critical in order to hide the waterline. Of course the more water you push through the overflow, the higher up on the teeth it’s going to be. And that will in turn give you a slightly higher water level in the tank. This is definitely something to think about when purchasing their trimmed tanks. I think from a longevity perspective, aluminum will be way better than any plastic trimmed tank.

JCTReefer · Mar 28, 2021

You can see the space I have on the internal overflows box to the trim/lip where the glass lids rest. About a quarters width. And also how much the External box had to be notched out.