Fatmike's Sexy 57 Rimless

[Fatmike92]

I'll have it running tomorrow!

 

[Zack]

About time! I like the water mixing/storage container you have there. How much water does it hold?

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[Fatmike92]

almost full!! ha slowly but surly I need to get a sock first before I put my sand in im going to go snag one today and then I also need some calibration fluid for my refractometer. hopefully I can get some live rock in today

 

[Fatmike92]

Alright Salinity is where I want it! 1.025

So I got some rock from the other tank and I am putting it in the sump. Here we go!

 

[sexycorals]

looking good MIKE!!

 

[Fatmike92]

About time! I like the water mixing/storage container you have there. How much water does it hold?

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It holds 50 gallons.

 

[Fatmike92]

looking good MIKE!!

Thanks mike! I'll be wanting those corals soon!

 

[Fatmike92]

Alright salinity good. I put live Rock in the sump. And sand in the display! Now it's really murky! Ha my filter sock does not to seem to be doing to well. Hopefully it will be cleared up in the morning

 

[Lilmatty5dimes]

Very nice mike. It's finally coming together. Can't wait to see it after the sand settles.


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[Sacohen]

Ha thanks lilmatty!

And liquid I don't want your salt anyways!!

Here it is! I need to mess with the brackets and the wires a bit more.

Mike are the brackets bent electrical conduit?
If so you could run the wiring thru the conduit down to the bottom.

 

[Fatmike92]

I'm going to run the wires down the bracket but I can't go inside the bracket

 

[bknapp]

To hide the wires along the bracket legs go to HD or Lowe's and get the plastic wire tracks that you can use to hide wires along walls and just paint them the color of the legs, I used one along the back of my tank to help keep the wires from just hanging loose. They come with double sided tape.

 

[Fatmike92]

To hide the wires along the bracket legs go to HD or Lowe's and get the plastic wire tracks that you can use to hide wires along walls and just paint them the color of the legs, I used one along the back of my tank to help keep the wires from just hanging loose. They come with double sided tape.

ok awesome! ill check that out

so big update. I am going to making a canopy to hide the brackets, lights and wires. Also the biggest reason I am doing it is everyone hate the blue glow it puts out..... whatever thats fine ill hide it the best I can. so that means some kind of hanging canopy. that still allows you to see the rimless edge. ive got a ton of carboard laying around for stuff being shipped so Im going to cut that tp what I think will work and show you guys what im talking about

ha the only reason I am doing this is because my fiance hates the glow and it is her parents rental house and they hate the glow also. so Im just trying to please everyone. If I do it right I think it will look really good though

 

[kschweer]

ok awesome! ill check that out

so big update. I am going to making a canopy to hide the brackets, lights and wires. Also the biggest reason I am doing it is everyone hate the blue glow it puts out..... whatever thats fine ill hide it the best I can. so that means some kind of hanging canopy. that still allows you to see the rimless edge. ive got a ton of carboard laying around for stuff being shipped so Im going to cut that tp what I think will work and show you guys what im talking about

ha the only reason I am doing this is because my fiance hates the glow and it is her parents rental house and they hate the glow also. so Im just trying to please everyone. If I do it right I think it will look really good though

I just built one for a friend of mine. It's really simple and makes things look "finished". It still needs trim and molding to match the other one I built but you can get a general idea.

Last picture is how its attached to the wall you can attach it to the wall or hang from the ceiling. Either way works but I think attached to the wall looks cleaner. The pieces on the wall will be painted to match the wall so you will really have to look to see them

 

[Fatmike92]

Thanks! Ya I am going to need some help with this one.

 

[Swine]

Stop making my life more difficult and adding to the list of good ideas I should use for my next build! :-P

I always wanted a canopy but they have bad salt creep problems and make it a pain to run maintenance. But this idea is great because they glow can be annoying when you see it out of the corner of your eye

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[Fatmike92]

Stop making my life more difficult and adding to the list of good ideas I should use for my next build! :-P

I always wanted a canopy but they have bad salt creep problems and make it a pain to run maintenance. But this idea is great because they glow can be annoying when you see it out of the corner of your eye

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Haha I'm glad I can give you ideas!!

And ya they are mad because we just completely redid that room and they say it completely ruins it and blah blah blah. So fine I'll fix it just pay for all my materials lol. I'm out of money after everything I bought for this thing!

 

[Fatmike92]

hopefully I can buy the lumber tomorrow. its going to be very tall I think I need to try out some different sizes but it will be 40" x 20" x around 24"

 

[kschweer]

For reference the one shown in the picture I posted is also over a 57 rimless. The dimensions on it are 36"x18" and 8.5" tall. It's roughly 20" off the top edge of the tank

 

[Fatmike92]

For reference the one shown in the picture I posted is also over a 57 rimless. The dimensions on it are 36"x18" and 8.5" tall. It's roughly 20" off the top edge of the tank

thanks! the only reason mine is a little longer and wider is because of the brackets. but I am going to bring the canopy to come down pretty far but still leave room so you can see the rimless look.