Fish building/man cave build!

[dantimdad]

Was going to use a 20” cube as my sump and do custom baffles. Turns out it was too tall to get skimmer in and out. Glad I test stuff before I build.

Decided to run to petsmart and get a 20h on sale.

It’s derimmed and ready for clean up.

Now for the baffle mock up.

 

[dantimdad]

So moving right along…

Taking a page from the @Lowell Lemon playbook and ran this is the cnc.

Perfect first try. Now I will cut it in acrylic then test the other 3 pieces. The baffles are simple rectangles so they will just be cut with an Amanda acrylic blade on the table saw.

I’ll post pics later of the results.

 

[dantimdad]

I like the cnc - a LOT. However, I have the co2 laser a shot at one of the pieces and man what a difference. It’s Weldon ready. And super fast. This piece took 56 seconds. I do need a much better exhaust fan though.

 

[dantimdad]

Ok last pieces I can cut until the right color acrylic arrives.

 

[dantimdad]

One of the two ballasts in the noopsyche hybrid fixture is bad. That’s fine it’s $26 for another and I am removing the control because all it does is on and off for all four bulbs anyway. This way I can use two power cords and split the on/off times.

Went ahead and threw the other two bulbs on the order to get free shipping.

The colored acrylic should be here Saturday so I can finish up the sump insert pieces.

I went and traded my too big skimmer for the right size (just a bit bigger than needed)

As soon as this stuff is done it’s time for the stand then bring the tank from storage and start dismantling.