Hi, that is some build and an half, you have obviously planned this well, in this hobby you have to have patience which looks like you have plenty off, can’t wait for the final results. Good luck
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Just set the tube up in position and siphon all the air out and it is filled with water. You can do the same thing with a glass cup and a piece of airline tubing.Excellent, how does this work the tube is higher than the surface of the 2 tanks?
Aah clever, I couldn’t work out how he filled it. ThanksJust set the tube up in position and siphon all the air out and it is filled with water. You can do the same thing with a glass cup and a piece of airline tubing.
Excellent, how does this work the tube is higher than the surface of the 2 tanks?
Watch this movie of my 2 connected butterfly tanks:
Watch this movie of my 2 connected butterfly tanks:
Not sure wood can support the weight of this size tank though
The total weight is high, but is distributed to several beams in the length making each beam carry it own weight. Which is no more force on a single beam than that of a smaller tank (less length same width/height)
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Distance beams: depth 80cm / width ~80cm
They call it communicating vessels
It also apply if the connection is upside/down
Hell ya bro, that’s Awesome..Present days: summer/autumn 2019
After a long break i resumed working on my panorama reef.
I had other priorities that needed my attention.
- complete renovation of my 250m2 rooftop
- installing PV system with 63 solarpanels to power my reeftanks
- summertime is also my time for watersport
now we are back on track
Watch this movie of my 2 connected butterfly tanks:
One 2x4 should hold around 800lbs each. UsuallyThis is sounding great! Not sure wood can support the weight of this size tank though
Watch this movie of my 2 connected butterfly tanks:
@glennf Very nice build! Question: What material is the black and white middle layer of your horizontal surface, between the two wood layers?
Agree, that stand looks very sturdy. Most people way overbuild their wooden stands. A single unbraced vertical 2x4 that is 80cm high (2.62 feet) can support about 3700 pounds, and he's got 12 of them under that 8 meter section. (If you add continuous bracing along the vertical length of each one so that it doesn't flex, e.g. by screwing to a plywood skin, that would bring it up to something like 6800 pounds each.) E.g. see https://courses.cit.cornell.edu/arch264/calculators/example7.1/index.html