TCFABS Miracles Rimless

[tcfab]

I thought I would share some pictures of my Miracles 135gallon rimless tank. Might be a little bit of a slow build but I will keep updating as I go. The tank is 3/4" Starphire on the front and sides. Stand is built out of 1.5" square tubing and powder coated white. The sump is a DIY 45x24x15 white and clear acrylic with refugium. Skimmer is a DIY cone with self cleaning head. DIY calcium reactor. DIY 4x21 media reactors. Return pump is a Laguna 1500 which will be feeding the two media reactors, refugium, calcium reactor and the tank of coarse.:wink: Lighting is a DIY 8x54watt T5 setup that I am currently in the middle of building. It has an aluminum support arm, aluminum housing, ATI Powermodule reflectors and ATI Powermodule ballasts. Here are some picture so far.:xd:

 

[tcfab]

 

[Brad Syphus]

Tyler, I load my pictures the same way as wmas. Are you using photobucket?

 

[Gamble]

Looking good man....... still the best DIY projects I have ever seen in person. I want to see some pics with water in that tank already!!!!!

 

[btkrausen]

I see some awesome equipment pictures, but no Miracles tank. Looking forward to see this, as every Miracles tank I've seen looks terrific.

 

[skinz78]

WOW those are the cleanest DIY projects I have seen to date! Nice work man!

 

[agoodloe]

Looking good. I really like the DIY skimmer. I can't wait to see the tank. I am planning on ordering a miracles aquarium later this year.

 

[tcfab]

How do you make the pictures bigger so you don't have to click on them?

 

[thewackyreefer]

What browser are you using? When I use Firefox they end up like your pics above but when I use Safari they turn out normal.

 

[btkrausen]

How do you make the pictures bigger so you don't have to click on them?

Host them on Photobucket, and use the IMG link in your reply. Should make them larger and easier to see.

 

[tcfab]

I am using Safari, I will try photobucket

 

[btkrausen]

They show up as little pics in Chrome on this Macbook, but if you want bigger pics, Photobucket is the way to go.

By the way, that plumbing setup looks awesome, nice setup on that :)

 

[tcfab]

 

[Henry C]

Man looks like you've got a pretty sweet setup going on. Was the skimmer a DIY that you buy and put together or did you design and build it yourself?

 

[aquafrags]

that is a awesome start

 

[tcfab]

The skimmer was built by me. I just got some measurements from a BK Alpha 250

 

[Henry C]

Ok, thank you... I asked because i'm looking to upgrade my skimmer and am looking at "cone' skimmers.

 

[btkrausen]

Nice acrylic work man, very impressed. Are you planning to use filter socks with that setup?

 

[tcfab]

Thanks man, The sump has a filter sock bracket built in but the sump also has a bypass port with a cover and o-ring on the filter sock baffle so if I don't want to run filter socks for a period of time I can and the sump will still be very quiet. Here is a picture of the bypass port.

 

[bkoppes]

Oh this looks soooo nice!!!! What are the dimensions of the tank? I am ordering one in the next week or so. Also, did you have the black put on the back by Miracles or paint it on yourself? If you had them black the back how do you like it?