DIY Monster Fish Tank

[Parka]

LOL you need a 3D Printer. Boom. Mind Blown (mushroom cloud)

Wow! I sorta got it right. With a 3D printer I can make and sell blow up Bunnies!

 

[NU_WTF?]

Wow! I sorta got it right. With a 3D printer I can make and sell blow up Bunnies!

or you can make all sorts of cool shit for odds and ends things around the house. proper pipe fittings some load hinges all sorts of cool shit only limited by size

 

[Parka]

This is the first part of the pre filter. It will collect water at the surface hence 'skimmer'.

I started with a one gallon vinegar jug that I cut the bottom off of it. And then I found a plastic flower pot that the rim of the pot fit perfectly snug over the flimsy jug. I added a few spots of adhesive for extra security.

And then here is how I copied that canister filter. I found other pots that stack together while leaving a good bit of space between the stacked pots.

 

[Parka]

Well hell, most of my pics on my phone are too large to post. When I get back home I will show that pre filter design in better detail.

 

[NU_WTF?]

Well hell, most of my pics on my phone are too large to post. When I get back home I will show that pre filter design in better detail.

there is an app called Imgur you can upload the files there then post a link to em here

 

[Parka]

or you can make all sorts of cool shit for odds and ends things around the house. proper pipe fittings some load hinges all sorts of cool shit only limited by size

I have zero experience with a 3d printer. Have you used one? Aren't they expensive like a new car?

 

[Parka]

I think this helps understand it. And another pot fits inside the potato salad container, and on and on if I like.

 

[NU_WTF?]

I have zero experience with a 3d printer. Have you used one? Aren't they expensive like a new car?

ha you can get hobby level printers for cheap like 200 bucks and even if you're not good at CAD and such you can find tons and tons and tons of designs on the internet, pretty much full communities helping people out. i 3D printed a custom shroud for my AIO cooler to properly draw air across the entire rad rather than just where the fans butted up against the fins and i didnt even do any designing just found it online. its crazy how open the community is when it comes to makin your own stuff

 

[Parka]

I can't edit my posts on my phone like I can on my computer. I have no clue how the word 'sex' ended my last post. I didn't mean to that. I didn't even know I did until I saw it

Okay, the edit button was hiding on my phone, I found it!

 

[Parka]

ha you can get hobby level printers for cheap like 200 bucks and even if you're not good at CAD and such you can find tons and tons and tons of designs on the internet, pretty much full communities helping people out. i 3D printed a custom shroud for my AIO cooler to properly draw air across the entire rad rather than just where the fans butted up against the fins and i didnt even do any designing just found it online. its crazy how open the community is when it comes to makin your own stuff

That's the internet at its best, yeah? People helping others, the best!

 

[NU_WTF?]

That's the internet at its best, yeah? People helping others, the best!

yep making it so that you can make just about whatever you want in your own home (star trek'esque)

 

[Parka]

I'm ready to test out the under gravel filter to check for how it flows. I sort of expect to flow harder near the pump but I really have no clue how it might work. I drilled 1/8" holes every two inches all the way through the pipes for a total of aprox 250 holes.

If the flow is heavier at the pump end, as long as there is still some flow at the opposite end I will be okay with that. No flow at the opposite end will be a fail. The pump is rated at 700 gallons an hour and that sounds like a lot me so just maybe it will flow better than expected at the opposite end of the pump.

Here's some pics:

 

[Parka]

I have a problem with the drains though, they are clogged and I couldn't unclog them. I pushed about 20 feet of garden hose down that 4 inch drain and nothing, still clogged. This small room behind the aquarium, I call it the 'engine room' and it looks like it was meant to be a bathroom.



And look at this mess here. This looks so unprofessional to me, is this normal in new construction? Because these drains were obviously put in before the floor was poured, I don't know what to make of it. I don't want to hire a $plumber because it will be 200 bucks probably and if the floor needs to be tore up, forget about it, I'm guessing that could push a grand or more.

 

[outofyourmind]

No flow at the opposite end will be a fail.

If it doesn't draw at the end, I'd plug every other 1/8 in hole in the front half, then drill the back half holes out to 1/4
Just keep doing that until you get the flow you want

 

[NU_WTF?]

I'm ready to test out the under gravel filter to check for how it flows. I sort of expect to flow harder near the pump but I really have no clue how it might work. I drilled 1/8" holes every two inches all the way through the pipes for a total of aprox 250 holes.

If the flow is heavier at the pump end, as long as there is still some flow at the opposite end I will be okay with that. No flow at the opposite end will be a fail. The pump is rated at 700 gallons an hour and that sounds like a lot me so just maybe it will flow better than expected at the opposite end of the pump.

Here's some pics:

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Provided the flow is more than the holes can accommodate it will evenly draw across them all if the pipe is large enough to exceed spec for that.

 

[Parka]

If it doesn't draw at the end, I'd plug every other 1/8 in hole in the front half, then drill the back half holes out to 1/4
Just keep doing that until you get the flow you want

I was thinking about something like that, fingers crossed that I won't need to.

 

[Parka]

Provided the flow is more than the holes can accommodate

I like the way you put that! Hopeful! And we will be finding out soon, this morning.

Days, not weeks, this thing will be ready for action.

I also decided to change up the lighting, again. I'm going big and bright because I want to grow some serious pond plants and if it's too much light it's easy to swap out those flat plate lights.

The tank has four openings across the top, the first section will have a 200 watt plate (true watts, not that equivalent crap) and that will be the section that I try to grow a pond plant or two. I like those lily pads! Many pond plants need to stick their heads out of the water so I may remove the glass lid on that section, thinking way ahead...

The second section will be a 100 watt plate, third section a 60 watt and the last section will sport an 18 watt color changeable guy, similar to what Petey G. has on his stairway. Pretty fun shit!

 

[Parka]

yep making it so that you can make just about whatever you want in your own home (star trek'esque)

So instead of paper do you put sheets of plastic in it? Or plastic beads or something? And can make a piece of equipment just from a picture?

 

[NU_WTF?]

So instead of paper do you put sheets of plastic in it? Or plastic beads or something? And can make a piece of equipment just from a picture?

It takes filament spools of different types and colors of plastic the extruder head builds vertically in layers heating up and depositing just the right amount on horizontal layers and stacking essentially

 

[Parka]

Well crap! The filter test was about what I expected, hardly any flow at the far end away from the pump. It was actually less than I expected and way hell less than I hoped for. Back to the drawing board.

So what I did on my drawing board was, I drew a fuckin map to the UPS store and returned my pansy ass 700 GPH, I took my Power Wheels to the UPS store and I saw a new vape shop too! (I made a purchase)

Anyway when I got home I used my drawing board to order a BIGGER pump. Way bigger.

1,200 Gallons Per Hour!

My pansy pump was $85 and I also returned a $50 led plate light and it's more than enough to cover the buck-ten I paid for Big Guy Pump, this guy right here! It will set me back a few days but it still won't be weeks, my shit will be in business in days.
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