Building a nano with built in over flow

[Scottm]

I'm starting a project converting one of my old 10 gallons into a nano with a built in overflow. here is the progress so far. I have to wait for the partition to dry in place before I can finish it.

 

[EELectric]

Looks great what are you using the overflow for?

 

[Guest]

Nice! A little 10 gal RR. I got to see a picture of this thing up and running thats crazy! What type of corals thinking about doing, or just one big showpiece in the middle?

 

[Scottm]

I'm just going to do some mushrooms, yellow polyps and zoanthids. I was going to drill the tank for a sump, but now I think I'm just going to set it up as an internal sump and fuge, run the pump to opposite ends of the tank with a T and that way have no ugly powerheads, bes of all the skimmer will fit into my internal sump and stick out a hole in the hood, which looks really slick. I'm putting the baffles into the sump next and then cut slots for the overflow end. I just wish I could have gotten smoked glass to put in between the tank and sump to keep the sump from getting too much light. If it gets too bad I'll figure something out.

 

[Guest]

The partition is it glass or plexi, because you can get the smoked plexi from the lhs?

 

[Scottm]

Baffles are in.

 

[Scottm]

update on progress. I leak tested and patched everything cut the teeth for overflow into the skimmer area and installed the skimmer. I'm working on the pump setup still. I also smoked up the main partition with a steel scrubbing pad but that doesn't really show in the photo.

 

[EELectric]

How many gallons will the main end up being?

 

[Scottm]

its about 8 gallons. I'll take some pictures once I have it set up next week.

 

[Guest]

cant wait 8)

 

[EELectric]

Same please keep us updated!

 

[Ziggy953]

That is a clever idea! I can't wait to see how it looks set up!!!!!

 

[Scottm]

yeah I've shelved this project for a while. I got such a great deal on a complete 55gallon setup that this is on a back burner.

 

[SeeDemTails]

Looks great! Awsome idea!

With the skimmer in the internal sump, I hope you dont have to much problems with bubbles flowing back into the main.

 

[Scottm]

I'll have no problems with the bubbles because of the skimmers design. it is only air driven, which means that the water is only pushed as fast as the bubbles and it would take alot of air to drive bubbles out of that skimmer.

 

[trotty]

Great idea.....