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03-24-2012, 01:42 PM
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A piece of the amazon
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Location: Anchorage Alaska
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yeah loha show us some pics of your new setup!
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3 tanks...
plants, plants, plants and some fish. Some freaking cool plants and fish!
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03-24-2012, 09:06 PM
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Administrator
Join Date: May 2007
Location: Arizona
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Damn there are some big snails in there! I had one almost that big, loved it!
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03-25-2012, 11:40 AM
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A piece of the amazon
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Holy awesome tank room lohachata! If I had that setup I would be farming some serious plants.
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3 tanks...
plants, plants, plants and some fish. Some freaking cool plants and fish!
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03-25-2012, 12:37 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Cleveland,Ohio
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i moved the fishroom pics to the fish and aquarium pictures section instead of getting too far off topic on this one...
josh...can you squeeze 2'11" instead of the 2'9"....
these racks are 30" deep...and at 35" wide can handle a pair of 20 longs on top and 3 tanks on the bottom...either 10..15..20 long...20 high or 29 gallon.......or......you could build 1 large plywood tank to fit....31" x 30" x 16'.....approx. 64 gallons..you would need 1 4x8 sheet of 3/4" plywood..1 piece of 3/16" or1/4" glass..
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if we ignore nature;maybe it will go away
10 gallon..nothing but air
10 gallon...just more air
10 gallon...stale air
just don't ask about the rest
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03-25-2012, 02:09 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Michigan
Age: 22
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Loha, no problem. I don't mind getting off topic. Makes the thread more interesting! :]
I can deal with 2'11". I like the 2 x 20's on top and the 20 long on bottom idea.
I've also considered selling my 72 bowfront off and making a stand to fit 2 x 29's on top and 3 x 20's on the bottom
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03-25-2012, 07:47 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Michigan
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So I did some rough drawings and this is what i came up with... Still planning on having 3 x 10 gallons underneath
Length of stand: 35 in
Width of stand: 15 in
Height of stand: 30 in
Height of stand with 20L: 42 in
10 gallon shelf: 3 inches above ground
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03-25-2012, 08:08 PM
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You need room between the tanks to stick your hand in, but the bottom tank needs to be high enough to gravity siphon unless you own a pump.
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03-25-2012, 08:12 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Michigan
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Ah, forgot about that... So if I raise the shelf to around 9 inches, that'll give me about 10 inches of room above the tank to stick my hand in there. Seems sufficient enough but I don't know if the tanks will be high enough to siphon water out... What do you think?
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03-25-2012, 08:21 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2010
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If the height really matters, then just buy a $15 Maxi-Jet utility pump. 
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03-25-2012, 09:03 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Michigan
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That sounds good, the height does matter here. It's going underneath a lofted bed.
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03-25-2012, 09:04 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Michigan
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Funlad, still wanna it up for me? :P
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03-25-2012, 10:17 PM
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Perfect Water - BÖC
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Yeah, I'll have it for you by tomorrow.  Just for my reference, what are the final possible dimensions?
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03-25-2012, 11:08 PM
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I'm hoping for 35"x15"x30" (LxWxH).. Not sure if that works out for you but feel free to +/- 2 inches if must. Thanks for doing this! Really appreciate it.
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03-28-2012, 10:31 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Michigan
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I'm really struggling with the best way to put this together. I'd like to go about doing how loha has shown me but I don't know how to figure out how long I need the pieces. I'm thinking I'm gonna need
4 legs at 30 in" tall
4 pieces to connect legs at 15" long
4 pieces as the base of the tanks at 35" long
Does this sound all right?
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03-28-2012, 11:30 AM
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Perfect Water - BÖC
Join Date: Oct 2010
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Sorry, I missed the size you wanted. I'll have it done by tomorrow!
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