Funny shaped tank...funny shape filter

[Granville]

A friend is getting a tank built. It will act as a coffee table.

30 inches high, 3 foot square.
It will sit on a six inch wooden plinth, with access to the space underneath
the tank.

He wants to hide all the filtration system within the plinth.

So he needs a thin system (6 inches high) that will extract, filter, heat
and pump back the clean water.

Does anyone know of one that is commercially available. He wants to avoid
building his own one.

Thanks in advance.

[Fishnut]

On Tue, 20 Jan 2004 22:57:03 -0000, "Granville"
> wrote:

>A friend is getting a tank built. It will act as a coffee table.
>
>30 inches high, 3 foot square.
>It will sit on a six inch wooden plinth, with access to the space underneath
>the tank.
>
>He wants to hide all the filtration system within the plinth.
>
>So he needs a thin system (6 inches high) that will extract, filter, heat
>and pump back the clean water.
>
>Does anyone know of one that is commercially available. He wants to avoid
>building his own one.
>
>Thanks in advance.
>
Where is the lighting ?

Regards, Fishnut.

[Granville]

Lighting will be through uplighting using a series of small bright LED
"lights" buried in the gravel. Sounds like some sort of fibre optic
solution.

An interesting project, but the filtration has him stumped.

He is striving to hide as much of the engineering as possible.

[Harry Muscle]

"Granville" > wrote in message
...
> Lighting will be through uplighting using a series of small bright LED
> "lights" buried in the gravel. Sounds like some sort of fibre optic
> solution.
>
> An interesting project, but the filtration has him stumped.
>
> He is striving to hide as much of the engineering as possible.
>
>

If the only source of light is gonna come from the gravel, you are going to
have one bunch of confused and stressed fish.

Harry




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[Jimmy]

Wonderr if this will make them swim upside down.

"Harry Muscle" > wrote in message
...
> "Granville" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Lighting will be through uplighting using a series of small bright LED
> > "lights" buried in the gravel. Sounds like some sort of fibre optic
> > solution.
> >
> > An interesting project, but the filtration has him stumped.
> >
> > He is striving to hide as much of the engineering as possible.
> >
> >
>
> If the only source of light is gonna come from the gravel, you are going
to
> have one bunch of confused and stressed fish.
>
> Harry
>
>
>
>
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[crazyjoe]

> A friend is getting a tank built. It will act as a coffee table.
>
> 30 inches high, 3 foot square.
> It will sit on a six inch wooden plinth, with access to the space
underneath
> the tank.
>
> He wants to hide all the filtration system within the plinth.
>
> So he needs a thin system (6 inches high) that will extract, filter, heat
> and pump back the clean water.
>
> Does anyone know of one that is commercially available. He wants to avoid
> building his own one.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
>
Sounds cool. I would build the tank with an empty space in the middle, that
is where I would put the filter (I.e. sump w/d with heater etc. ). Have
the table top lift off for maint. and include 4 small flourescent light
inset in the top for lighting. Top top will have to be a little extra thick
to handle all the lighting, venting etc. Your top would most likely be
about 2 ft high depending on your tank hight. The bottom support will have
to be very rigid, or moving it will crack the tank. Let us know how it
comes out. Jim.

[NetMax]

"Granville" > wrote in message
...
> A friend is getting a tank built. It will act as a coffee table.
>
> 30 inches high, 3 foot square.
> It will sit on a six inch wooden plinth, with access to the space
underneath
> the tank.
>
> He wants to hide all the filtration system within the plinth.
>
> So he needs a thin system (6 inches high) that will extract, filter,
heat
> and pump back the clean water.
>
> Does anyone know of one that is commercially available. He wants to
avoid
> building his own one.
>
> Thanks in advance.

Drill 2 holes in the floor to run the canister hoses to a canister
installed as high as possible (ie: floor joists underneath) as canisters
are not built to tolerate too much pressure. Alternately, use a UGF
(there won't be much of a fish load in there anyways). Maybe you can put
a potted plant on the 'coffee table' whose roots drop into the water (a
nitrate sponge to reduce your water changes ;~).

NetMax