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"Kudzu" wrote in message
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For four years we have been talking about our new house. Now it is going to
happen. In the next few weeks I will start to finalize and draw up the
plans. One of the things I am going to have is a tank as a divider wall or
screen if you will. The plan it have it open on three sides (two long sides
open) with a custom made stand and hood.

Size is up in the air but most likely a 4 or 5 foot long tank around 75
gallons. 6 ft long 120 gallons would be about the max. Nothing is decided
yet but I am leaning toward a sump with a sand filter inside the stand. All
the water lines will have to be plumbed up the one enclosed end of the tank
to remain out of site. I am thinking either an overflow box or standpipe on
one end of the tank and then just run rigid PVC inside the hood to dump the
water on the opposite side of tank.

Now for some of the ideas I am tossing around and maybe someone has done
this or will have some suggestions on something I have not thought of.

1. Building the stand with a water proofed pan in the cabinet with a built
in drain. Since I will be building the stand (I'm a woodworker) I am
thinking about a shallow plywood box fiberglassed with a shower drain that
is tied into the plumbing drains. Then overflows or leaks are not nearly as
big of a problem. (like tonight when the 0 ring in my canister let go!)

2. Hot and cold water inside the stand. Perhaps a laundry sink faucet since
they have a garden hose thread on the outlet. If I design this right I was
thinking I could leave my python connected all the time. It would make
servicing this tank and the others in my house MUCH simpler. I had a sink
that would not drain fast enough so I attached a short garden hose to the
sink and laid the python pump in the shower floor. The water splattered very
little. So I was thinking of the same thing in the cabinet.

OK, someone got some other ideas? Or see any flaws I might have overlooked?

Kudzu *\\