Great ideas wanted!

Don't forget a GFCI circuit since you will have water and power in close
proximity.

"Kudzu" wrote in
:

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 *\\