E Lowther`s Frag Tank Project!

We went to the lighting section and up against the wall on the far left side. It was on rack near the doors as you were heading out to the lumber area.

 

"The amount of water in the tubing will be somewhat mitigated by having one way flow valves in the return lines. We will be doing some testing and establish a max fill level, in addition we are installing an auto top off system so water level shouldn't fluctuate much." - e lowther's father

 

Yeah, I guess that's an easier way of saying it.

 

So I have some pretty big updates for tonight. Yesterday my light fixture came in, I bought my return pump and the supplies to get my tanked plumbed together. First off, here are the pics of the light I purchased. It is a Giessman 24" T-5 HO Retro Kit. 

Here is a pic of the light with the lights actually one. One bulb is a Super actintic, and the other is a actintic plus.

 

Here is what the frag tank will look like with the lights on.

So now my project for this weekend, is to build a canopy and stand for the light to hang off the frag tank. Managed to get some nice supplies from Lowes.

 

...ok, lets try this again.

 

and the last two

lastly, the building supplies for the new canopy

 

Time for some major updates! Over these last few days I have gotten the following accomplished. I completely finished the canopy for my new light fixture and bought my return pump/ overflow hoses. Here are the pics of the stand after we finished assembling and sanding the canopy. 

After that, I painted it using the old paint I had from my main tank canopy. The canopy rests on the actual frag tank, it allows the canopy to slide forward and backwards to make maintenance and feeding easier. 

Just a minor note, the emperor filter in the picture was only used to add extra flow and remove some debris before the tank was sumped to the main tank.

 

Here are some more pictures of the frag tank with the finished canopy.
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Here is what the tank looks like with the lights on. Bulb combination is one super actintic, and one actintic +

and here are the two tanks together, with both the canopies.