From biocube to a 65 G with underwater sculptures

We need a FTS please.

 

Ditto. Cant wait to see the finished finished product with water in the tank and everything, looks amazing, great job. Hope the sculpture is rewarding.

 

you have it already, i'm not finished yet.......

 

With the rock structure. I see pics of it sitting it the tank but not FTS with rock structure. I guess Ill have to wait.

 

For the second sculpture , other consideration had to be taken into account. For one ; it is going to be flush with the back wall which is not flat all the way. Second it will be part of the return water process. The return pump will feed the structure made of PVC with the return water from the sump to supplement water movement to the pod nursery which it will host.

The back panel is at one point on an angle ; it is part of the Calfo overflow

 

The second sculpture must be flush, but flexible to accomodate the curve in the back wall, for the waterflow.
The use of eggcrate will help stablilise the structure and give it flexability.





You see here where the connection will be with the return pump and the hole for the syphon vent is.

















You see here another exaust point for the return water




The Nursery taking shape

 

Playing with desing and shapes.




























I get some encouragements





Under the nursery i made some holes for the waterflow

 

Trying my new cam

 

Some of the rocks where substandards; Marc's Rock is not always even.i have no regrets but be advise...Had a lot of waste after drilling lots of dirt, its suppose to be mined , but.

 

Part of the structure i'll be using silicone , specially at the tips of the branches where zip ties would be too bulky and foam will also play its part in holding rocks as well as hidding the zip ties and the pvc.



























This is the left branch of the second structure, heavy sucker too.




I drilled some holes undeneath for the return flow, the hole sculpture will be a vehicule for the return waterflow pretty cool hein.




















Blocking the end to create back pressure to the structure, since their's so many exaust holes and one main hole.