phippsj
Sat, 21st Jun 2014, 04:50 PM
Greetings all... it's been a while since I posted here. I had my tank up and running for several years. The build thread links are here:
http://www.maast.org/showthread.php?56404-6-month-update-with-pics
Anyways, family and I took off to Disney World for vacation. I had my original Reeflo Dart/Snapper hybrid pump running, so in May I decided to change it out since it had been running for several years. Bought a new pump and replaced the old one. Turns out the seal was bad, and when I returned it had leaked all over our dinning room (seal gave way about 2 days before returning). So, I am now getting all new wood floors, etc... and had to take down the 180G. (I'm also done with Reeflo, when I bought the new pump the first one I bought had a bad seal too... so to get two pumps in a row with bad seals and now face $14K of damage to wood floors, not good). In-sump pumps only for me from now on.
While I still have fans running by ServPro to dry walls and floors, I already know that I want a different setup when i put the tank back up. I've looked at Midwest Custom Tanks and really like the idea of the acrylic stands with the built in sump. I just don't know if there is anyone here in San Antonio that builds those types of tanks because that would make life easier (avoid shipping, etc). I'd like to go with a 7' x 18" wide x 24 high tank this time around, with a 36" deck height stand.
I would also be interested in a wood stand, and I'll just drop a 7' x 18" x 10"H sump in across the whole bottom... then put my wet sump inside. I'm done with flooding on my wood floors. I also want to have my stand matching my furniture, and I don't have the time to refinish this stand this time around.
Thanks in advance for any recommendations!
http://www.maast.org/showthread.php?56404-6-month-update-with-pics
Anyways, family and I took off to Disney World for vacation. I had my original Reeflo Dart/Snapper hybrid pump running, so in May I decided to change it out since it had been running for several years. Bought a new pump and replaced the old one. Turns out the seal was bad, and when I returned it had leaked all over our dinning room (seal gave way about 2 days before returning). So, I am now getting all new wood floors, etc... and had to take down the 180G. (I'm also done with Reeflo, when I bought the new pump the first one I bought had a bad seal too... so to get two pumps in a row with bad seals and now face $14K of damage to wood floors, not good). In-sump pumps only for me from now on.
While I still have fans running by ServPro to dry walls and floors, I already know that I want a different setup when i put the tank back up. I've looked at Midwest Custom Tanks and really like the idea of the acrylic stands with the built in sump. I just don't know if there is anyone here in San Antonio that builds those types of tanks because that would make life easier (avoid shipping, etc). I'd like to go with a 7' x 18" wide x 24 high tank this time around, with a 36" deck height stand.
I would also be interested in a wood stand, and I'll just drop a 7' x 18" x 10"H sump in across the whole bottom... then put my wet sump inside. I'm done with flooding on my wood floors. I also want to have my stand matching my furniture, and I don't have the time to refinish this stand this time around.
Thanks in advance for any recommendations!