Having the refugium upstairs is definitely a good idea, and something I'll keep in mind. My wife's still not a fan of anything being anywhere except directly under the tank... actually, she's not really a fan of anything about the tank at all right now. I'll do my best to tread lightly and maybe I can broach the idea after I butter her up with a dinner or something. If I do do that, it'll be easy to incorporate into the plans.
Here's the revised diagram. The sump return has been moved to the opposite end of the tank, and the 3/4" bulkhead was changed to a 1". Everything else is basically the same.
I didn't draw in the RO/DI or auto-topoff system, but it would be placed elsewhere and the plumbing and electric would come in through the wall, similar to the chiller.
I have the same questions this time...
Should the size or positions of the bulkhead be changed?
Should I add more bulkheads? Would there be any downside to that?
I just thought of this now: The electrical outlets are on the bottom, and there's no good way to run the wires from the bottom to the top for the lights. Should I somehow create a path that the wires could travel up through the tank, perhaps in the overflow? Or is it better to just drill into and out of the drywall and put the wires through there?
Again, thank you for your hepl! I'll take a week or so before ordering the tank. Sort of like the waiting period for buying a gun.
You should have an electrician run some GFCI outlets above the tank area in one of the columns to allow for plenty of outlets! I think the rest looks great. Are you going to order from AGE? I would consider a pvc bottomed tank since you are going with the CL!
I'm working on some stand/canopy ideas and have a question about support. It's a glass-bottom tank... is it okay to have a little overhang over the stand, as seen in the attached thumbnail? Pretend the picture is from the bottom up, as if you stuck your head under the tank in the stand. This would result from me placing the tank on a stand of 2x4's and surrounding it by cabinets that match my kitchen cabinets (rustic maple cabinets made by Kent Moore). The 2" overhang would be where the tank sits on unsupported molding at the top... sort of like this:
.| Tank
.L________ (side view)
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.. || Stand
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Well, I made a fairly large mistake. I took the measurements for the tank very carefully, and accurately measured that the distance from wall to wall was 55.5", and wrote down that the tank should be 55" wide. But in my email to Glasscages where I gave them the specifications, I brainfarted and asked them to make it 56" wide. The tank is great... but it doesn't fit in my space. Hopefully it wasn't a $1600 mistake.
I guess I'm going to chip away at the drywall at some point and hope I can get it fit in somehow. Definitely sucks, but hopefully I can still do this without ordering another $1600 tank.
Drzy,
You can mark the drywall where the tank's final position will be, then remove the drywall (which is 1/2" thick). Re-install 1/4" 'green board', which is for wet areas. That will give you clearance and protection.
I can give you a hand if you need.
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