JoJo's No Funny Business Office Tank Thread

[08TRDOFFROAD]

G gets my vote!

 

[tharbin]

B really catches my attention.

 

[00W]

Here's my giant list of candidates for POTM! What do you think?

A.

B.

C.

D.

E.

F.

G.

H.

I.

J.

K.

L.

M.

B, G and of course K.

 

[Slocke]

BTW B is not allowed

 

[tbrown]

BTW B is not allowed

TWSS?

 

[JoJosReef]

TWSS?

Not even on your birthday?

 

[JoJosReef]

We're going to get this thread shut down :-(

 

[Slocke]

We're going to get this thread shut down :-(

Did you miss my thread from like page 40 to 90?
I think you’re good

 

[Slocke]

BTW B is not allowed

All this and I meant C. B is one of my favorites. Their should be a secondary comedy photo contest!

 

[JoJosReef]

All this and I meant C. B is one of my favorites. Their should be a secondary comedy photo contest!

Too many leopards? I personally like H the most (I. was a bit of a gimmick, but fun to make), but clown taco seems to be the clear favorite.

 

[Slocke]

Too many leopards?

Yep. I don’t want any competition!! (Jk don’t care)

I personally like H the most (I. was a bit of a gimmick, but fun to make), but clown taco seems to be the clear favorite.

H is too busy. What is the coral above the sticks in H. Is it a palythoa?

 

[SliceGolfer]

G and M

 

[Tcook]

I like B. But honorable mention for the corkscrew

 

[Slocke]

I like B. But honorable mention for the corkscrew

Fixed!

 

[JoJosReef]

Yep. I don’t want any competition!! (Jk don’t care)

H is too busy. What is the coral above the sticks in H. Is it a palythoa?

The big flat ones laying on top of the setosa are cinnamon grandis palys.

 

[JoJosReef]

Working on my lid design. Keeping it pretty simple. This will be an all polycarbonate plastic lid with a cutout for the Plank and lots of holes in it for ventilation--not quite as good as mesh, but the price is half of what the mesh lid makers cost and small mesh is a bit of a pain to clean (have to take off the lid, clean it with a hose or in a huge basin sink, come back, pick up fish off the floor, etc...). Hoping this lid is easier maintenance. It will be two pieces. I took measurements and there is some slight variation in the glass width and total dimensions of the tank--0.1" shorter length, 0.125" longer width than an exact 48"x20".

Any thoughts? @VintageReefer

* drawn more or less to scale

Some of the internal debates I'm having:

1. Flow is meant to be 100% return pump and 1 MP40. In principle, I don't need any corner cutouts for wires. However, I don't know if I will want to add more or different flow later--e.g., a gyre. So maybe I should just include cutouts in any case. HOWEVER, cutouts without any wires filling in that space is just an invitation for a pencil wrasse to jump right through the corner. What if I got the corners cut, but asked him to include the corners when sending them to me, use some plastic glue to re-bond them to the corners, and then if/when I want to add wires, just break off the corner?

2. I'm wondering if I should add a feeding hole for dropping in frozen food. Although I understand you can just drop the frozen food into the Plank feeding hole. Anyone ever do this?

3. I'm wondering if I should add some hinged doors or hinged front half of the lid so that I can open and get into the tank without taking off the entire lid. That said, since it is 2 pieces, it's sort of like having a vertical hinge in any case. I also don't know how useful it'll really be if I need to get to the back of the tank for something. Still, it might make redistributing the corals on the front sand bed a bit easier. And I like squirting ROE, PacPods, Phyto and/or OysterFeast into the tank off and on throughout the day (hence the filthy mesh, where I squirt through).

Decisions, decisions...

 

[Tcook]

I would keep the wire cutouts. I run a temp probe, grounding probe, Trident supply line and osmolator fill line. You can always put a rubber plug in. I drop frozen cubes into my plank all the time. I like having the feed door so I can feed wimpy fish by hand as it can get aggressive around the plan tube.

 

[Projects with Sam]

Its polycarb so you can cut it with a razor blade. You could have them mostly cut the wire holes but leave them attached with small tabs that can be cut at your leisure/need.

 

[Jimbo327]

Definitely get a feeding port.

I have not seen many people using a solid lid anymore. I used to have one back in the days, but it had no holes...and had condensation and water splash on the lid. I didn't use it for long.

 

[JoJosReef]

Its polycarb so you can cut it with a razor blade. You could have them mostly cut the wire holes but leave them attached with small tabs that can be cut at your leisure/need.

Communcating this isea over to the maker. Thanks!