brion0

Did you run the tap an tank off the same co2? Looks great.

mulita

Thanks for your comments Oregon. The Santa was a great spot to add in this season for the kids

Yes I did. Tap and Tank share the same CO2. In the immediate sub-project for this project, I will be running a Soda Gun out of the same CO2 source very soon (within a month I hope). So I will have now, Tap, Soda Gun & Tank running out of the same source, but I am still reviewing some points to maximize the use of space within the furniture without affecting maintanence/operation for any of the equipments.

DMHdispute

I just found this thread and I think its great. Very nice workmanship, im gunna make a stand for my new tank and even though it will be much more simple I hope it will come out as well. The tank looks like its custom made for the bar, it looks perfect.
The only thing is that on the two flat pieces pf glass you can see dry water spots on the outside. Is there any room for you clean the outside of the glass?

wet

An inspiring project. The wood around the valves then the cutout on the top piece is just my favorite example of your attention to detail, too.

mulita

This is a point that I missed when planning and building the aquarium I should've sealed the top edge of the aquarium againts the furniture to avoid splitting water into it but I found the flaw when it happened . I am going to try to develop a tool that I can slide in to clean it I hope I can make it work, because this is the easy way to do it. The panels in these area cant be removed as when I built the "walls" for the aquarium, they were fixed and surround it.

I hope the cleanning tool option works because the only other option is to take out the aquarium which is not the easy one. Preventing this with a seal was the option really missed.

Thanks for your comments guys

jerrybforl

this is an awesome project to bad you couldnt place it up higher but very nice and good luck with any problems have.

sonaps

The tank is looking great mulita! It’s really filled in nicely.

mulita

Thanks for your comments Guys.

Sonaps, yesterday I was putting together PVC to assembly the inline reactor similar to yours.

Now that I found that the equipment heat is good enough to keep the aquarium to the right temperature range I am skipping the heater section of your design. I am also going to use a 1" diameter PVC about 22" tall for the reactor instead, just because I have this on hand and though about getting this used instead of buying a new section, I dont know if this will affect functionality for the reactor as I the flow will be "faster" in comparisión to using 1.5-2" Dia. (I dont know if this will work in favor or againts CO2 Disolving).

I am also keeping it clear (No bioballs or any other media inside as your). This will also save me some space inside the cabinet now that I am getting into the soda gun project. I will post pictures of the reactor tonight and I hope this works

sonaps

I’ll be interested to hear how it works. Mine is holding up real well. This morning it was -10 degrees Fahrenheit (-23 Celsius) so the heater is essential in my setup. The reactor/heater combo has worked real well for me. I do get bubbles coming out of my return line later in the day. I haven’t done a great deal of investigating into this yet. I assume that the CO2 pocket gets too large and the water flow is pushing some of the bubbles through the reactor and out the return line. If that is the case then the 1” diameter you will be using may be too narrow. But my tank is larger and brighter than yours, which means I am pumping in a lot more CO2, so maybe the 1” will be adequate for you. Again, I’ll be interested to hear how it turns out.

ZooTycoonMaster

How's the tank? I just read the whole thing, and I think it's awesome!