My First 29G Tank w/ Water Feature plenty of pics

[dart345]

Thanks, I am trying to find that water pump, however I can only find air pumps. You have a good link? Thanks for your input!

[froggsong]

All of your wood looks good, as far as I can tell with the blurry pics. Just run your hands over them and sand down any sharp points that you feel.

[dart345]

Sorry for the blurry pics, k, well I am going to post more pics on my egg crate frame, I hope I can get some input before I start foaming today.

I have a dremel tool, so I will have fun with a sand bit getting those rough spots..... Will post new pics in a few...

[dart345]

Here is a drawing of how I would like it. I added color to kind show layers.. What is not shown in this drawing is the layer of the hydroton clay balls.

I raised the right side somewhat to help direct the flow of the water. I kept the area small knowing that poison dart frogs do not need much water. I was unable to get the supports done for the frame since I do not have a pvc cutter... I should just go get one since it cuts so much better and quicker... I probably need more pvc pipe for the raised level. Since I already have a false bottom already with pvc pipe underneath it, I do not need to cut the pvc pipe with slots for the raised level, because it is already raised and the water simply fall through.

I am not finish the left side of the frame either however I am just going to place a slight slope or perhaps just go straight up to add some depth to the tank. Not light the frogs can not jump up there.

Hope the pictures help, and input be great... So far I am happy with the progress and see something developing here.

[dart345]

To help explain the waterfall feature, I plan on having the water hit the tree stump as shown in the last pic, however I am going to have a cork branch silicone to the "great stuff" background, the branch will server as a natural piper per say, and allow the water to flow from the pump to the branch and the branch will creep down towards that wood piece in which it will back down to the right side of the tank.

What is great should I ever have to drain the tank, I kept in mind that the drain already installed was on the right side, so I decided to keep the water feature on the right side.

Hopefully I will not have a issue or a concern with my substrate getting saturated... I doubt that be a problem, however as others suggested I plan on working my waterfall feature before I add the substrate in...

If you also notice in the picture the angle the raised level has is towards the right side... this help direct any flow to that side of the tank....

[froggsong]

Lookin good!

[dart345]

Thanks that means alot, means I am doing something right....I knew I should of bought that pvc pipe cutter... I really hate to dish out 10 dollars for it... However it is a tool and tools are good to have regardless of how many times you use em... in the DIY'ing world you always find yourself using it sometime or another...

Basically I am kind of at a halt until I get that tool, It is is important that the pvcs are leveled to fit perfect under the raised level

This brings me to the next concern...What be the best way to secure the pvc pipe to the raised level? I was thinking perhaps slots on the pipe in which the egg crate can rest on securely... Not sure if that has been done or not, but I think it be easy with a dremel tool to make some slots in the pipe for the egg crate to rest on.

[froggsong]

Yeah, that would probably work perfectly! I've never actually made a FB with PVC for leg supports (I always use eggcrate), so I can't say whether it will work or not. Just be sure that you put holes in the pipe so that water doesn't get trapped inside and stagnate.

[dart345]

True, and yes the bottom layer that is touching the bottom glass of the tank has v shape slots to allow to prevent the water from getting trapped.

However With the second layer above the fb of egg crate I will have some slots and drill a addtl hole in case some gets trapped in there.

I just got out of the shower and heading to home depot right now, I look forward to take some pics to show how I will support the second layer of egg crate...

I am only adding pvc to the frame for structure support. I want to make sure the egg crate will not collapse with the weight on top.

[aquariumreef]

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