Mojo's Miracles build

mojo · Mar 10, 2010

troylee said:
Acrylic absorbs water over time and will deflect with it's current setup running at 8" now if your power fails and the sump fills 13" or so without a brace the sump will fail also... A brace could have been avoided by using 1/2" thick material but it gets real pricey real quick... I have almost 20yrs of acrylic fabrication under my belt so trust me when I say it will bow.. 1/2" would bow also but a minute amount is aceptable for a sump but not displays IMO. when you get up 1/4" deflection you start stressing the seams and crazing occurs then one day pop!!!! You got a flood....

yea what he said. I would say troylee has quite a bit more acrylic experience than I . Skimmers is really my forte'. might have to build another one becuase I have some 8 inch acrylic just laying around I need to use.

Troylee · Mar 10, 2010

another skimmer??? what ever happened to your diy cone skimmer??? i never did get to see it after the big pow wow over there....

cet98 · Mar 10, 2010

troylee said:
Acrylic absorbs water over time and will deflect with it's current setup running at 8" now if your power fails and the sump fills 13" or so without a brace the sump will fail also... A brace could have been avoided by using 1/2" thick material but it gets real pricey real quick... I have almost 20yrs of acrylic fabrication under my belt so trust me when I say it will bow.. 1/2" would bow also but a minute amount is aceptable for a sump but not displays IMO. when you get up 1/4" deflection you start stressing the seams and crazing occurs then one day pop!!!! You got a flood....

gotcha...

makes perfect sense...didn't take the pump failure into account...

as for the 20yrs of acrylic under your belt...you should really clean that belt out and have that looked at... :hammer:
(j/k...hope you have a good sense of humor...

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mojo · Mar 10, 2010

troylee said:
another skimmer??? what ever happened to your diy cone skimmer??? i never did get to see it after the big pow wow over there....

I sold it to a gentleman that seems to love it. I had posted pics of it. I built another skimmer after that and a local club member has it and he really enjoys it.

Troylee · Mar 10, 2010

thats funny lol... i go home every day with acrylic shavings in my shoes, pockets, and belt, sometimes in my ears lol.... when you route that crap it goes everywhere!!!! sorry mojo back to topic...

mojo · Mar 10, 2010

lol, its cool. Funny stuff

Jon Warner · Mar 10, 2010

troylee said:
thats funny lol... i go home every day with acrylic shavings in my shoes, pockets, and belt, sometimes in my ears lol.... when you route that crap it goes everywhere!!!! sorry mojo back to topic...

:haha:

been there, done that

Jon Warner · Mar 10, 2010

nice... Miracles makes unbelievable tanks. And the stand is top notch... and I absolutely agree with the 1260 for return selection... perfect.

mojo · Mar 10, 2010

Thanks Jon, I dont know that the as200 is going to make it to this tank as it is hands down do a better job than the old skimmer that was on the tank. So its kinda like well now what. I should have the Doors for hte stand this weekend and will get some pics when I get them. Also I will be making a bracket to help hold the sock holder. going with a 7 inch big old sock. Too much going on so I can go a little longer between sock changes.

mojo · Mar 11, 2010

I called today and the tank had the overflow put in yesterday. I was told today it was shipping this afternoon.

dcopeland · Mar 11, 2010

Sweet

mojo · Mar 11, 2010

Yea I cant wait. Will be nice to have some room.

mojo · Mar 12, 2010

Well talked to Miracles again today and it has not shipped yet. The LAdy on the phone told me it was crated up sitting there ready to go. And they were coming tonight.

Not a huge issue but this is really similar to what I was told last week. After speaking with Derek yesterday I put in for vacation next week so I can get this up and going.

Getting married on ST patty's day then building new tank for my honeymoon. lol.

mojo · Mar 12, 2010

Still no tracking info..... I sure hope it shipped today. Was told it would ship monday, then overflow went wednesday and would ship probably thursday. I hope it shipped today. Just dont like getting a run around. Just tell me what is going on so I can plan ahead. hmmm

Mojo~

Troylee · Mar 12, 2010

that sucks man...next time build your own tank like i do..

then there is no one to blame but your self..lol

mojo · Mar 12, 2010

Derek emailed me and said it shipped today !!! he would have tracking info monday as it was a response from his blackberry, i assume he was out of the office.