Side panel reservoir? - Overclock.net

Glacialis · 08-26-09

I'm new to water cooling, but have long admired CyberDruid's works of acrylic magic. I'm not sure if what I'm after is possible, or how well I can explain this:

I will have a design cut into my side panel (taking up most of it) and backed with acrylic. Whether the acrylic itself will be textured or just edge lit I'm not sure. The tricky part is getting a moving water effect behind the design. Initially I considered bubbles panels, and I still sort of am, but they're messy. I've got the LEDs set, I just don't want to mess around with, say, a rotating disc of textured acrylic in front of the LEDs. I'd prefer real water. I know, I know,

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Is there any feasible way to have a functional reservoir internally mounted such that it can be lit and provide the background I'm looking for? Is it possible to create a reservoir that can do this? I'm open to almost any suggestion and, if it matters, I'm not going smaller than a full tower case. The design is central to my case mod concept and it's 100% related to water, so I'm going to do whatever crazy water effects I need to do to bring the concept to life.