I got a chance to finish hooking up the skimmer. The skimmer is fed directly from one of the drains and dialed in via a 1" ball valve.
I got a chance to finish hooking up the skimmer. The skimmer is fed directly from one of the drains and dialed in via a 1" ball valve.
I also got to work on the standpipes on the right overflow box. I'm doing a Herbie standpipe method, which simply is one standpipe will be the main drain and the other acts as a backup/emergency drain. The main drain is about 8" below the water line and the secondary drain is about a 1/4" below the waterline. You might notice couplings on both standpipes, it's similiar to a skimmer standpipe and will allow me to adjust the standpipe 1 3/8" up or down. The standpipes will be controlled by ballvalves to dial them in and eliminate the dreaded "gurgling sound."
I climbed in the tank and took a pic of the standpipes I did the other day. I actually have quite a bit of room in the overflow boxes and will try putting the Tunze Streams in there first.
Of course I couldn't take a picture of one right overflow box without showing the left one done also....looks like it will be "water test weekend."
Great effort. Drill press, bah, if you got it, use it..lol
This has been a pretty long build process bud, water test must be a welcome switch.
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...1 1/2 hour later and no leaks.
Pic of back of tank.
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Left and right overflows.
Sump in action.
40 gal gravity fed fuge.
Here's part 1 of the water test.
Last edited by gimmito; 03-27-2011 at 08:07 PM.
vid link has a deformity happening bud.
So how's your plumbing work, happy with it so far?
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Part 2 of water test.
Looking good.
My new additions...enjoy the video.
LOL, that's wonderful!
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The ultra rare blue and orange masked 2 legged sea monkeys.
I picked up a piece of 1" acrylic from Gen. The idea is to peg pieces of live rock onto there and secure it to the right rear wall to simulate depth.
An example of the piece of acrylic filled in with some rubble rock. Once coraline and corals grow in, it should fill in nicely.
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