nailbender
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Thanks
I still have to skin the front in cherry. Then several coats of poly. I plan to make the doors as the tank is cycling
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I still have to skin the front in cherry. Then several coats of poly. I plan to make the doors as the tank is cycling
nailbender
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Thanks Kevin
The sump and everything is going in the basement. That plastic container on the horses behind the stand is going to be my salt mixing tank. I can't wait to make saltwater, add 150 gallons of RO, dump in one box of salt, turn on the pump.
nailbender
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OK
Im in the process of passing my leak test
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I should have rock, sand, and water by the weekend
LETS GET THIS CYCLE STARTED
Im in the process of passing my leak test
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I should have rock, sand, and water by the weekend
LETS GET THIS CYCLE STARTED
Mr.Ghostly
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That is some clean plumbing you got there
nailbender
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Mai you're welcome to come over any time you like, as long as I'm home
just give me a call
But I still have mucho work to do, protein skimmer, calcium reactor, salt tank, RO tank, doors on the stand. I just want to get this tank cycling, So I can start moving livestock
Hyperlitexr50
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Nice plumbing this might be a stupid question but what are all the valves for. Your stand is awesome cant wait to see it finished.
nailbender
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GFO reactor, Carbon reactor, Calcium reactor, refugium, Protien skimmer?, chiller?, I feel that's it easier to add a valve now and never use it than to wish I had one more and have to shut everything down to add it
nailbender
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I was having a problem with the water level in my overflow fluctuating so Steve from Sea Schor told me to get rid of my 90's on my drains and replace them with 45's.
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I was using a hofer gurgle buster overflow and the best I could adjust it, it would gurgle loudly once an hour. I couldn't stand it so I ripped them out and replaced them with a Herbie design and so far it has been absolutely silent
YES.
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I was using a hofer gurgle buster overflow and the best I could adjust it, it would gurgle loudly once an hour. I couldn't stand it so I ripped them out and replaced them with a Herbie design and so far it has been absolutely silent
YES.
nailbender
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The better to control you with my dear
nailbender
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Yes I believe it is the way to go, but if I had to do it over I decided Sat evening that I couldn't stand the other system and was going to try the Herbie. I couldn't locate a PVC gate valve. I tried HD,Lowe'ss,Menard'ss, my local tru value, nobody had one let alone one that was 1 1/2 " they are readily availableon linee but I couldn't wait so I used a ball valve. The ball valve works but it took me a long time to get it right. Where as a gate valve would have been much more easy to dial it in
mlreef
Active member
I'm in the same boat as you, I have 3 2" drains and all I could find was ball valves and it took a while. But now that it is set and working, I probably wont touch it!
nailbender
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OK where am I? Things are progressing nice and slow. The tank has cycled and I'm adding things a little at a time. Right now I have 2 clowns, 1 anthias and a yellow watchman gobie in there. I've added mushrooms, zoos, palys, toad stools, Xenia. I can't wait until I can add everything from my other tanks and have only one tank to look after. Downstairs I have completed my saltwater mixing station and did a 60 gallon water change the other day in about 10 minutes with no buckets. It was so nice. I have a 210 gallon tank for RO water hooked up to my RO system with a float valve. Thats plumbed to another 210 tank for mixing saltwater, I can mix a whole bucket of salt into saltwater at once. And that is plumbed into my main pump so I can drain my sump into my sump pump while pumping fresh saltwater into my main tank if I have to do a major water change say 100 gallons or more. Once lights come on I'll try to get some pictures up. I still need to hook up my protein skimmer, refugium, and calcium reactor.