300 DT w/ 150 gallon Sump +

[Aquatron]

Yes egg crate is great stuff any time i use it for something structural i double it and it becomes very strong. To answer your question i drilled 4 small holes toward top of sock holder and used ties.
Thanks for stoppN by

 

[Aquatron]

As you will see i get side tracked alot with my build while i will be working on one thing i will have a thought.............next thing i know its two weeks later
I call them "MO FLOWS"
Here is what happened when i thought about my 12 needed outlets for my DT

 

[Aquatron]

Then i to see how small i could build them

Then my poor man MP
Really works well.............

:wildone:

OK back to the build!!!!

 

[Pederreefnerd]

Thats a nice looking system - cant wait to see the endresult

Good luck

Peder

 

[Aquatron]

Thank You ..Yeah i am ready to start it up myself I have all i need to finish except materials for my foam wall and RO/DI unit. Doing everything myself with lots of details left i am looking at a month till fresh water fire up. I will then build foam wall while its running with fresh water.

 

[ebond009]

wow. beautiful setup. good luck!

 

[Aquatron]

Thanks ebond009

Today i will show my DT air injection:
I have air back up in case of power outage for my DT as well with sump and reactors. This is a little different and will be used along with an air pump and timer to inject air for one minute every hour. While micro bubbles comming from a poor designed sump is not a good thing i believe micro bubbles injected is First it is very important when injecting that you have a system with enough flow/movement to remove the bubbles fairly fast. With fast i mean within a few minutes and just as important you need to build up your time giveing fish and corals a chance to adjust to this feature.
Why would i want to do this?
Raises oxygen levels, binds with suspended particulate matter raising to surface to be removed via overflow/s, helps corals remove waste, better light penatration, helps remove stale water trapped under rocks in pockets.
It may help alittle with small pH swings but i don't know this one for sure
There are many way's air injection can be added i am adding it through my close loop system. But have built custom overflows for hobbiest that can be used also.
Some air supplys:

DT air injection through close loop:

I have loward the air stone so you could see it when running it would be behind the tee and be removed for cleaning or replacement.

Thanks for looking

 

[Aquatron]

If someone could tell/help me tone down picture size i would be thankful It just started making this size with this thread not sure why?

Thank You,

 

[worm5406]

I think it is the method saved.

I do not see a setting to use a smaller image in photobucket .

<a href="http://s1187.photobucket.com/user/RipTide54/media/Closed-loop-corte_zps32904970.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1187.photobucket.com/albums/z383/RipTide54/th_Closed-loop-corte_zps32904970.jpg" border="0" alt=" photo Closed-loop-corte_zps32904970.jpg"></a>

That last one was using the thumbnail option.

 

[Aquatron]

Thank you 5406 i save things all the time to many cool things not toolol I for one do not like the new photobucket layout but will try the thumbnail option.

Thank you again for your help! Would you happen to know if there is a way to make already posted picks to the thumbnail choice. Would help thread move better since i have lots of pictures to post and would like them all to match?

 

[worm5406]

Once you save them after X time it will not let you edit them. Sorry.

Solve for X where Y=time and effort.

 

[Aquatron]

This is one side of my close loop system using 2 Blowhole 2700 pumps that will feed 4 1" outlets. I have set it up so i can turn 1 pump off at night and still have flow comming out all 4 outlets. Along with flow still comming out the 4 outlets it will also back siphon/flow out the inlet of which ever pump is turned off.
Each pump has its own 2" feed with 1 1/2" spa flex:
I upsized pump inlet from 1 1/4" to 2" also pump outlet.

 

[muttley000]

Hey Aquatron, glad you decided to start a thread of your awesome work. Looking forward to seeing all this pretty paint wet!

 

[larcomak11]

wow, patience is a virtue and it is paying off for you! looks awesome!

 

[Aquatron]

Thank you very much it has been alot of work and way to much thinking...lol it is getting exciting see it all come together. I have learn alot here looking at other builds and just but my twist on it

 

[FuzzyZipperbaum]

I am going to paint all of my different pluming lines different colors but ever thought of painting the individual fittings a different color...I AM STEALING THAT IDEA!!!!

Could you post a pic of what you do to tape up the inside of the fittings before painting them?

 

[Aquatron]

Hello Fuzzy,
I tape the threads at 1/2 way and put pieces of cut off pipes at ends of fitting to keep paint out. There is a earlier picture posted on this thread showing the painting of fitting just look at the different colors on the piece's of pipe....lol looks like a rainbow

Take any ideas you want and best of luck!

 

[Aquatron]

Here is some of my MO FLOWS in a members tank.......i really like the little yellow guy sitting in the rocks As you see from the different pics that his/her fav place!

 

[Aquatron]

Here is my combo pump stand, cryptic area, ATS use to hold my different reactor's pumps. I didn't want to use another manifold because i wanted to try different pumps and can take them off and on line with ease. I will use an air stone under screen that will be sitting a the runner under the screen. The lighting will come from both a window and par bulbs with goose necks.
Cut up different size's ready to sand off nubs.

Poor man way of sanding egg crate.....works well

 

[owenspackman]

this is coming along great, keep up the good work!