600 gallon NEW BUILD

[yifan917]

Nice! My music addiction is just as bad as my reefing one!

Am I late for the band practice?

 

[Anim8me2]

Am I late for the band practice?

Nice! Blues Jr. ?

 

[yifan917]

Nice! Blues Jr. ?

It's a 1959 bandmaster, 3x10

 

[Ricardo18]

Sterilizer

Sterilizer

New Sterilizer installed along with 2 flow meters.Only crystal clear water is acceptable.

 

[Gravis]

Can't see your picture Ricardo. Please post again!

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[Ricardo18]

photo bucket

photo bucket

Wow...I have lost all my photo links to Photo Bucket!I'll try and get them back somehow...
If I can't get them back ...adios amigos!

 

[Ricardo18]

Can't see your picture Ricardo. Please post again!

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Now?

 

[woodnaquanut]

Now?

They work for me!

 

[Sphack]

New Sterilizer installed along with 2 flow meters.Only crystal clear water is acceptable.

I love the build and just reread it again. A few questions.

What's the dimensions and water volume of the MRC sump?

Which flow meters did you pick up?

Now that you've been running the Genesis/storm combo, how do you like it? How do you split the "waste" drain between the two QTs?

Thanks!

 

[rickztahone]

Wow...I have lost all my photo links to Photo Bucket!I'll try and get them back somehow...
If I can't get them back ...adios amigos!

Go with Flickr.com bro, it is all around a way better (FREE) photo host website that doesn't butcher the quality of your pics like PB does.

 

[Ricardo18]

I love the build and just reread it again. A few questions.

What's the dimensions and water volume of the MRC sump? 24 x 60 x 24

Which flow meters did you pick up? BLUE WHITE flow meters..they are simple but work. about 60 bucks.

Now that you've been running the Genesis/storm combo, how do you like it? How do you split the "waste" drain between the two QTs? The Genesis has been running perfectly. I have one drain line gravity feed to the top of each QT with a valve on the ends.You do not need a severe slope. Both valves are wide open because each QT tank receives the "drain water" evenly....but you have the option to adjust if necessary, say you are treating one QT and so you do not want to dilute the medication for a few days.

Thanks!

 

[Gravis]

Now?

Thanks! Looks werry nice!

 

[ruski]

Sweet build

 

[ADVRESOURCE]

I know... I feel the love!

So I get it.....

If that happens, then the DT water will continue to drain until it hits the return
outlets, which in my tank would mean about 50 gallons (too much!)...so now the safety valve makes sense.
Right?

keep a lock line return at water level. When return pump shuts off, the siphon will break. You can do a Durso stand pipe if you don't want your overflows to drain.

 

[spsfle]

Magnificent setup, especially the hidden door. The dual bean animal, they said it couldn't be done, so glad I found your thread. I have a dual ghost overflow and Reef Savvy tank and I'm trying to run both as bean animal. I noticed on some of the earlier pics that there was only valves on your full siphon, then I noticed that you had put a valve on the open channel of one of the boxes, was that needed to balance both so to aide in the restart? Seeing your build has helped me in visualizing the completion of my plumbing. cudos to you!

 

[Ricardo18]

Magnificent setup, especially the hidden door. The dual bean animal, they said it couldn't be done, so glad I found your thread. I have a dual ghost overflow and Reef Savvy tank and I'm trying to run both as bean animal. I noticed on some of the earlier pics that there was only valves on your full siphon, then I noticed that you had put a valve on the open channel of one of the boxes, was that needed to balance both so to aide in the restart? Seeing your build has helped me in visualizing the completion of my plumbing. cudos to you!

You definitely DO NOT need a valve on your open channel. I have one on mine only because that was the original full siphon line. I switched last minute but left the valve. You only need control valves on the full siphon lines.
Make sure you install the safety line on top of the open channel, so it will "turn" into a full siphon if the water level gets too high in the overflow. Do you need some pictures of this?

 

[Ricardo18]

keep a lock line return at water level. When return pump shuts off, the siphon will break. You can do a Durso stand pipe if you don't want your overflows to drain.

Good idea! ...however, I already installed the "reverse" backflow valve and it works .

 

[spsfle]

Greatly appreciate your response, I understand what you are saying about the open channel, the line provides air, until it is occluded by water then the open channel becomes a full siphon. Cool Beans-Dual Beans

 

[Ricardo18]

water clarity

water clarity

Sterilizer kicking in and it looks pretty good...a view through 8 feet of solid water..SOLID !!

 

[dave.m]

Looking very reefish!

Dave.M