acrylic tube update

[mflamb]

You can pat away buddy. I think it's the deal of the 390 build. I contacted John about some pumps. He will let me know Monday.

 

[CMcNeil]

so you asked him about the ehiems?if he can get them let me know ill take one of the 1048's.

 

[ReefArtist]

So will I - Might as well get them local much less problems in the long run. We can see if he can get a deal if a few of us needed them, don't you think?

 

[CMcNeil]

never hurts to ask.............

 

[mflamb]

We'll see Monday...

 

[CMcNeil]

i have an idea for the bubble counter.grab a 1/4"jaco fitting

take off the nut

now drill a 1/4"hole through the center of the jaco fitting

and slide you co2 outlet line into the fitting like the sample i show and tighten the nut.

i mdont see any reason this wont work.what do you guys think?

 

[CMcNeil]

 

[ReefArtist]

That would work. We would have to make sure it was sealed around the hole. You don't want the water overflowing through the hole and spraying everywhere - and it would spray like a squirt gun. It would be easy to seal. Good idea checkinhawk - I might go with it!

 

[CMcNeil]

it cant leak it would have to get past the seal inside the jaco fitting.it has a nylon compression fitting so no leaky.it basicly is how they seal the ph probe so it will work.

 

[ReefArtist]

That's what I was just looking at - the ph probe. I might have to make a hole for my Probe. I have the controller that will shut it off at different levels. I can either do it in the reactor or controller in the tank - I think Hawkster does it in the tank.

 

[CMcNeil]

dont worry i can do it for you when i do mine.bruce is dropping off an old ph probe so i can find the right fitting for it.

 

[ReefArtist]

Cool that sound good to me. Do you think it's better to monitor the PH directly in the reactor?

 

[CMcNeil]

im not sure i need to read up on it.but since the geo shows it in the reactor id assume it needs to monitor the reactors ph.

 

[ReefArtist]

Yea, they went to a lot of trouble if it's not the best place to control the CO2 and PH levels. I'm going to look at a few others but I do think it's the best way to go.

 

[mflamb]

Lots of folks want to monitor pH in the reactor to avoid pH droping too low in the reactor and turning all the media to mush. I think, I'm going to do a small effluent box that drips into the sump and measure pH their and in the tank.
I like the bubble counter idea.

 

[Warnberg]

Just wanted to thank everyone again for everything.

 

[Warnberg]

Just noticed to post from me with pics.....

:lol:

thats too funny..

I logged in to show some of my pictures but never logged out...

 

[ReefArtist]

OK - I finally was able to go through all the photos I took (100+) so I thought I'd post some of the hi-lights. I'll have the complete process posted on my website later this week.

Here's a stack of flange bottoms ready to be marked and drilled.

Using a drill press and a special bit the holes were drilled into the flange.

The flange bottoms then were attached to the 6" acrylic tubes using Weldon #3 and #16.

 

[ReefArtist]

The reactors with bottom part of flange attached waiting for the next stage.

To get the nice finish and a very even round flange, each flange top was routed with a finishing bit.

Then all the holes were drilled using the drill press - this pic is showing the center hole being drilled.

This is how we drilled out the side holes on the acrylic tube. Checkinhawk was the expert in this process.

 

[ReefArtist]

The base was then attached to the body of the reactor using weldon #3 and #16.

Here is a reactor with the base and bottom flange attached - Looking GOOD!

This is the completed flanges and plumbing - note the routed edges on the flange - Sweet!

Thank you everyone for a very successful build!