Angela Short
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I am gonna post some pics of the monster and the planned layout. Any input and advise is welcome! 1st off this thing is huge! The extra 6" made it a lot taller than I visualized it to be. It stands 6'6" tall. I ordered a 50 long sump but GC's was out of stock the day of pickup so sent a 65 long instead which was nice of them.
This is still pulled away from the wall for easier access working on the plumbing.
It took 6 guys all they had to move it about 15 feet off the truck backed up almost in the door. Its 84 long x 24 wide x 31 tall and VERY heavy!
this is the holes in the bottom. I wanted it all to be plumbed from underneat so the tank can hug the wall real tight.
This is the layout and sizes of the closed loop if you can read it... 1.5" drain in the center back wall and 8 1"returns. 4 in front to push water up over the rocks angled to the overflows and 4 in the back to push water to the front of the tank. A Oceansmotion 4 way will give the alternating flow. The back 4 ports will push opposite the front 4 to make a rolling of the water kinda in a circular pattern to keep all deitrus flowing up to the overflows. I am not looking for caotic random flow, more of a keep the tank clean flow pattern. I am stearing away from SPS and going more LPS/softies anyways.
I caulked all the joints in the stand and am going to paint with a heavy duty paint to try and somewhat contain any spills. More to come as it progresses.
This is still pulled away from the wall for easier access working on the plumbing.
It took 6 guys all they had to move it about 15 feet off the truck backed up almost in the door. Its 84 long x 24 wide x 31 tall and VERY heavy!
this is the holes in the bottom. I wanted it all to be plumbed from underneat so the tank can hug the wall real tight.
This is the layout and sizes of the closed loop if you can read it... 1.5" drain in the center back wall and 8 1"returns. 4 in front to push water up over the rocks angled to the overflows and 4 in the back to push water to the front of the tank. A Oceansmotion 4 way will give the alternating flow. The back 4 ports will push opposite the front 4 to make a rolling of the water kinda in a circular pattern to keep all deitrus flowing up to the overflows. I am not looking for caotic random flow, more of a keep the tank clean flow pattern. I am stearing away from SPS and going more LPS/softies anyways.
I caulked all the joints in the stand and am going to paint with a heavy duty paint to try and somewhat contain any spills. More to come as it progresses.
I bet its killing you... Do you have most of the plumbing and equipment already??? Looks like a sweet setup... Look forward to seeing it in action...
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