Birth of a 20 tall (Lots of pics!!)

[oddiseus]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8415705#post8415705 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by WarEagleNR88
I bet it's the UofA in Tucson.

Oddiseus, are most of your arch classes in that nice building on Speedway? My wife went there while I was at DM but her classes were in the Psych building near Cherry St.

What do you think of that Mech building on the north side of Speedway Now that's my kind of department

Yeah, I go to the U of A. The nice building is not open yet. It is rediculous they cut the refrigerant lines to the old building so it it humid and hot. I hate my studio, but it will soon pass and the new building will be great. As far as awesome buildings, check out the new optics building along the mall, it is so beautiful.

For advice, stock up on redbull, get a reliable computer and get some sleep. Soon sleep will be just a memory. But if your passionate about it then no biggy. Tucson, has a 5 year program. It is ranked pretty high in the architecture world, also if you have ever heard of Kirby Lockard, which you will soon if not already, he used to teach here before he retired.

Hope this helps,

Also thanks for all the great feedback guys.

I am hoping to get more pics soon.

-Odd

 

[alien9168]

yeh .. im looking at 5 yr B. ARCH programs
I did a summer course at UMD and loved it...
I've always been passionate for architecture...
im aplying to UMD
Penn state
RISD
Syracuse
U Kansas

poss...prat + rensalear

 

[alien9168]

Thanks for the tips btw

 

[rp marine]

nice setup. keep up the picture dairly

 

[oddiseus]

Ok I finally was able to get the setup plumbed and wet!! Woohoo!
Here is some pics of the work on the refugium:

Here are some of the tank fully plumbed:

Tank filling up.

This is my custom overflow setup:

Right now the tank is only freshwater, it got really cloudy this morning so I cant see much. I am testing for leaks and general water flow. I have noticed a small drip coming from one of the bulkheads in the back, I am going to fix that tonight, and hopefully add some salt and substrate tomorrow.

-Odd

 

[oddiseus]

Hello all this is just an update, I have had salt in the tank and finally added some sand, here are a couple pics. Let me know what you think.

-Odd

 

[AVALover5498]

Really nice setup. My uncle lives in phoenix. Always wanted to make my way down there, but never have the time.

 

[Miggy]

I have been keeping up with this thread and i must say it is a very nice setup.

 

[oddiseus]

Thanks for the feedback. I have finally stained the door and finished the hood. I will have those on and pics up shortly. I am just waiting for the polyurethane to dry. I am going to retrofit my coralife lights into the hood after that. so stay tuned.

 

[super-cichlid]

Can you show some more pictures of your sump, efugium? and how it is all plumbed??

Heck of a setup. Keep it up!

 

[oddiseus]

I dont have my good camera right now but here is a few shots of the sump and refugia, I might have to diagram it because of the way I designed the system to be so tight. There isnt much room to look around. but here ya go

this is the sump to refugium pic

and here is the refugium to tank

 

[oddiseus]

ok here is a lil description of what is happening in the refugium.

The yellow is outlining the overflow that returns to the sump.
the blue comes from the sump and fills the refugium and then the rest goes to the display. mostly people use that technique to control flow to the display, so I did that and fed the fuge with the same line. (which is common)

this setup is running real good right now. I have just put the door on and it looks great it has a tendancy to open by itself a lil so I need to get slide clip to hold it in. I dont know if thats what they are called but I wil post a pic soon. Bye all

-Odd

 

[oddiseus]

crap I just realized that I named it sump fill but it was supposed to be fuge fill.

 

[super-cichlid]

filling a separated fuge with the same return line was a cool idea. Do you have a ball valve to choke the flow from the return to the pump to the display tank as well? do you notice a reduction in flow using the one pump for the fuge and the display? just curious since I noticed you had the fuge ball valve almost closed.

 

[oddiseus]

Well what I did was, use the ball valve in the fuge to add water to the fuge and control flow to the display. When I first thought of the design I figured the pump would pump a lot more than it actually did. but it worked out that it fed the fuge fresh water and provided circulation as well as pumped the water back to the display.

Here are a couple of pics of the stand that I built complete with hardware.

and another

-Odd

 

[super-cichlid]

sweet

 

[NanoReefWanabe]

wow that looks great....

i am currently in the process of building a 20H but i never thought of doing any of that plumbing...maybe i should reconsider before going any further...

i know the tank is 3/16 glass, do you know if this is going to create any strength problems in the rear glass of the tank?

i might consider atleast adding a CL to mine for that little extra flow..

do you think you could draw me a sketch of your plumbing plan...being very new to the hole reef hobby i cant quite understand how the water is flowing through your system...but i am very intrigued...

what is more intriging is how you fit all the stuff under the tank...

i am having a heck of a time tring to get my 15G to fit under the 20 when they both have the same foot print..

and finally at risk of sounding incredibly stupid...what is the fuge for? could someone perhaps point me to a thread or two about them?

oh and LOL about your accomodations woes...i too was once a starving Architecture student crampted for space...and cash...then i switch to landscape architecture and things ahve been pretty nice since graduating..

 

[oddiseus]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8478305#post8478305 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by NanoReefWanabe
wow that looks great....

i am currently in the process of building a 20H but i never thought of doing any of that plumbing...maybe i should reconsider before going any further...

i know the tank is 3/16 glass, do you know if this is going to create any strength problems in the rear glass of the tank?

i might consider atleast adding a CL to mine for that little extra flow..

do you think you could draw me a sketch of your plumbing plan...being very new to the hole reef hobby i cant quite understand how the water is flowing through your system...but i am very intrigued...

what is more intriging is how you fit all the stuff under the tank...

i am having a heck of a time tring to get my 15G to fit under the 20 when they both have the same foot print..

and finally at risk of sounding incredibly stupid...what is the fuge for? could someone perhaps point me to a thread or two about them?

oh and LOL about your accomodations woes...i too was once a starving Architecture student crampted for space...and cash...then i switch to landscape architecture and things ahve been pretty nice since graduating..

3/16" glass is actually pretty big, you coud drill that at least 5 times without worrying about any structural failure. I can recommend a good place to get the bits for about a dollar a piece. and a good site to walk you through the process. Just remember a rule of thumb is to make the holes about an inch from the sides and at least an inch from any other hole. Also the fuge is just a shorter way of saying refugium, and basically its a place that you can grow macroalgeas that feed the display, without having to have them in your display. Macroalgeas are very aggressive growers and hve a tendancy to take over, so that is why you quarantine them.

As far as plumbing goes I'll be happy to draw a diagram of how the tanks is plumbed and how the flow goes, Ill also put up a list of parts that I used.

Lastly, thanks for the bit of encouragement about graduating, I can't wait. My life has been basically at a standstill, but I still have a lil bit of time to go before its over. I wonder what my tank will look like then. LOL

Just an update. My hood is 98% finished I had to add a lil wood putty to a couple of spots so know just seal it and retrofit my lights. I think you guys will like it.. I know I do.

-Odd

 

[oddiseus]

wow, so I was awakened in the middle of the night by a strange whistling noise. Getting up to investigate I found that my fuge had developed a crack in the bottom and was slowly dripping water all over my rug. =( I built an impromptu slide to re direct the water back into the sump. So I drained the sump and I am going to rebuild it. Its for the better as I didnt like the limited access to the pump under the fuge. I am going with a slimmer design and I am going to use a much thicker glass on the bottom. FYI. the glass was a real cheap glass from loews and the way I plumbed the pump through the glass added a stress that I am going to eliminate in the next design. The good part is I wont have to stop the whole setup, so my cycle will continue.

More info later as well as pics on the failure of the refugium.

-Odd

 

[herostar]

Updates! Pics!

I'm following b/c I'm about to do the same thing. 20g Tall is the new hottness!