PaulieWalnuts
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looking sweet!!!
Building My 375gal Glass Reef
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Ed Reef
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<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13665488#post13665488 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by GlassReef
shibumi, Ed Reef, PaulieWalnuts - thanks guys. You're comments are much appreciated.
Ed, where in China are you? I spent 6 months in Hong Kong back in '88. Absolutely loved it! The people were so friendly and the food - my goodness - the food.
I'm in a little city called Fuzhou, which is about an hour away from HK. I used to be based in HK as well and agree...the food!! yummy!!
edandsandy
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CONGRATULATIONS you your successful tank move. I can only imagine how excited you must be!
All of your hard work has paid off. :thumbsup:
Sooooooooooo, when are you filling it up?
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CONGRATULATIONS you your successful tank move. I can only imagine how excited you must be!
All of your hard work has paid off. :thumbsup:
Sooooooooooo, when are you filling it up?
:lol: :lol: :lol:
weaselslucks
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how are you dealing with humidity?or did i miss that some where.?
I used a combination of 100-120 and 100-150
I have installed a FanTech 5" inline fan in the attic. It vents outside. I have it connected to a humidistat.
Thanks! I'm already hard at work on the plumbing. I'll have pics tomorrow of the overflow and return pipes being installed. I used BeanAnimal's/Herbie's "Failsafe Overflow System". Works great!
erics3000 - thanks for the compliments. They are much appreciated.
EnglishRebel
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Tom
Quick comment/question (great looking tank BTW - I am talking to Randy too), I was under the impression (confirmed by several people after posting a question on RC) that you only use foam under a tank with no frame. I see that yours has a frame. Any comments?
Quick comment/question (great looking tank BTW - I am talking to Randy too), I was under the impression (confirmed by several people after posting a question on RC) that you only use foam under a tank with no frame. I see that yours has a frame. Any comments?
Hi Alan. The bottom of my tank is NOT a floating bottom - where the ends/front/back are glued to the sides of the bottom and extend past the bottom 1/8" to 1/4". The ends/front/back are glued to the sides of the bottom, but they are flush with the "bottom of the bottom". The bottom, therefore, is one flat surface (other than the 1/32" thickness of the frame). The foam prevents hard surface irregularities (metal, wood, etc.) from forming pressure points against the glass. It also tends to compensate, to some extent, for out-of-level situations.
Since the tank was placed on the stand last Saturday, I've been itching to get it up and running - so I spent yesterday plumbing the overflows and return. I have made it my goal to keep the number of pipes under and around the tank to an absolute minimum. That's easier said than done of course, but we'll see. I had decided a while back to use the "silent and failsafe" overflow system promulgated by Herbie and BeanAnimal. Seems to be a very elegant solution to the overflow problem. For more info, here is Bean's thread: Silent and Failsafe Overflow System
The overflow system consists of three 1 1/2" standpipes: 1. main overfow - works as a siphon, no air access 2. secondary overflow pipe. Same configuration as the first, but has air access 3. backup pipe. This comes into play only when the first two are not able to handle the load.
My display tank return is handled by a Reeflo Dart Gold (approx. 3200 GPH). The flow from the Dart is split from a 1 ½†line to two 1†lines before it enters the tank. I intend to use this flow to minimize detritus at sand level.
So, enough theory, here are the pics
This is the overflow system. From left to right: the backup pipe - the main overflow (siphon) - and the secondary overflow pipe:
Before I started installing the standpipes I built a narrow shelf that holds the pipes steady as they reach the bottom of the tank. I didn't want to take a chance that an inopportune elbow would cause a flood:
There is a valve installed on the main overflow pipe. It's used to fine tune how the flow will be divided between the main and secondary pipes. For more info on exactly how this works, take a look at the thread I referenced earlier:
Here's a pic of both the overflow (right 3 pipes) and the return (left 2 pipes):
You can see that the return is split into 2 lines.
The overflow system consists of three 1 1/2" standpipes: 1. main overfow - works as a siphon, no air access 2. secondary overflow pipe. Same configuration as the first, but has air access 3. backup pipe. This comes into play only when the first two are not able to handle the load.
My display tank return is handled by a Reeflo Dart Gold (approx. 3200 GPH). The flow from the Dart is split from a 1 ½†line to two 1†lines before it enters the tank. I intend to use this flow to minimize detritus at sand level.
So, enough theory, here are the pics
This is the overflow system. From left to right: the backup pipe - the main overflow (siphon) - and the secondary overflow pipe:
Before I started installing the standpipes I built a narrow shelf that holds the pipes steady as they reach the bottom of the tank. I didn't want to take a chance that an inopportune elbow would cause a flood:
There is a valve installed on the main overflow pipe. It's used to fine tune how the flow will be divided between the main and secondary pipes. For more info on exactly how this works, take a look at the thread I referenced earlier:
Here's a pic of both the overflow (right 3 pipes) and the return (left 2 pipes):
You can see that the return is split into 2 lines.
Here's the return in a little more detail. You can see the Dart pumps. The 2nd Dart will service the refugium and frag tank:
This is where the main and secondary standpipes enter the sump. The backup (3rd) pipe hasn't been connected yet
but I'm workin' on it. I'll be putting together a platform which sits on top of the sump to physically connect the overflow pipes to the sump. I'm hoping this will eliminate, or at least diminish, the amount of salt creep:
OK - here are the rest of the pics. Most of them require not comments:
This is where the main and secondary standpipes enter the sump. The backup (3rd) pipe hasn't been connected yet
but I'm workin' on it. I'll be putting together a platform which sits on top of the sump to physically connect the overflow pipes to the sump. I'm hoping this will eliminate, or at least diminish, the amount of salt creep:
OK - here are the rest of the pics. Most of them require not comments:
I thought these pics were kinda cool. They show the flow through the sump's bubble trap:
There should only be 3 more pipes comming to the sump: 1 from the fuge/frag tanks and 1 from each skimmer. If I can hold it to that, the area under the tank will be pretty clean.
So - the next thing is setting up the Reeflo skimmers. Should be a piece of cake.
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