Ed Reef’s Shallow Crest Inspired ART

[Ed Reef]

MORE PLUMBING…!

MORE PLUMBING…!

OK, now I’m going to start from the overflow set-up….

You can see very clearly the RED is for return to the CL pump and the BLUE is the return from the CL pump. The Yellow is the 2 x 40mm return to my Sump and one is T-off to feed my skimmer (which is yet to be connected)

I temporary used a while PVC as the return pipe but plan to exchange out for a transparent Acyclic 50mm tube…




The return pump (Ehiem Compact+ 5000) output is connected directly to the Chiller (Green) and the chiller return is send directly into the main tank (Brass)

Both pipes runs under the cabinet plastic skirting with a cut out and will run along my furniture setting to hide the piping.

And this is just for FUN…..you can see the 3 different colors really brings some life into your plumbing…

Next is to work on the plumbing inside the tank…


:rollface:

 

[FadeToGrey]

Very nice! The color coding is definitely a stroke of genius!

 

[edandsandy]

WOW, I can't believe you said that you hate plumbing??????
Look at how much fun you had :lol:
I agree with FadeToGrey, a GENIUS at work.

 

[Lunabud74]

Ed,

I'm always in awe of your builds! I aspire to be like you

 

[PhilipOSU]

Ed I haven't looked at your thread in about a week, and I'm floored!!! This CUSTOM build has went from conceptual design to being plumbed in a month. I am in awe of the quality of the build relative to the time frame. Oh and I love color coded plumbing. Keep up the good work. I am guessing at the current pace we should be seeing water soon

 

[melev]

Okay, admit it guys, how many of you want to rip out your plumbing and paint them pretty colors too? :lol: :wave:

 

[EnderG60]

HA its like an erector set! Im way to lazy and care way to little to paint my pipes. A sharpy works just fine for labling them.

 

[Leopard Man]

Ed, went to Pro Coral today! Was amazed. Great place. I decided to build a canopy with ATI T5s and KZ T5s, along with some LED moonlights. Should be good. Thanks again..

 

[Chrisrush]

double

 

[Chrisrush]

Looks good Ed. The brass color had me really concerned for a minute. I thought it was actual brass pipe.

 

[elijaher]

Wow love the colors of the pipes, things is looking great.

 

[GlassReef]

Ed, your sump area looks like the 3D Pipes screen saver from Windows! And it is soooo cool.

 

[tonyf]

As usual Ed, your prcision beggars belief! :clap:

This is the first time that I've seen 'engineering' style hydraulic colour coding in the hobby ... great idea! Gives it a kind of 'Das Haus' feel.

Tone

 

[TRITON1]

Your plumbing reminds me of arteries, veins, nerves and lymp vessels

Maybe somebody on here knows what I mean

 

[Ed Reef]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14791330#post14791330 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by FadeToGrey
Very nice! The color coding is definitely a stroke of genius!

Thanks FadeToGrey for your kind words...

 

[Ed Reef]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14791474#post14791474 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by edandsandy
WOW, I can't believe you said that you hate plumbing??????
Look at how much fun you had :lol:
I agree with FadeToGrey, a GENIUS at work.

I DO HATE PLUMBING - and that's why I wanted to make it a little more FUN rather than a job I hate doing!! This way it will motivated me to do a better job in something I dislike

 

[Ed Reef]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14791803#post14791803 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Lunabud74
Ed,

I'm always in awe of your builds! I aspire to be like you

Thanks Lunabud74 for your kind words.... glad you're enjoying the build thread

 

[Ed Reef]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14791958#post14791958 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by PhilipOSU
Ed I haven't looked at your thread in about a week, and I'm floored!!! This CUSTOM build has went from conceptual design to being plumbed in a month. I am in awe of the quality of the build relative to the time frame. Oh and I love color coded plumbing. Keep up the good work. I am guessing at the current pace we should be seeing water soon

Thanks Philip - been quite a fruitful week for me with the cabinet/ tank arriving and the plumbing done


I'm hoping to be able to finished my wiring end this week or early next for a wet test and then hopefully can start having water next weekend :smokin:

 

[Ed Reef]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14792804#post14792804 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by melev
Okay, admit it guys, how many of you want to rip out your plumbing and paint them pretty colors too? :lol: :wave:

 

[Ed Reef]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14792851#post14792851 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by EnderG60
HA its like an erector set! Im way to lazy and care way to little to paint my pipes. A sharpy works just fine for labling them.

Erector = a person or something that erects something. A muscle that maintains an erect state of a body part or an erect posture of the body



























j/k :lol: :lol: :lol: