(First Reef Tank Ever) **** 600gal Display **** 1300gal System

[jnarowe]

I have them in the "wrong" way in my sumps so that they can be more easily removed and reused. Which I have already done once when I swapped out my sumps for larger ones.

 

[cbui2]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9597378#post9597378 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Travis
I use Hayward Sch 80's too. Best bulkhead I've ever layed hands on. But I prefer to have the gasket on the inside and the nut and flange on the outside. I believe that is officially the "correct" way to mount the bulkhead. But I have mounted them the other way in tight situations and never had a problem. I also agree that you never want to overtighten the nut. I like to hand tighten and then use a channel loc just to turn it another 1/16 of a turn.

yes that's how I did it, made sure didn't overtighten them but these babys are indestructible..I have mounted it like that because I had so much room to work with them but on the bottom is mounted correctly

 

[purpletang26]

hi just wanted to let you know on those titnium heaters are crap i had them on my 1000g and they didn't work good at all temp swings like crazy, sometimes they don't even turn on. i ended up throwing them away and went with 4 400w. just giving you a heads up.

 

[cbui2]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9598686#post9598686 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by purpletang26
hi just wanted to let you know on those titnium heaters are crap i had them on my 1000g and they didn't work good at all temp swings like crazy, sometimes they don't even turn on. I ended up throwing them away and went with 4 400w. just giving you a heads up.

I was going to buy my heaters down the line and have not yet decided on what unit to get, any suggestions

 

[bbrantley]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9597378#post9597378 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Travis
I use Hayward Sch 80's too. Best bulkhead I've ever layed hands on. But I prefer to have the gasket on the inside and the nut and flange on the outside. I believe that is officially the "correct" way to mount the bulkhead. But I have mounted them the other way in tight situations and never had a problem. I also agree that you never want to overtighten the nut. I like to hand tighten and then use a channel loc just to turn it another 1/16 of a turn.

There's no "correct" way, according to Hayward. You can go either way.

Ben

 

[cbui2]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9599399#post9599399 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by bbrantley
There's no "correct" way, according to Hayward. You can go either way.

Ben

thanks, ben the distributor i bought all of these bulkhead from said they can go on either way, thats was the main reason why i wanted to get these...also hows bertha coming along, any updates.

 

[bbrantley]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9599527#post9599527 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by cbui2
thanks, ben the distributor i bought all of these bulkhead from said they can go on either way, thats was the main reason why i wanted to get these...also hows bertha coming along, any updates.

She's hangin' in there... the electrician was here this morning moving all the circuits over to the generator's box. That meant my computers and the rest of the house were kind of blinking on and off all morning, so I didn't get much real work done!

Still trying to get in touch with Marc at Marcorocks about some rock.

Ben

 

[cbui2]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9600601#post9600601 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by bbrantley
She's hangin' in there... the electrician was here this morning moving all the circuits over to the generator's box. That meant my computers and the rest of the house were kind of blinking on and off all morning, so I didn't get much real work done!

Still trying to get in touch with Marc at Marcorocks about some rock.

Ben

they told me another couple weeks before my comes in special order 16,000 watts standby guardian from HD

 

[rppvt]

16k! that's a lot of blowdriers

 

[cbui2]

yeah just wanna be safe then sorry, since hurricane season down here is every years and some evacuation are mandatory so i have to leave and of course nobody can take her for me

 

[SirTony76]

Man this is an awesome build...good luck with everything!

 

[Goodwin9]

CB..Any new pictures of your progress?

 

[cbui2]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9605151#post9605151 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Goodwin9
CB..Any new pictures of your progress?

yeah been busy redoing all plumbing since hard pvc's gave no room to play. alos had to truoble shoot every parts of my installation, finally finished the pump's and fix the problem, yoga mat with 4 layer and now queit again hopefully dont have to deal with that again
here are some of the photos

i wil finished most of my pluming tommorrow

 

[jnarowe]

you have a nice set of pumps! :lol:

 

[Goodwin9]

Looking good! Where will your family of Deltec equipment be placed, between the display and your sumps? Keep up the good work!

 

[SirTony76]

Awesome work man!

 

[cbui2]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9613101#post9613101 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Goodwin9
Looking good! Where will your family of Deltec equipment be placed, between the display and your sumps? Keep up the good work!

family going right between 3 tanks and main display, hopefully will be done soon, my goal was to have water testing by the end of the week. since this is my first time doing plumbing...in the beginning of the week I had to rip out all the original hard pvc plumbing because of the pumps creating so much noise since I had them mounted on 3/4" plywood which had loud humming noise so now I had mounted them on the floor with yoga mat, Nike of course hehe, but now finally pumps are really quiet and wife can sleep in peace, before pumps are louder then my a/c compressor

 

[cbui2]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9612788#post9612788 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by jnarowe
you have a nice set of pumps! :lol:

thanks, finally got everything working, had to keep on troubleshooting problems with the pumps making them quiet, which i think is done and hopefully they dont get louder like before. on my fuge tank up top will this creates bubbles goin to main display since thats how plumbing was done and should gate valves be use to control the flow also

 

[rppvt]

You can drop into a "T" to ease off on the bubbles-- adding a filter sock helps as well- heck even a "spray bar" with massive holes will disperse the water in a more gentile flow across the water (above or submerged) you can try that as it seems you're willing to take the time to do this right. Hope this helps as much as the Yoga mats!

 

[jnarowe]

yeah I plumbed my Hammerhead with flexible PVC figuring that would help and it did. I can barely hear that pump.