JDAntunes Deep Blue 75G Rimless
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streetjudge79
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Looking really nice
Ocean Mang
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Looks nice, where did you get your stand?
jdantunes
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Thank you. Sounds like a neat idea, but when I finish with my build you won't be able to see much of the plumbing because it will be behind my wire management box.
Thanks. It was build by "American Carpentry, LLC" (a local business) but I design the stand myself. I was inspire in different stands I have seen in the FMAS forum. I only incorporate a little bit of a modern look (more straight lines than curves)because the tank is rimless and the light was going to be hang over without any canopy.
I also came with the idea of making the space on the top of the tank usable. So I build a wire management box that connect to my module wall. It looks very clean. I'll post pictures later so you can see what I'm taking about.
Well, I hope you have dual drains in the tank were you are going to install that 1262, because my 1" drain cannot handle the return flow of the 1260 by itself. I'm very happy for this, because it was in my original plan for this to happen. I'm going to use my main pump return flow to feed my Reef Octopus media reactor, and cut down the return flow in my tank.
Answering your question about my bulkhead position. Here's the link to the water flow design of my elite sump. I installed the bulkhead in section 3 (the return water section)...
http://triggersys.com/elite_vs_sump.html
jdantunes
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I know that I owe a picture post, but I'm not having a good time with my drain plumbing. :headwallblue:
I think that my problem is that I plumbed my drain using 1" pipe from my overflow box standpipe all the way to my sump.
Now taking in consideration that my return pump is a EHEIM 1260 - 635 gph plumbed in a 3/4" return. The display water level keep going up faster than my drain can handle. The tank has a 1" bulkhead for drain and a 3/4" bulkhead for return.
Should I change the drain pipe size to 1.5"? Will this make a difference?
I think that my problem is that I plumbed my drain using 1" pipe from my overflow box standpipe all the way to my sump.
Now taking in consideration that my return pump is a EHEIM 1260 - 635 gph plumbed in a 3/4" return. The display water level keep going up faster than my drain can handle. The tank has a 1" bulkhead for drain and a 3/4" bulkhead for return.
Should I change the drain pipe size to 1.5"? Will this make a difference?
jdantunes
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All right, It's time for an update on this build! :spin1:
I finished the wall connections behind the tank. I got 2 outlets on the house circuit (left), 2 outlets on a 20 Amp. dedicated circuit (center) and CAT5 for wire network capabilities (right).
Then I drilled the holes for my wire management box. This way I'll keep the majority of wires hidden.
And I installed Flexi-Grommets over my holes for a more professional look...
I plumb my pump return with union valves to ease the maintenance of the pump, follow of a reducing tee 1" X 1/2" X 1" were I installed a 1/2" hose to my media reactor. I'll be controlling the water flow into the reactor chamber with the gate valve installed above the tee.
Time for WATER! :lol2: I connected my Spectrapure RO/DI unit and started filling the tank
I finished the wall connections behind the tank. I got 2 outlets on the house circuit (left), 2 outlets on a 20 Amp. dedicated circuit (center) and CAT5 for wire network capabilities (right).
Then I drilled the holes for my wire management box. This way I'll keep the majority of wires hidden.
And I installed Flexi-Grommets over my holes for a more professional look...
I plumb my pump return with union valves to ease the maintenance of the pump, follow of a reducing tee 1" X 1/2" X 1" were I installed a 1/2" hose to my media reactor. I'll be controlling the water flow into the reactor chamber with the gate valve installed above the tee.
Time for WATER! :lol2: I connected my Spectrapure RO/DI unit and started filling the tank
jdantunes
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While the tank fills up, I installed my stand pipe and lock line return fittings.
Tank is filled and everything tested great, no leaks. But the drain was very noisy. :headwallblue:
I worked on it a couple of days and after plumbing the drain THREE times, I finally got it running just as I wanted. You see, when I plumbed the drain the first time, I made the mistake of using two elbows...
This cause my drain to slow down and had extra suction of air from the top of the plumbing to drain down. You could hear water splashing in the plumbing and the top of the standpipe was sucking air and made a whistle sound.
I fixed this using four 45 degree elbows.
Now I can't hear the water splashing in the pipes, but the top of the overflow standpipe was still a little noisy. My other mistake was using a 1" overflow standpipe. I order this size because my drain bulkhead is 1", but the real problem was that my pump flow rate is high, and it was draining a lot of water back in to the sump. You don't count with a lot of space inside a 1" schedule 40 pipe, so it end up pulling more air down the drain than normal. I changed the stand pipe size to a 1 1/4" schedule 20 and and now runs a lot better. The noise is there, but now has been silence to a minimum. :dance:
After all the plumbing was corrected, I added salt to the water mixing Red Sea Coral Pro.
Mixed the water for 24 hours and check for salinity. After I got the correct number 35 PPT, it was time for adding sand. :celeb1: I'm used 80 LBS of Caribsea Fiji Pink. My daughter was specially excited for this...
Here's how the tank looked moments after I added the sand...Extra white milky water.
Today the water is clear and I plan for tomorrow to get my rock aquascape in.
Hub... let see, what's next....:fun5:
Tank is filled and everything tested great, no leaks. But the drain was very noisy. :headwallblue:
I worked on it a couple of days and after plumbing the drain THREE times, I finally got it running just as I wanted. You see, when I plumbed the drain the first time, I made the mistake of using two elbows...
This cause my drain to slow down and had extra suction of air from the top of the plumbing to drain down. You could hear water splashing in the plumbing and the top of the standpipe was sucking air and made a whistle sound.
I fixed this using four 45 degree elbows.
Now I can't hear the water splashing in the pipes, but the top of the overflow standpipe was still a little noisy. My other mistake was using a 1" overflow standpipe. I order this size because my drain bulkhead is 1", but the real problem was that my pump flow rate is high, and it was draining a lot of water back in to the sump. You don't count with a lot of space inside a 1" schedule 40 pipe, so it end up pulling more air down the drain than normal. I changed the stand pipe size to a 1 1/4" schedule 20 and and now runs a lot better. The noise is there, but now has been silence to a minimum. :dance:
After all the plumbing was corrected, I added salt to the water mixing Red Sea Coral Pro.
Mixed the water for 24 hours and check for salinity. After I got the correct number 35 PPT, it was time for adding sand. :celeb1: I'm used 80 LBS of Caribsea Fiji Pink. My daughter was specially excited for this...
Here's how the tank looked moments after I added the sand...Extra white milky water.
Today the water is clear and I plan for tomorrow to get my rock aquascape in.
Hub... let see, what's next....:fun5:
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canesfan44
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Looks good.
jdantunes
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Thank you for the feedback guys...It really helps keeping you motivated with the updates, when other members comment.
nivram...I bought the standpipe from Premium Aquatics. It is a 1" pipe with a 1 1/4" pipe over it. It has a black knob to set the height of the drain. On top is just a 2" coupling with two pieces of black sheet plastic on each end. The bottom has the hole for the 1 1/4" pipe and holes to let the water flow into the 1" drain inside, on top has a small hole with a 6" piece of air tubing. This will help you silence the waterfall noise.
It is not very high tech, but it works as they described on the website.
nivram...I bought the standpipe from Premium Aquatics. It is a 1" pipe with a 1 1/4" pipe over it. It has a black knob to set the height of the drain. On top is just a 2" coupling with two pieces of black sheet plastic on each end. The bottom has the hole for the 1 1/4" pipe and holes to let the water flow into the 1" drain inside, on top has a small hole with a 6" piece of air tubing. This will help you silence the waterfall noise.
It is not very high tech, but it works as they described on the website.
Ocean Mang
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Great Work! Very clean. I love this kind of build.
jdantunes
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My drain was and still split in to the refugium. I plumb a T after the bulkhead to feed the refugium. I wanted the flow to be really slow passing the refugium, that is the reason why I plumbed a gate valve after the T.
If I leave the gate valve totally open there's no flow. And when I give it a turn and a half, water just makes small water lines overflowing out of the refugium. Just like I wanted.
You can see the plumbing in the pictures above. I change the 90's after the gate valve with 45's, this made the water drain without making any splashing noise.
If I leave the gate valve totally open there's no flow. And when I give it a turn and a half, water just makes small water lines overflowing out of the refugium. Just like I wanted.
You can see the plumbing in the pictures above. I change the 90's after the gate valve with 45's, this made the water drain without making any splashing noise.
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