Lightsluvr's 340G Upgrade

[Lightsluvr]

ZZZZZZZzzzzzzzz......

Actually I couldn't sleep...

Still had a few pictures to post from todays's excitement:

A few of the guys taking a break after the tank, stand & lights were installed:

Thanks Chris, Paul & Cody!

The smoked ribs were a hit for the hungry crew...

Here is how the back of the tank, stand and lights looked at the end of the "party"...

...and the front:

LL

 

[Poseidon]

Is it WET yet????

LOL!!! Of course I am kidding, great work on the build, and how fortunate that you were able to get all that help moving the beast. Keep up the good work!

 

[Lightsluvr]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15230169#post15230169 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Poseidon
Is it WET yet????

LOL!!! Of course I am kidding, great work on the build, and how fortunate that you were able to get all that help moving the beast. Keep up the good work!

:lol:

No it's nowhere near wet yet... I spent a good hour yesterday removing old teflon tape from numerous sched 80 fittings...PIA.

This afternoon I'll install seven bulkheads in the PVC bottom, and reinstall the manifold and valves for the closed loop. I'm taking a vacation day tomorrow to get the sumps positioned in the fish room so I can start planning the plumbing for the overflows and returns...

...aaaah, the smell of PVC primer and glue... eek1:

Yee haw!

LL :

 

[Lightsluvr]

Soundproofing question

Soundproofing question

I'll start a new thread with this question, but thought I would ask it over here as well...

One reason we went with a through the wall installation was to rove the noise of pumps, fans, etc, from our living area.

Now that the tank is in place, it occurs to me that while we will be using fewer pumps for the big tank, they will be LARGER pumps/ I expect a Baldor motor on the Reeflo Orca 250, combined with a pair of Barracuda Gold for the CL and returns, will make quite a din...

I plan to use rubber mats under all pumps, skimmer, anything that might cause vibration that could be transmitted to plywood and the steel stand. The mat is the type of material used for horses to stand in horse trailers... available at the local farm supply stores...can be cut to size...

My question is: Has anyone used some type of foam panels or other sound deadening product on the interior of your stand doors to reduce noise that might pass through the thin panels?

If you have used a product you recommend, please let me know what you used, where you found it, photos would be great!

Thanks!

LL

 

[edandsandy]

George,
I understand excited you are to have the tank & stand in place!

I enjoyed seeing how you modified the light rack to work with the cantilever edge.

 

[edandsandy]

DP, sorry

 

[Lightsluvr]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15231174#post15231174 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by edandsandy
George,
I understand excited you are to have the tank & stand in place!

I enjoyed seeing how you modified the light rack to work with the cantilever edge.

Here are the lights in full glory:

Here you can see the cantilevered part coming through the wall, and how much of the display side is visible in the viewing room - allows us to see the tank from our kitchen and dining area as well since it's not recessed back in the wall:

View of he lights from the side - (that's the overflow cover in the tank)

Yes, I'd say we're excited...

LL

 

[edandsandy]

:eek2:
Where are my shades! Those lights are very bright!
Once again, we are very impressed with the light combination you have choosen!

 

[Lightsluvr]

Suckin' it up...

Suckin' it up...

How many suction cups does it take to pick up a 750 pound aquarium?

Well, we could have done it with fewer, but these cups from the COMAS club sure made it easier...thanks to a lot of helping hands!

LL

 

[Lytehouse]

George,

how many eventually showed up? It was a great group of people.

BTW, great food. Thanks so much.

 

[peaceinusa]

Good to see that big dog in place. It was nice to have the move go without any issues at all.

This was another great example of members in the COMAS club assisting others. Great group of people and those ribs were killer as usual George!

 

[Lightsluvr]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15232062#post15232062 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Lytehouse
George,

how many eventually showed up? It was a great group of people.

BTW, great food. Thanks so much.

19 adults. Yup, great folks and amazing teamwork - like we had rehearsed that "over the fence and through the woods" move...

:rollface:

LL

 

[Lightsluvr]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15232119#post15232119 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by peaceinusa
Good to see that big dog in place. It was nice to have the move go without any issues at all.

This was another great example of members in the COMAS club assisting others. Great group of people and those ribs were killer as usual George!

You are correct, sir.

Remember I blew a circuit the first time I plugged in the lights to demonstrate?

Upon investigation, we found a black wire had come loose from a ballast while we were jockeying the light rack around.

No circuit breakers were tripped, so I assumed that the "short" had fried the GFCI plug in the fish room...

However, we discovered a tripped GFCI plug this morning in the guest bathroom when Vicki went to dry her hair. It seems that the event with the lights had "opened" the bathroom GFCI, and when it did, it terminated power to the rest of the circuit...

I reset that bathroom GFCI and the circuit in the fish room is back to normal. I didn't realize those circuits were tied together. Now we know and everything is copasetic.

LL

 

[Acrophiliac]

Wow thats a sick tank. Cant wait to see it full.

 

[Lightsluvr]

The ghost tank...

The ghost tank...

I was walking toward the new tank last night, and did a "jump back" ! It looked like there already were fish and coral in there!

What apparition is this, the ghost of Christmas to come???

Then I realized it was just a cool reflection of our exisiting tanks from across the room...

If only I could "wish" it done...

LL

 

[melev]

Those pumps tend to run very very quietly, George. However, if you want to deaden the sound further, you can affix the foam that looks like you could fill it up with eggs. I don't know the name of it, but the many egg-sized pockets help absorb sound, because the surface is so three dimensional.

When I had to soundproof an entire room in a home once (they were a bunch of musicians and they wanted to jam undetected), we affixed 2' x 4' white acoustic ceiling tiles to every square inch of the room. Using a pneumatic staple gun, we shot on panel after panel. The very first panel in that empty room, the nail gun was loud and echoed. By the last panel, our ears were screaming for sound, and each shot of the staple gun barely sounded like a click. It was a very strange experience. Too darn quiet - I was happy to get that done and out of there.

 

[Goodwin9]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15232574#post15232574 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by melev
Those pumps tend to run very very quietly, George. However, if you want to deaden the sound further, you can affix the foam that looks like you could fill it up with eggs. I don't know the name of it, but the many egg-sized pockets help absorb sound, because the surface is so three dimensional.

Here's one source. http://www.soundprooffoam.com/soft-sound-studio-pyramid.html

 

[pwhitby]

Now you truly know George, pictures do not capture the size of a large tank very well. However...if you ever think its not as big as you once remembered....think of all the grunts and groans as we manhandled that beast 50 feet from the trailer, over a fence, through the rose bushes, the obstacle coarse of 2x4s and through the window.

It was fun, Im glad I was able to make it.

paul.

 

[pwhitby]

In answer to the noise question,

I have a bunch of stuff under and behind the tank, with the hood on...hardly a sound escapes.

So, im pretty sure you will be fine.

P.

 

[skiformance]

well said paul, i think the only part that got under my skin was those damn rose bushes!!!! the best part is jeri now knows who to call on for pallbearers when i pass on. after that tank, my fat butt would be a piece of cake lol