Lunchbucket's 48"x48"x20" Reef

That's a lot of pipe; nice job! I can't wait to see the rock layout with that cube. Is it going to be an open layout with sand or BB?
I'am thinking two separate reef mounds with ledges and a middle valley with open space all around. When I get my next tank it will be a 48x48x20 cube.

I've been keeping track of this build since day 1.
 
Great job Lunch I thought that you would have it done by now since your 58 gal tank is DOA. Come on man, your fishies and coral dont deserve a rubber maid.
Question for ya thou.
Why a big pump for a return. why not use something like a Mag 12 to run by the time you have the head loss done you would have a good flow nice and slow to allow for better skimming going through the sump area. just a thought thou not trying to jump over your thread.

Now get going man. GETTER DONE :smokin:
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13698741#post13698741 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Chrisrush
Wow, that's a lot of unions, dubv's. Any reason you went with all that? I understand about the disassemble, but that looks like a bit of overkill.
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Well I'm usually overkill if you guys have seen me around before :D I just want everything easy to fix if anything goes wrong (which it usually doesn't). Also for me the unions and DUBV's allowed me to not have the pipe perfect as I can spin the unions around the pipe instead of trying to screw the pipes in to the same angle or dept everytime. That is what made the most sense to me.

I have 7 unions. One on each hole in the back of the tank and one on pump inlet. 8 DUBS. 1 on inlet of pump, 1 on outlet of pump before OM unit, 1 on each port of OM unit (4), and one on each "leg" of the CL inlet pipe.

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13698898#post13698898 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by DiazE
That's a lot of pipe; nice job! I can't wait to see the rock layout with that cube. Is it going to be an open layout with sand or BB?
I'am thinking two separate reef mounds with ledges and a middle valley with open space all around. When I get my next tank it will be a 48x48x20 cube.

I've been keeping track of this build since day 1.
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Thanks! I think the pipe turned out ok. No screw ups so that is nice.

I need to get the bottom figured out. Might lay 1/4" white acrylic in there for a bottom and then I could pile up some rocks to see what I have. Some rocks are cooking right now so Don't want to take those out until I do the aquascape for good.

You sure you want a 48x48x20? I'd do a 48x48x24" if I wouldn't have gotten an amazing deal on this one!

Thanks for the support and tracking too.

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13698996#post13698996 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by asmodeus
Great job Lunch I thought that you would have it done by now since your 58 gal tank is DOA. Come on man, your fishies and coral dont deserve a rubber maid.
Question for ya thou.
Why a big pump for a return. why not use something like a Mag 12 to run by the time you have the head loss done you would have a good flow nice and slow to allow for better skimming going through the sump area. just a thought thou not trying to jump over your thread.

Now get going man. GETTER DONE :smokin:
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Great make me feel worse than I already do :D Been working a lot to tell u the truth. Also have a few bubbles on the bottom seam that I don't like the looks of and am trying to find out what to do about them before I try filling it up. Pretty much my excuse is work but I have been working on the tank as much as I can.

Iwaki 55rlt for a return pump doesn't seem that big IMO. I figured I'm feeding the skimmer w/ some of it and some to the fuge and some to the rest of the sump. Plus it is external and I already own it so it was the best choice. This is what I just figured

Total losses are 10.11 feet of head pressure, or 4.37 PSI. with a flow rate of 948 GPH.

Not crazy flow out of the return pump IMO but I could be wrong?? I'm gonna use about 450-500gph through the skimmer so that is 1/2 of the pump.

Glass Reef - Thanks

Lunchbucket
 
I live in the middle of no where. Not sure if they even carry them in town. I could get at a different shop I bet...I'll look into it.
 
hey man sorry about that I forgot that you have the skimmer running off that pump too and ya 1000gph isnt to bad. I was thinking of just that pump alone for the return never mind me its fri day. how do youi like the pendants that you have. I realy wanted to get a pair of them for my tank but the shipping was going to kill me to Canada. SO i wnet with the Lumenarc's i have 3 over my 150 60x24x24 the reason I like your's so much is you can run a fan through them to keep them cool and not waorry about puttign Humid air in the room..
 
asmodeus - No prob I don't expect you to remember my exact set up :D I hope 1000gph is about right.

I like them...although I haven't fired them up over the tank w/ bulbs in there either. I like the luminarcs too. I will be using a fan through them when the lights are running

Lunchbucket
 
Lunchbucket

Speaking from experience, if you ever have to service the closed loop pump with the OM, you will find when you close all the valves you will still have ALOT of water in the plumbing and the pump that will drain all over the floor. My solution is on the inlet of the pump put a T with a ball valve that would stay closed all the time except for service. That way all the water can be drained and not dumped on the floor. Just my .02.

Everything looks awesome. I have been following since day one. Can't wait to see it finished.

Bart
 
huge1day - Great suggestion w/ all the plumbing there would be a LOT of water in there. I installed this on the drain of the barracuda pump back in May when I was working on some pluming as someone else gave me that heads up too.

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On another note am I going to have to support the plumbing in anyway? I can't see why I'd have to since it is all so close and pretty tight fit but thought I'd ask.

Another question. I have the hard rubber piece that goes under the pump (from manufacturer) and I added 1 layer of yoga mat underneath that. What I'm wondering is will the yoga mat compress too much due to the weight of water in the pipes and basically make my pump and stuff drop a little and put extra stress on the plumbing? Just a thought

Lunchbucket
 
Cool, same idea, but yours might be better, definitely a smaller valve.

I support my plumbing pipes if it running horizontally very far. Very easy to strap with plastic straps.

I would not think that you should have much compression on the mat.

Bart
 
huge1day - It should work unless there is a lot of sediment in there. They I might want to upgrade to a 1/2" JB valve.

My pipes aren't running horizontal if very much at all. I don't think I'd need to support?

I'd think I wouldn't have much compression on that mat either....I hope

Lunchbucket
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13706459#post13706459 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Lunchbucket
huge1day - Great suggestion w/ all the plumbing there would be a LOT of water in there. I installed this on the drain of the barracuda pump back in May when I was working on some pluming as someone else gave me that heads up too.

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Brilliant!!!! Thanks!
 
Eric, the weight of the plumbing can pull on the bulkheads, as what happened to Mike's office tank when they had to remove the pump one day. If they'd not noticed it when they did, that reef would have drained a lot of water. You'll want to check out Dudester's tank thread when you get a little time.
 
great.....more stuff to fret over :D

I bought some 1/2" x 1/2" extruded square stock and will be placing a patch over that big bubble in the seam. Thanks melev and james for the help

Lunchbucket
 
Plus....the weight increases dramatically when there's water running through it. If there is any kind of pulsation due to the OM cycling, that could potentially cause some movement as well.
 
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