my first reef

Yeah that is a great setup I only can wish under my tank looks half as neat. Good luck with everything
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14751056#post14751056 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by ludnix
What would you recommend he do differently OwenInAZ? I can't imagine a ball valve giving out unless it's not glued in.
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Well, if it were me I wouldn't have plumbed it in to start. If he doesn't want to do the old school method of a siphon through a hose into a bucket (can be messy), he can throw a small pump into the sump or the tank and pump it out that way. For now, though, I'd recommend putting a threaded cap onto the end of that valve (I assume it's a threaded joint and not slip) so if it fails there's something keeping the water in.

My philosophy is just to keep things simple, and to have multiple redundancies built into the system in case something gives out. For example, the sump should be able to hold all the water that backflows out of the tank during a power outage -- to make sure that happens, the return is placed high in the tank with several break holes drilled. In that one example there are three points of redundancy to prevent water on the floor. Just saying "it's schedule 80, it won't be a problem," to me, is an unacceptably high amount of risk considering the investment we make in the tank and the potential damage to a home.

I don't know if that ball valve *will* go out, but to me that's a huge failure point in what appears to be an otherwise strong system, and as we know in this hobby if something can go wrong it generally will at some point :)
 
my sump actual has a back up plan in case of a weird emergency my sump will never over flow cause i have a 3/4 bulk conected to a pipe that drains in to my sump pump in the basemet which mena no water ever on my hardwood!!!! puttinga cap on that ball valve is probaly a relay good idea i will take your advice saftey first disaster avoided

and yes slat creep sucks im wipe my equipment every week to keep it spiffy
 
the ATI powermodule is amazing the only thing i wish is i got the dimmable ballast one other than that its very powerfull like very powerfull
 
I think the drain idea is a great one too, I was going to ask where those pipes heading back into the wall went :)
 
plumbing looks great!!!!

can we get a better shot of the tank itself? i want to check out your rock work... :) thanks,, lisa
 
ya to of the pipes go to the main pump in the basement and the other one is for the safe drain

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i will try and get some better rock ork pics up very soon thanks again for all the great comments
 
That looks way too expensive. My first tank was a 29 gallon with no sump, a bubble wall (OMG SO NICE!) and a mercury vapor lamp.

Yore doeen it rite!
 
You really did this right, man... I will be lucky to set up my second tank half as nicely as this. I have learned a lot from my mistakes, but it looks like you are better prepared and you haven't even had a reef before! Great work
 
Wish my first tank had that much time/effort/cash put into it!

Looks like its going to be a great tank!
 
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