Our 375 Gallon project

Wow. :eek1:
That looks really good. Keep the pictures coming ... Showing my wife all of what you have done is great to allow me to purchase necessary equipment to finish my tank. She thought I was spending too much and now has given me a few more bucks to get this thing full of water. :D
 
Hope you don't mind, I borrowed your idea for the linear actuator. I've got a couple pics in my gallery showing mounted on the hood. Had a buddy weld me a couple brackets and it works like a charm.

Matt
 
JustOneMoreTank- Anything I can do to help :) "spending too much and now has given me a few more bucks to get this thing full of water" That doesn't seem to end with filling it with water but at least it's a start huh? Good luck with the setup and be sure to post some pics of it- I always like to see what other people are doing with their setups.

TheCoralReef731- I assume you mean the A/C units right? The cage I actually made myself- first time with the new wire feed welder (just another tool I aquired on account of this project). The A/C units are 3/4 ton Hitatchi mini split systems- pretty cool units actually. I was going to do a DIY chiller tube with the modified window unit like a few other have done on this site but just using half of a mini-split system made a lot more sense and made it a bit easier- everything you need is already there and all you need to do is add the chiller tube, freon lines, and an expansion valve (OKay- maybe a bit more than that but seemd like it would be easier than hacking up a window unit) :).

matt & pam & Richard Talley- By all means, borrow away! I wouldn't have gotten a alot of my ideas if it weren't for this site as well and if I can give back in some small way I'm happy. The only problem I have is people seem to be borrowing some of my ideas and getting them hooked up and running before I do! I think I need to stop putting some of my ideas out there until I can at least get it up and running on my own setup :). Oh well.

I'll try and post some more pics of things and try to keep up on this thread a bit more. Got some of the electrical done in the sump cabinet this weekend but that's about it. Still got 2 tanks to finish building for the sump room as well so hopefully those will be done and plumbed in soon.
 
Sweet setup.

What kind of skimmer are you going to have that will take the 4,000+ gph you will be putting through it?
 
Steve- we'll have a Barr Aquatic SK5220 dual becket skimmer- he said they work great with 4000+ gph pumps (at 12' of head). Hopefully that will be done and here in the next few weeks- they are insanely busy- we ordered our skimmer back in March I think. Seems like a lot of pump to me as well but it should kick some serious butt with that kind of flow!

Here's a pic from there website if anyone is interested- they make some very nice stuff-

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Scott- What pumps are you going to use for the 5220? I've got a 4220 coming and am planning on a single sequence 5800.
 
TheCoralReef731 said:
That is one gynormous skimmer!!!
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:D :D :D ...can't wait to se it running!

mikeo1210- I'm going to be running it with a Sequence Hammerhead pump- should be putting about 4200-4400GPH through it from what I can gather. Should be quite a sight!
 
sidewinder770 said:
:D :D :D ...can't wait to se it running!

mikeo1210- I'm going to be running it with a Sequence Hammerhead pump- should be putting about 4200-4400GPH through it from what I can gather. Should be quite a sight!
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That's esentially the same pump. Should be more like 5800 gph unless you're using the pump for something else.
 
Scott -

I have to say this is an excellent project. I love watching it come together, and I think that you have really approached this the right way.

Now, I know that with all projects things don't always work out quite as we envision them at first. Have you had to change anything last minute or has your planning truely been superhuman?

I LOVE the sump room in the garage.
 
sidewinder770 said:
:D :D :D ...can't wait to se it running!

mikeo1210- I'm going to be running it with a Sequence Hammerhead pump- should be putting about 4200-4400GPH through it from what I can gather. Should be quite a sight!
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I remember reading somewhere on this site than the hammerheads do really poorly with a lot of head pressure - as is the case with becketts. Have they fixed this?
 
springerhd said:
I remember reading somewhere on this site than the hammerheads do really poorly with a lot of head pressure - as is the case with becketts. Have they fixed this?
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My Hammerhead worked better running a dual beckett then my Blueline HD 100! Not much though.

I don't think he will get 5800 gph through a skimmer, or even over 4000gph. I would guess you will get about 2300 gph through a dual beckett. At least from my experience. You can't just look at what a pump does at a specified feet of head. The more water you push through a beckett the more pressure is created. 4000 gph going through a dual beckett would be insane! 2300 will be awesome too so don't worry you will be impressed!
 
springerhd & littlesilvermax- Well, I was just going off the Barr website which stated "The SK4220 and SK5220 do best with a stronger pump that can put out at least 800 GPH per Beckett (1600 GPH at 12' head minimum)" so I was just figuring that based on the info from MDM Sequence below that the flow would be about 4200-4400GPH (@ 12' of head pressure). It does make sense that as the flow increases the head pressure would also increase with an end result of less GPH. I wasn't thinking 2300GPH but I suppose that is possible- that would be its flow at about 21' of head pressure. I suppose even if it is 2300GPH it would still be a lot of flow and do a great job.

Hammerhead performance-
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mikeo1210- Yeah- I think they are basically the same pumps. Here is the performance curve for the 5800-

5800 performance-
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Kimo- Thanks for the compliment. By no means do I feel that my planning has been superhuman. I have had to make a few changes but nothing to major. The biggest kink in the plan was that originally I wanted to have a separate room with a door to the garage where the cabinet is now. Unfortunately the size I wanted wasn't going to fly with the city of Mesa- probably could have made it work but I didn't want to deal with the hassles of all the inspections the city wanted and the permits- the cabinet in the garage didn't need any of that and I can still park the car in the garage so it's no big deal. That also leaves me the space outside the garage for the A/C units pictured earlier and even a backup generator for the house (not sure when or if that will happen) :). Iââ"šÂ¬Ã¢"žÂ¢ve definitely had to make a few changes here and there but for the most part it has gone as I envisioned it- of course Iââ"šÂ¬Ã¢"žÂ¢m not done yet and there are still a lot of things that could go wrong. Mainly its just taking to darn long- Iââ"šÂ¬Ã¢"žÂ¢m not really a patient person so this project is killin me!
 
I was just browsing the MDM sequence site and came across there "power series" pumps. If you think the Hammerhead wouldn't work to well how about one of these bad boys- :D :eek2:

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Of course one of these would probably blow up a skimmer the size I'm going to use but talk about moving some water! I know there are larger pumps and all but these things are pretty small and push a ton.
 
Yeah- and there advance series are even crazier than that- with up to 150'+ of head pressure! Here are the specs of the
power series, they do eat a little power but they still cost less than $400 which is pretty good.
 
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