Our Mini 425 Ocean

[erics3000]

Steve I got the regular GE silicone. I need to look into those fitting.

Paul yeah I will need to have a bunch towels always on the floor.

Haffs09 Thanks and Welcome aboard..

Here are some updates.

My returns Left and Right

This is where I cut a hole through the wall to go into my garage. The 1 ½ flex is for my OM4

A stand I made for my OM4. and some of the parts

 

[pcostanzo]

You must be glad you got started. One thing to watch out for if those are your drain lines in the picture is keeping them pitched toward the sump the whole way. If you have that dip in the middle of that pipe it could trap air and make your standpipe gurgle.

 

[erics3000]

Thanks I will see if I can tie them up a little better.

 

[Zestay]

wow nice thread!

where is that aquarium you went to? is that in florida?

 

[NanoGurl]

Omg I missed a lot! The changes look great! I LOVE the photo of your dog it's so adorable =) The floor looks really good too! Keep the updates coming!

 

[erics3000]

Zestay. It was in San Francisoc CA.

Thanks Nano Gurl ..

i hope everyone had a great Thanks giving. I will definetly get some updates this weekend.

 

[erics3000]

Where can I get some 1' locline?

 

[erics3000]

I got my om4 going. I need to get some 1 ' locline and some better clamps.

I was going to go with a light blue and decided on a darker color for the office. It does make the small room a little smaller but it will do.

i got my new ro unit from marc. Hopefully I will get it setup int the garage soon.

the tank is loud without the stand pipes. I need to get them finished up tomorrow. I moved my skimmer out of the display finally. it is gona be rough to aquascape with water in it now. Oh well little by llittle. My garage is a mess..

 

[ReefArtist]

Looking great Eric!

Just to let you know they don't make 1" locklines, you'll have to reduce them to 3/4".

 

[pcostanzo]

That big table rock is pretty cool on the right. I haven't seen 1" loc line. This is the distributor.

http://www.modularhose.com/

 

[Dudester]

Excellent progress thus far. I see one potential problem with your 4-way plumbing - there are no ball valves near the actual unit. When you need to remove it (and you're gonna need to remove it at some point for cleaning or something) you are going to have a lot of water spill when you disconnect the unions. If I were you I would get some ball valves and a "T." The first time you disconnect your 4-way, plumb in a ball valve after each union of all four outlets, and put the T with another ball valve on the end between the CL pump and the 4-way. Whenever you need to service the 4-way in the future, you'll be able to close all of the ball valves at the 4 outlets and open the ball valve at the end of the T to drain the unit of its water. Hopefully there's already a ball valve between the pump and the 4-way as well, because that will also need to be closed during this procedure.

 

[erics3000]

Thanks Paul and Carol. I really want 1' instead of 3/4. I already have some 3/4 locline and a couple penductors. I guess I can use them for now untill I find some 1' or they start making it. At least I wont be blowing my sand all over the place.

Dude I bought 4 unions and valves and just didn't install them. I didn't think about water left in the OM unit. I do have a ball valve on my return pump. Just need to clean up my garage and get some better pics. I haven't finished all the drains yet. Since I moved everything in the garage I had to change all my plans. Got a couple good ideas how I am going to set it all up. it is just a mess now. I had to get the water moving so I did what I could do.

I made the gurgle blasters. Wow they made a big difference compared to it just draining down the bulkhead.

here you can see the difference after a little grinding.

 

[Lunchbucket]

Whoa what is that green wheel to?? A sport bike?

Looks like you ahve some progress....I need to get moving

Lunchbucket

 

[Kurt03]

Here you go lunch, its back in the start of the thread.

Ive been lurking for a while, following along for sure.

 

[erics3000]

Slowly but shurley..

My bike is an 01 Ninja 600R. I am dieing to get a R1 soon..Just need to get rid of a few other toys first.

 

[Lunchbucket]

Hey I wouldn't complain about a 01 Ninja 600R. Nice bike. Forgot about those pics.

Lunchbucket

 

[erics3000]

I aint complaining it has been a great bike Eric.

Not much to update. I finally got my OM secure. When I get some vortech down the road i want to take one or 1 of the om ports and have them blow from the bottom. I might do that before I do my aquascape. It might be a lot easier before I get my rocks set up the way i want.

i also finished tripling up all the legs. I forgot about them before I did the 150 move because of my flooring. Nothing a little hammer didn't handle.

 

[michika]

I say do the aquascaping now to accomodate anything you want coming up frmo the bottom now. It will be much easyier, and less of a pain to do it now then later.

 

[FishTruck]

Eric, I thought I read somewhere that one is not advised to drill closer than 1.5 x the diamter of the hole drilled near any glass edge. So, if you drilled a 2 inch hole, you would want it 3 inches away from any edge for safety.

Also, I think you will be happy moving your equipment to a remote area. This gives you SO many more options to make maintenance easy. Just removing the hassel of fishing around for wires and switches under your tank is worth it!

Good progress. Can't wait to see more.

R

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11199225#post11199225 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by erics3000
Ok I got the floor done in the office.

I drilled a few tanks and brook my 50. Too much pressure.

Here are some plumbing parts.

This is where I am going to put my sump. I will build a stand above so I can put a couple cans to store the ro water and mixing container. I guess I will keep my equipment here and later down the road throw a frag tank under the display. I have just enough room above my ac return to go through the wall to the garage for my return lines.

Here are some guys from my old tank.

I need to get back to work.

Happy Holidays..

 

[MetalReef9]

nice