OzATL's 1000g Display Build Thread

why the 1.5" sidewall on the roughly 50 gallon QT? (I wont lie, I'm moderately irritated that your QT setup is nicer than my DT haha)

:) beautiful work
 
why the 1.5" sidewall on the roughly 50 gallon QT? (I wont lie, I'm moderately irritated that your QT setup is nicer than my DT haha)

:) beautiful work
It used to be a rimless display tank at a local LFS, their parent company also is well known for building acrylic tanks.
 
why the 1.5" sidewall on the roughly 50 gallon QT? (I wont lie, I'm moderately irritated that your QT setup is nicer than my DT haha)

:) beautiful work

Like GiulianoM said above plus it's just really cool and I don't know anyone else with a 70g 1.5" acrylic QT tank. :lol2:
 
Quick trip to the container store and QT top off in action.
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Added a Hayward diaphram gate valve to fine tune the input to the calcium and sulfur reactors. Works like a charm.

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Finally swapped out the sched 40 temp lines to the chiller with sched 80 and added another flow meter in line.

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Added 2 more MP60's to bring the total to 10 plus a large maxspect for more surface agitation.


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2 questions:

Why the diaphragm gate valve, instead of a traditional gate valve from Spears or Hayward?


What make/model is that flow meter?

A lot of the mechanical ones I looked at required uninterrupted pipe before and after equal to 2-3x pipe diameter.
 
2 questions:

Why the diaphragm gate valve, instead of a traditional gate valve from Spears or Hayward?


What make/model is that flow meter?

A lot of the mechanical ones I looked at required uninterrupted pipe before and after equal to 2-3x pipe diameter.

Diaphram seems to allow a more fine tune than traditionl gate valve.

I'd have to look at flow meters later.
 
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Haven't calibrated my refractometer in several years. Picked up a Milwaukee electric and it read 1.027 when my existing one said 1.024. Calibrated the old....1.027.


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Haven't calibrated my refractometer in several years. Picked up a Milwaukee electric and it read 1.027 when my existing one said 1.024. Calibrated the old....1.027.


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:headwally: Always the way. Lol.
Fantastic build!
 
Replaced the old plastic utility sink with stainless steel one that has a drying area. Really happy with the thickness of the steel. Started the RO clean up and will continue with wires and such shortly.

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It looks like a "Gridmann 1 Compartment NSF Stainless Steel Commercial Kitchen Prep & Utility Sink w/ Drainboard - 39 in. Wide"

Hummm very interesting... I just might steal this idea for my new fish room.
 
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