Pife's One fifty glass box build

[oshanickreef]

240 gallon monster. I like that it is eight feet long. It's going to hold a ton of rock.

gosh that is a huge exaggeration... and i thought you said that i was the one who exaggerates too much. :lol:

 

[Pife]

I have rock and water in my frag tank! Let the cycle begin!

 

[Pife]

I also got the reflectors mounted.

 

[oshanickreef]

what is a reflector?

 

[Hodge1995]

I have rock and water in my frag tank! Let the cycle begin!

Holy Smokes Pife does know how to make Saltwater! Glad to see it! Although I am not sure what smack is gonna do with all his spare time, not beinfg able to harass you and all.:lol2: I guess it is only the sump wet so he still has time!

 

[oshanickreef]

Holy Smokes Pife does know how to make Saltwater! Glad to see it! Although I am not sure what smack is gonna do with all his spare time, not beinfg able to harass you and all.:lol2: I guess it is only the sump wet so he still has time!

not for long b**ches!:lolspin:

 

[Pife]

How about a teaser of the sump.

 

[oshanickreef]

It's just a clear box...


What is your total water volume gonna be? If you had to guess?

 

[Pife]

I don't like to guess but between 300 and 400 gallons.

 

[Pife]

I thought I would break up all the tank building pictures with some coral shots.

 

[makeshift101]

 

[Mr D smack]

I've got plenty if time you know it only took 2 years for this sump right:beer:

 

[_E_]

That's going to be an awesome sump. Congrats of the progress.

 

[Pife]

That's going to be an awesome sump. Congrats of the progress.

Thanks. I think it's going well.

 

[Pife]

The sump is done and I installed it. :celeb3: The drain comes into the right side then goes over and through either filter pads or filter socks. I put in a couple of ledges of acrylic so that I can run either. Then it goes through one more over under so that I can do water changes while the system is running. Now to start in the plumbing!

 

[Pife]

I've got started on the plumbing. Planning it out on paper and making one trip to get plumbing parts never work. It didn't for me at least. I have been to the store several times and always buy extra and still need more. Here's a shot of half of the supplies. I will use sweep 90's where possible and 45's.

Here is a picture of the drain for my frag tank. I'm hoping it will work the way it is plumbed. I installed a gate valve on one of the two drains. They are 1 1/2 inch drains so I know they can handle a ton of flow. I made the wiers adjustable to help with balancing the drains.

 

[mpcart]

Keep it up and we'll have to start picking on someone else.

I know what you mean about the plumbing. I have a huge box of fittings, valves, etc. - seems like more than I started with.

-Mike

 

[Pife]

I have 90% of the plumbing done now! What I don't have done I can't do as my dt isn't in place yet. I was able to stick with using 45's instead of 90's. It makes it a little harder but not much. I ran schedule 40 pvc and used true Union ball valves.

I'm powering this system with an Iwaki 70. I hope it's enough flow for my frag tank and dt with a couple of reactors if I need them. I just ordered a Jebao Dc3000 to feed dirty water to my skimmer. I think it will make it much easier to dial it in this way.

 

[Pife]

:smokin:Tough crowd here. I have built a stand for my skimmer and calcium reactor and tank to sit on. I painted it the bright green that I have been using. I also cut some foam to put under the skimmer and reactor to cut down on vibrations.

I painted my plumbing black to help hide it. It went well. I used a Pvc primer first then just a semi goes black over that. I made a little stand for my return pump so that I could install antivibration pads under it.

I worked on my rock scape for a little while also. I have to put a lot more water weld on it in the coming days. I'm really happy with how it is turning out.

 

[oshanickreef]

Looks dope. Ima come by and check it out later today. Hopefully I can dodge the hail. And Morpheus.