plumbing question

[marie]

First a little history, I have a reef ready, 175g bowfront that I'm going to set up in my living room with a sump and dedicated fish room in the basement.
All the stock from my 75g and one of the 55s will be going in to the tank. The problem is that the fish room is taking a while to set up (money) and the tank is sitting in my living room empty.
It would be nice to get everything transfered over and running, I know the corals and fish would appreciate the extra leg room.

Now for the question, is it harder to plumb a tank after it has been set up and running? So far all of my tanks have been sumpless, so this whole plumbing thing is new to me

 

[unsane]

I just did it and it blows. Just wait and plan everything out man. You will be much happier in the long run.

 

[Dubbin1]

I didn't find it to be much of a problem at all. Just make sure you leave room to work.

 

[AIMFish]

I would say yes but it would depend if the tank was predrilled or not and if you already had the holes in the floor ready.

 

[marie]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6501304#post6501304 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by AIMFish
I would say yes but it would depend if the tank was predrilled or not and if you already had the holes in the floor ready.

tank is drilled and has overflows and the holes in the floor are in place

It just looks so lonely...and empty sitting there

 

[AIMFish]

It seems like you could just run it w/ a sump under the tank for now and just redo your drain and return lines later to the basement when you get ready for that.

 

[bugged]

Put a set of ball valves on it and have at it. It will be a piece of cake then.