Smoothdog's 150DD build

I think hell really did freeze over when I hooked up the ro/di. It was 15deg outside when I woke up this morning. :lol: seriously though, why did the coldest day of the year have to be the day I hooked it up? It's taking forever to fill the tanks up.
 
Well, after a couple long days its finally all wet. Not salty yet though. Also got the frag tank light hung. Found a few minor leaks in the threaded fittings and sealed them up. Now I'm just waiting on the heaters I forgot to order and a pendant for the large tank.


DSC_1780.JPG by ksw2005, on Flickr
 
Wow first time I slowed down long enough to read threw the who thing.
Very Very impressive.
I was going to cut some corners on some stuff, but after seeing your work thats never going to happen. :)
 
Thanks Hershel! Some how I think your idea of cutting corners owners is only having 3 backup plans instead of 5 though. :lol:
 
Time for an update. Got a bunch of stuff done in the past couple of weeks.

ATO tanks setup:

DSC_1796.JPG by ksw2005, on Flickr

Turned my TLF 550 into a recirculating reactor for bio pellets.

DSC_1795.JPG by ksw2005, on Flickr

Finally got some heaters in the tank and built bubble towers for the returns.

DSC_1794.JPG by ksw2005, on Flickr

Mounted the new ReefAngel.

DSC_1790.JPG by ksw2005, on Flickr

Fabricated an ATO switch bracket.

DSC_1789.JPG by ksw2005, on Flickr

And what build would be completed without the obligatory SLASH stickers!?

DSC_1791.JPG by ksw2005, on Flickr

DSC_1792.JPG by ksw2005, on Flickr

Finally added salt last night so hopefully I'll be able to start transferring things from the old tank soon.
 
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I hope that's just silicone and not a crack!!? Top, right corner.
 
Nice work Kirk :thumbsup: You got a lot a work done while the RC Admins were napping the last two weeks :lol:
 
That float switch bracket is pretty darn shweet! I'm going to need one of those...Where do I put in my order?...LOL
 
Item 57133. But check the dimension of the tube you are using. Mine was 5/8 outside 1/2 inside. Different wall thickness is available on the tubing.
 
jtrasap said:
That float switch bracket is pretty darn shweet! I'm going to need one of those...Where do I put in my order?...LOL
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Thanks! Don't know how I missed this when you posted it. This kind of stuff is easy to make with acrylic. If you want to bring a piece over I can show you how. Guess I should have added a step by step for how I did that. I think I'm going to modify that bracket and add a holder for the top off tubing too. It will hold the tubing so that the ro water will run over the float clearing any salt creep off of it automagically.
 
You'll have to post some pics of it when you get the automagical salt creep rinser modification done. I don't know when I'd be able to make it all the way over that way but I still might try and throw one together here.
 
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