starting a 375g 96x30x30 tank

[xinumaster]

Here more pictures.

neon green frogspawn

acan enchinata

tubs blue zoa

 

[sdaousa]

Check out the pump made by Tunze model 1073.090 output 2377 GPH and use a lot less energy only 130w compared to other at more than 220w. Marinedepot selling it. They're little pricey but it worths the price in term of energy and reliability.

 

[xinumaster]

My barracuda reflo pump is only drawing 1.48A according to my kill a watt meter. Which is equivalent to 162W only.

Here is the shot of my purple styllopora.

 

[Sparkss]

looking good Perry

 

[xinumaster]

Thanks Tom.

catch me a couple of Dr Le's chromis when you go there.

 

[clekchau]

wow very nice, where did you get that beautiful dussimmer?

 

[xinumaster]

CC, I got it from my neighbor. He broke done his 375g tank and I bought most of his fishes.

 

[cbui2]

looking good there perry, seems like you have a great collection to start off with and of course the good deal from neighbor, keep em coming

 

[xinumaster]

I received the Barracuda replacement pump and installed it over the weekend. The new pump is just as loud as the old one. My output has flex pvc and I added the yoga matt underneath the pump too but to no avail. I will try to change the input with flex pvc next week and if pump still loud then I will have to replace the Barracuda with Dart.

 

[cbui2]

hey perry, if you could take some pic's of how the pump is installed with all connections.

 

[xinumaster]

I'll take a picture tonight.

 

[cbui2]

that's fine, 3 replacement seals were sent to me since it was leaking. they did me a favor and press them in was housing for me and all i had to do was to replace them.

 

[xinumaster]

Here some pictures CBui2. Let see if you can diagnose the noise issue I have on this setup. Let me know what you think.

 

[cbui2]

that's how mine was in the beginning with all hard pvc, looks like you started from the outlet and work your way out. also your pump is mounted inside the cabinet wood floor correct. this would suck but I would replumb to spa flex and hard pvc combo, that's how I did mine to removed a lot of stress on the pump so that all the pressure wont be on the pump pressing it down. my route would be from the outlet onion ball valve then spa flex toward the top then hard pvc. inside the cabinet is wood then wood floor I believed last time I check when you started the build, I would try to find a way to have pump mounted on solid surface that can not cause any vibration so maybe try 4-5layers of yoga mats. mine is directly mounted on the concrete floor.

this is completely quiet now, the only things you can here is the fan. before the motor was mounted on top of 3/4 plywood which created a loud humming noise, baldor is the motor I have for saltwater series pump, the one you have I think should be ao smith. baldor motors will handle long term usage without heating up as bad as ao smith and runs a lot quieter.

this is what i had before, so much problems and had to rip everything out and completely redo all plumbing
:mad2:

if you noticed so much stress was on these pumps creating loud humming noise which was heard into master bedroom. from the garage to living room and then to master bed. that noise traveled so far and my wife was telling me hell no, the kids couldn't have a good night rest. also i had them mounted on 3/4" plywood and tried also to double up the wood making it 1.5" plywood still didn't work, then mounted extra 2x4 below to make surface harder still didn't work. finally gave in and rip it all out

 

[xinumaster]

Yah I hear a lot of humming noise and when I touch the cabinet I can fill the vibration. I might be able to replace the hard pvc with flex pvc. But I only can do at less 4 to 6" lenght of flex pvc on the input and about 4" on the output. Unless, I remove the 2nd ball valve ( see picture #1) then I might be able to replaced the section of pvc with a 10" flex pvc. I hope that would be enough to reduce the vibration and loud noise. By the way my barracuda pump is a Baltor motor.

 

[cbui2]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9829335#post9829335 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by xinumaster
Yah I hear a lot of humming noise and when I touch the cabinet I can fill the vibration. I might be able to replace the hard pvc with flex pvc. But I only can do at less 4 to 6" lenght of flex pvc on the input and about 4" on the output. Unless, I remove the 2nd ball valve ( see picture #1) then I might be able to replaced the section of pvc with a 10" flex pvc. I hope that would be enough to reduce the vibration and loud noise. By the way my barracuda pump is a Baltor motor.

the more spa flex use the better, good that's a great motor. the reason why I use a lot of spa flex because when time comes for maintenance it is a lot easier to remove pump then hard PVC since you have to be real careful not to break glue and cause a leak, which I have seen on your intake side where a plate with abc's was use to hold water, lol. get plastic bracket to hold spa flex in place since 1.5" hold a lot of water and ball valve are use thoughout the plumbing. need to brace every 16" just to be on safe side. you also have to remember that you have wood floors too that's why I ask for you to use 6 layers of yoga mat ($10 for cheap $17 nike like I have at academy) since the cabinet sits on wood floor..hope this helps

 

[xinumaster]

Hi CB. Thanks for helping a fellow reefer.

Everything that you suggested were what I intend to do just didn't have the time yet. However on the the double 90 I can only put a 4" flex pvc if I don't remove the second ball valve. I think it is still okay to remove that ball valve since there's another valve on top of the tank just before outlet connects to SS. check this picture.

There is also 2 layers of yoga mat sandwiching a 1/4" wood underneath the pump (I might probably have to remove that 1/4" wood). By the why, when I replaced the pump with a new pump that reflo send me the joint start to leak. But was not there before I change the pump. So I put that ABC plate there.

I was also thinking of replacing the input 1.5" ball valve with 2" so that I can rise the pump by at least 1/2". That would give me more space to add another extra layers of yoga mat.

 

[cbui2]

the spa flex should move a little bit on intake side so 2" ball since you're moving the pump back, exactly how much distance from the sump to intake not including any fittings when you finished moving the pump back. yeah that 1/4" wood would create alot of noise, which will be louder than my 3/4". need to get aleast 4layers and up. i have 4 layers and its super quiet.

 

[xinumaster]

Okay I'll try and remove the 1/2 plywood. If I move the pump back to remove the double 90 elbow I should be able to gain at least about 6" alone just for that. But I am also planning to turn the intake bulkhead around and that would give me an extra 2" linear space. However, I'll lose that extra 2" from the 2" ball valve that I be putting in to replace the 1.5" intake ball valve. Do you think I should keep the 1.5" ball valve?

I'm not gonna be doing any work on my tank setup for now I gotta wait for a couple of weeks before I start tuning my setup again. Wife is not happy right now cause I been spending too much time working on my tank instead of speading time with family.

 

[Chaotic Reefer4u]

I'm not gonna be doing any work on my tank setup for now I gotta wait for a couple of weeks before I start tuning my setup again. Wife is not happy right now cause I been spending too much time working on my tank instead of spending time with family!
i feel you on this one, lol...