DiscoReefRover
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Good luck it took me a year to win that arguement .......
looking good mike if you need a hand or any help fabbin up a light rack give me a holler
Sean
Tank upgrade --> 300 Gallon Marineland Project
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Good luck it took me a year to win that arguement .......
looking good mike if you need a hand or any help fabbin up a light rack give me a holler
Sean
serpentman
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Mike, is that tank on a slab?
mike660r
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Thanks for the compliment. I would have to say I am denial on the concern over the warranty of the tank. I am not the original purchaser of this tank. I was told that the warranty was out the door since I didn't buy it from the store. I suppose it is a very big risk that I am taking. Thankfully there have not been any reports of seam issues so far on these tanks. I have it full of water and there are no signs of stress on any of the seams. I took a lot of precautions on ensuring my stand was built solid. I know it doesn't look like you park a pickup on it. However, every joint is tight, glued and screwed together. Everything is square and plumb as far as I can tell. I can only hope nothing fails.
mike660r
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<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13839232#post13839232 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Kreeger1
Lets see some new running water pics
Drum roll please ..........
This shot gives a good view as to what is going on underneath. Not very much at this point. On the left you can see the three way switch I have wired in. I can shut down my return pump from either upstairs or in the fish room. The plumbing is pretty simple too. I used some decent union ball valves to control the return flow. I did find that I have some kinks to work out. The tank came with the "durso style" stand pipes. There are two 1/2" holed drilled in the top elbows. This causes a serious sucking noise with the valves fully open coming from my Iwaki 70 return pump. I intend to change them out with a new 90 degree elbow and install a control air valve with some 3/8 hose and fittings. The drains are 1" ID spaflex to 2" drains that go the basement sump. I had planned for a 400 gallon tank with 2" drains. Since I didn't get the 400 I figured the two inch pipes should be just fine anyway. You can also see the additional framing that was done to box the tank in. I went about a 1/4" above the plastic trim. The reason for that is so that I stay away from the silicone on the bottom panel. I didn't want to risk nicking it while cleaning.
mike660r
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My wife was ****ed that I didn't stick to the plan on the stand. I was supposed to duplicate the marineland stand. I thought it was to plain. I added a little more flare up top than she wanted. She called me out as an "amature woodworker" lol. She's just upset that I took so much realestate in the living room. Everytime I consume another inch. I think it irritates her all over again. hahahahhahah
mike660r
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Hahahhahaha
I actually did some test aquascaping in my garage last night. I am planning making something a little more unique than the usual pile of rocks or the great wall of china look. I had some really cool twists, ledges and tunnels pieced together last night. It was kind of like pulling out the ole tub of legos and seeing what I could come up with. I am going to be in Lima this week. I plan to stop by US Plastics and get some nylon threaded rod. I should really be able to make some thing diffierent than the norm with it.
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