toofrigginswt
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Here's the other shipment with my dosing pump and 3 chamber dosing container.
Toofrigginswt's Custom 125 Gallon Tank Build
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Really like the shapes of those rocks too.
toofrigginswt
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Haha. Yea I couldn't pass up on a lot of the deals that everyone was giving.
toofrigginswt
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By the way, the boss lady isn't too happy with the mess I made today. Haha!
psykobowler
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Good job on the manifold. Three is all you need. If you decide to run ozone you could get a DIY ozone reactor kit from avast marine and run it before the carbon reactor. If it was my tank I would do two part and kalk on the dosing reservoir. You don't really need to constantly dose mag. If you have a separate ato container I suggest running a line from a reservoir. Where are you making rodi water, in the garage?
Glenn
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Very nice build. I am really impressed by how clean the whole thing looks. I love the plumbing. I think I would have to call my plumbing kind of overly simple, not pretty but it works. Pipe goes out of tank into sump, hose goes out of return pump into tank.
I have always admired the clean look of all pvc plumbing with all the valves etc. And though I know there's a purpose for everything, have never understood. I see what I think you all are calling a manifold (cuz it looks like one
) What does that do?
I have always admired the clean look of all pvc plumbing with all the valves etc. And though I know there's a purpose for everything, have never understood. I see what I think you all are calling a manifold (cuz it looks like one
) What does that do?
tcoral
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Very nice build. I am really impressed by how clean the whole thing looks. I love the plumbing. I think I would have to call my plumbing kind of overly simple, not pretty but it works. Pipe goes out of tank into sump, hose goes out of return pump into tank.
I have always admired the clean look of all pvc plumbing with all the valves etc. And though I know there's a purpose for everything, have never understood. I see what I think you all are calling a manifold (cuz it looks like one
It's in case you want to add equipment that will need to be plumbed in instead of adding a new pump or having to modify plumbing later.
toofrigginswt
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Thanks! I've made my fair share of mistakes in the past and this time, I told myself to take it slow and don't rush into things.
I'm having John from Your Reef quote me on a custom narrow/tall acrylic reservoir. It will have a separate pump to shoot water into the sump when the float valve is triggered. And yes, I will be making RODI in my garage. I was going to make it in my master bath tub but that idea was shot down
Very nice build. I am really impressed by how clean the whole thing looks. I love the plumbing. I think I would have to call my plumbing kind of overly simple, not pretty but it works. Pipe goes out of tank into sump, hose goes out of return pump into tank.
I have always admired the clean look of all pvc plumbing with all the valves etc. And though I know there's a purpose for everything, have never understood. I see what I think you all are calling a manifold (cuz it looks like one
Thanks! If you do a search for a thread called "Pristine Plumbing" on reefcentral, you'll see a bunch of people with awesome setups. That thread was my inspiration and gave me a lot of ideas. My tanks in the past have always been made simple like how you described. Drain goes into sump and then a hose goes directly from the pump to the return pipe. Simple and Easy. I just wanted to experiment using hard plumb pvc this time around and it turned out half decent.
Tina described the purpose of the manifold perfectly. I didn't want too many pumps running my reactors so I "tee'd off" and built a manifold from my return. The more pumps you have in the tank, the more heat it generates and the higher the energy consumption. I want one pump to handle all my needs. Also, having the gate valves on the manifold will allow me to fine tune how much flow I want going into my reactors.
Bryan, it's a sweet looking container huh? I purchased the container from an international seller on eBay for $30. Shipping was free because I ordered a bunch of items from him. Surprisingly, it delivered from Hong Kong to my house within 7 days! Lmk if you need the info.
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toofrigginswt
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Need some advice. I'm trying to buy a gfci and there is a 15 and a 20 amp. Which one should I get?
toofrigginswt
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Thanks loup. I am not sure if my outlet is made for a 15 or 20. If it happens to be 15, can I slap a 20 on it? The guy at Lowe's says I have to modify my breaker to handle a 20 but he didn't seem confident so I don't know what to get.
toofrigginswt
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Just called my uncle who is an electrician and he's going to come out to take a look for me.
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I made some minor changes to my plumbing. I moved the manifold inline because I noticed that when I had it the previous way, it wasn't as stable when I would turn the gate valves.
After I glued all of the pipes together, I realized that it didn't look as clean with my horrible glue job. So I pulled everything out and decided to use Krylon Fusion paint on the plumbing. Here's my attempt to be different using bright red paint. I chose red because my sump and skimmer is red.
Here are the results. What do you guys/gals think? Too bright???
My girlfriend thinks it looks like Mario Bros plumbing. Haha.
After I glued all of the pipes together, I realized that it didn't look as clean with my horrible glue job. So I pulled everything out and decided to use Krylon Fusion paint on the plumbing. Here's my attempt to be different using bright red paint. I chose red because my sump and skimmer is red.
Here are the results. What do you guys/gals think? Too bright???
My girlfriend thinks it looks like Mario Bros plumbing. Haha.
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toofrigginswt
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Lol. It would definitely go well with the Vertex Omega or BK.
Bryan, I decided to cancel the pre order for the omega 150. I'm waiting on the 200 instead. For now, I'll rock the SRO.
Bryan, I decided to cancel the pre order for the omega 150. I'm waiting on the 200 instead. For now, I'll rock the SRO.
