Walkthrough of my 180g Setup

I will update in a few weeks.
The cabinets should be get get installed in about 2 weeks I hope.
I made a few changes that caused some delay.

Ill get a big update ready though on tank maintinence, coral, the new cabinets, etc.
 
I don't know if it's been asked before, but what are you doing to prevent 100+ gallons of water from draining from the spray racks into the sump and onto the floor in a power outage?
 
I was thinking the same thing... I didn't see any check-valves or anything. I could've missed it though...

I would imagine that something is in place, even the process of shutting down the pumps manually would cause a back-siphon, at least some ball valves so that the pipes can be serviced if necessary.
 
The spray bar is on a closed loop.
My dynamic flow(through MBV) is a closed loop.

I only have two returns comming from my sump, and they are in the top of the tank.
I thought it was pretty clear what stuff was a closed loop and what wasnt... in fact I just found the quote for you.

skeets said:
DESIGN


There are three main flow systems in the tank. The first is a spraybar that is on a closed loop and pumped via a sequence 4300. The second is my return via a mag18 from my sump. The third system was my dynamic flow system and has 2 banks of 6 outputs. A motorized ball valve switches between each output to create some nice flow. My dynamic flow is pumped by a sequence 5800.
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I spent probably 8 hours putting this thread together by cropping pix, writting text, etc.
And I keep getting questions that have answers right in my text.
I wrote this thread to help people, however not to hold their hand. I definitely welcome ANY comments/questions on information that I forgot to cover, or that you just want more indepth.
But so far most of the questions are answered right in the heart of the thread.

I didn't post the thread for my benefit, I posted it for everyone else. I have had lots of ppl PM me with more detailed questions, and have helped a lot of people out. Several people have designed similar parts of my system into their tanks. So a lot of good has come from this thread, but I feel insulted personally when someone says they didnt spend the time to read it, and want me to restate it for their benefit.
Thats the attitude, and I think it is fair.
 
thanks again for taking the time to set up the thread, i for one love the detail you spent putting it all together and then sharing it with us. thank you.

gm
 
I promise I will get this post updated...
My cabinet maker was not able to install the cabinets today, and we have it set for next friday. So it looks like it will be another 2 weeks before I get a update.
I am wondering If i should just start a new thread and have it include all the old info, plus the new stuff(cabinets, coral, stuff thats gone one since setup). I think it would be nice to have a new thread that has everything on the first page instead of scattered throughout 6 pages.
Thoughts?
 
should work out fine if it is not too much of a hassle for you ... if you could keep all of the old info like you said, then i think it would be great... kind of nice not to have to sift through all of the questions about something that was answered a page ago! but, we all do that at sometime i guess. or, you could start a web page!! good luck with the cabinets
 
Skeets, where ya been? I'm hoping you have some good updates? I'd hate to see this project go to the wayside.
Have you started a new thread? I'd love to see some updated pics of the setup.

Kevin
 
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