280g build....the longest build ever
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iChillum;184092 said:
This is a great thread...I can only imagine the hours you've put in so far. I'll keep watching this thread as it's inspiring...even with the modest 55gl I'm putting together 
What your saying is I have a problem lol that sounded like my wife the first time she went to the basement and saw it all sitting there lol.
It's looking awesome man keep it up!! Do u have any plywood under the sump or just 4x4's if just 4x4s I would suggest getting a piece of ply wood so there's not any pressure points on it. I've heard horror stories of sumps all of a sudden breaking due to it
It's looking awesome man keep it up!! Do u have any plywood under the sump or just 4x4's if just 4x4s I would suggest getting a piece of ply wood so there's not any pressure points on it. I've heard horror stories of sumps all of a sudden breaking due to it
So I got around to plumbing the dt to my sump. Turns out in my fish room this is the only good place I could put a sink with running water and a drain without having to dig into concrete so I had to plumb around it a bit. Still turned out fine and gives my plenty of room to work with running into pipes. Used 1.5" pvc to carry the load of a reeflo barracuda as a return.
Made a little more progress today. Started plumbing the return lines from the reeflo today. Of course I forgot some parts so I have to go back to HD again. However got my 300gpd rodi in place so I will never have to carry buckets of water again to my 30g reservoir next to it for my ato. Yippeee! Also got the 80w uv sterilizer in place for plumbing. All in all it is coming along very nicely.
Slowly but surely.....got the plumbing done! All the pipes running off the baffles to the right either are returns to the dt or go to the refugium. The baffle on the left will feed my calcium reactor. Main return line from the pump runs directly to the big ole skimmer.
After thinking about it for a very long time I decided to run my return lines up through the ceiling so they are completely out of the way. This is what it looks like on the back wall.
And then you can see where they come out of the ceiling back to the dt. Turned out very nice as it gives me lots of room to work and access the back of my tank easily.
Last but not least by any means I got my first light hung. woo hoo!
After thinking about it for a very long time I decided to run my return lines up through the ceiling so they are completely out of the way. This is what it looks like on the back wall.
And then you can see where they come out of the ceiling back to the dt. Turned out very nice as it gives me lots of room to work and access the back of my tank easily.
Last but not least by any means I got my first light hung. woo hoo!
