Fish Room build update
- Thread starter Walter White
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Lol! Blame it on the old lady who insisted I look like Tebow in front of Wicked...I was like...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NefM2gVo9mw&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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So its been awhile but things are starting to move again. Last night I tested the return pumps, displacement water change system which I like to call "Mdrumm method" because he is the first person I have ever seen do this. I also tested a reverse flow procedure that drains the whole system to the sewer in the event I should ever need to.
Everything worked better than I had hoped. To be honest I was starting to worry a little bit about the number of bends I had coming off the return and the sheer distance I will be pushing from the basement to the display (26' with 12' of that being verticle). All I can say about these Reeflo Wahoo pumps is "WOW", they don't even break a sweat. I ended up dialing them back quit a bit which is great because I will be running 4 separate reactors off the main pump as well.
The water change method is going to be incredible! two balls valves switched and 5 minutes later 40 gal is changed without any other effort. No lugging buckets of water, siphoning, or dumping.
Using the the water change setup I plumbed it so I could reverse the flow, and pump all the water straight into the sewage line. I'm not sure that I will ever be using this. Hopefully not but it worked great for just testing the system with tap water then draining it again.
Right now the display is not in so the return line is just looped back to the sump from where the display will eventually be. The other two holes drilled are for the other two pipes in a BeanAnimal setup.
Everything worked better than I had hoped. To be honest I was starting to worry a little bit about the number of bends I had coming off the return and the sheer distance I will be pushing from the basement to the display (26' with 12' of that being verticle). All I can say about these Reeflo Wahoo pumps is "WOW", they don't even break a sweat. I ended up dialing them back quit a bit which is great because I will be running 4 separate reactors off the main pump as well.
The water change method is going to be incredible! two balls valves switched and 5 minutes later 40 gal is changed without any other effort. No lugging buckets of water, siphoning, or dumping.
Using the the water change setup I plumbed it so I could reverse the flow, and pump all the water straight into the sewage line. I'm not sure that I will ever be using this. Hopefully not but it worked great for just testing the system with tap water then draining it again.
Right now the display is not in so the return line is just looped back to the sump from where the display will eventually be. The other two holes drilled are for the other two pipes in a BeanAnimal setup.
