Bpb Posted March 24, 2016 Share Posted March 24, 2016 Mother of God. I don't know why but this last update is like being choke slammed with awesomeness. Well done. That sump is the definition of clean engineerinf Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reburn Posted March 24, 2016 Author Share Posted March 24, 2016 Pardon my French but.... DAM! That sump looks much better than that piece of junk eggcrate one you had first. Well. That piece of junk eggcrate sump allowed me to mock up exact compartment sizes and dimensions. And I know your pulling my chain The bubble trap falling in the center stile of the cabinets was by design. I have full unrestricted access to all 3 compartments. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OU12004 Posted March 24, 2016 Share Posted March 24, 2016 I wouldn't even put doors on my sump if it looked like that. Great work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reburn Posted March 24, 2016 Author Share Posted March 24, 2016 I also finished my rock platform for my rock compartment. A). I didn't want a bunch of rock in my cryptic zone marring up my pretty acrylic sump and B). In an effort to keep detritus from settling I decided to platform up the rock. I am thinking about picking up a used gyre 130 to put in that compartment running half in reverse to keep the detritus suspended. I built the platform out of 3/8 clear acrylic and 1" square acrylic rod feet. It got slotted with a 3/8 and 1/4 router bits. Alternating 3/8,1/4,3/8,14,3/8 for each of the platforms. I had to half it to be able to get them in around the euro bracing so there is 2 separate platforms. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reburn Posted March 24, 2016 Author Share Posted March 24, 2016 I wouldn't even put doors on my sump if it looked like that. Great workI really really considered leaving it unskinned. But that's all I need is for my 6 year old daughter or one of her friends to put her strawberry shortcake doll in the sump because she wants to go swimming. I'm not to worried about my kids because they know not to touch even the glass on the tanks, but their friends, who knows.The cabinet face is bolted onto the steel stand with rivnuts that are drilled into the frame, holding a piece of 1" aluminum angle that is wood screwed into the back of the cabinet face. Yes of course I had the aluminum pieces powder coated with the frame. There is 16 or so holding the cabinet faces on. What this accomplished is being able to pull the skins easily and reinstall them easily if I need to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+BobcatReefer Posted March 24, 2016 Share Posted March 24, 2016 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jolt Posted March 24, 2016 Share Posted March 24, 2016 Let's get this beast wet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+olaggie01 Posted March 24, 2016 Share Posted March 24, 2016 Unreal. Very very nice. What is the black box with the red and green labels and the 1/4" tubing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reburn Posted March 24, 2016 Author Share Posted March 24, 2016 That is my custom made pressure switch box. It has 2 pressure switch floats that run the primary and emergency cutoff for my ATO, it's the same pressure switches Avast marine uses for their ATO systems and Skimmate lockers. I'm using a digital aquatics dosing pump for my ATO pump. If you look closely at the circled bracket in the return compartment there is also a third manual float valve for the ATO. There is also a 3/8 black tubing that runs to my salt water barrel so when I do water changes I just vacuum the skimmer compartment and/or return compartment and fire up my pump on my saltwater barrel and refill the tank. I can't go into the septic with discarded saltwater so I have to siphon out into the yard. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+olaggie01 Posted March 24, 2016 Share Posted March 24, 2016 Very cool. Thanks for the write up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jolt Posted March 29, 2016 Share Posted March 29, 2016 Bump for getting this thing wet! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluemoon Posted March 30, 2016 Share Posted March 30, 2016 Bump for getting this thing wet! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluemoon Posted March 31, 2016 Share Posted March 31, 2016 Soo...were we talking last Thursday....this Thursday? Come on Seth - I'm suffering from withdrawals! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reburn Posted May 12, 2016 Author Share Posted May 12, 2016 Filling. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
versace Posted May 13, 2016 Share Posted May 13, 2016 cooooooooool~!!!!!!!!!!!!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juiceman Posted May 13, 2016 Share Posted May 13, 2016 Where do I get the dark flex pvc? Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+BobcatReefer Posted May 13, 2016 Share Posted May 13, 2016 https://flexpvc.com/cart/agora.cgi?product=2_Flex_PVC_Pipe_3/4_inch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reburn Posted May 13, 2016 Author Share Posted May 13, 2016 Exactly, For heavens sakes don't do 1.5" drains. 1.5" is a bear to work with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reburn Posted May 13, 2016 Author Share Posted May 13, 2016 No leaks yet. I doubt I'm that lucky. We shall see. Bean animal how I loathe to tune thee. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted May 13, 2016 Share Posted May 13, 2016 I'm pretty sure that's photoshopped. [emoji14] Nice man! I was thinking it would never get wet and just be like a trophy frag tank. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reburn Posted May 13, 2016 Author Share Posted May 13, 2016 I was thinking it would never get wet and just be like a trophy frag tank. I was beginning to wonder myself. Bean animal is tuned. It is dead silent. You can't ever hear the pumps. Very happy. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasReef Posted May 13, 2016 Share Posted May 13, 2016 I am very impressed with your dedication of attention to detail. [emoji106] Everything looks amazing. Great job. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted May 13, 2016 Share Posted May 13, 2016 Filling.Are those biopellets tumbling in reverse? [emoji23] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reburn Posted May 13, 2016 Author Share Posted May 13, 2016 Filling.Are those biopellets tumbling in reverse? [emoji23] I don't get it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reburn Posted May 13, 2016 Author Share Posted May 13, 2016 So 2 leaks. Drips. On the drains of course. Thankfully none on the return manifold yet. One on the left side Fuge seeping water at the gate valve. Annoying but manageable due to my liberal placement of unions. The most annoying g part is 1.5" spears gate valves and 1.5" unions are not cheap. But fixed. Second one is where the pipe inserts into the bulkhead at the bottom of the external overflow box. Holy cow. It had to be the emergency drain. It had to be the middle of the 3 pipes. The absolutely hardest piece of plumbing to access on the entire tank. It's just a seep. I couldn't get my big channel locks in there to spin the nut on the Union. Sighs. Cusses. A lot. So I used my PVC flush cutter. It was a nerve racking, sweating bullets cussing event. I was very nervous about accidentally cutting the acrylic as I was cutting through the bulkhead as getting another 26" ghost overflow would take weeks or more. But I prevailed. I'm tired and irritated but everything is back together waiting for the glue to dry. Thank God I held the tank off the wall 11.5", thank God I didn't have that extra slice of pizza last night as I had to suck my gut in as far as I could to squeeze behind the tank. Now I know I can fix any of the plumbing with the tank running. It's not fun but can be accomplished. After the glue dries I'm going to perform a static test where I friction fit caps to the bottom of the drains and fill them up with water and let sit for 12 hrs. Wish me luck. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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