speakerguy Posted May 25, 2005 Share Posted May 25, 2005 K. I have a degree in electrical engineering so I could probably get that cord wired for you Link to comment
winniebagel Posted May 25, 2005 Author Share Posted May 25, 2005 speakerguy - Apparently, I guess my bf hooked it up this morning. I didn't even know he had bought a three pronged plug from Home Depot last time we were in there. Thanks for the offer though. Link to comment
Babycakes Posted June 6, 2005 Share Posted June 6, 2005 you hung that light very cleanly! great job winnieB! i cant wait to see everything when it's all put together. Link to comment
winniebagel Posted June 17, 2005 Author Share Posted June 17, 2005 Sometimes I even surprise myself... I've managed to scrounge up some free time tonight to work on the tank's piping. ALMOST finished... Link to comment
winniebagel Posted June 17, 2005 Author Share Posted June 17, 2005 Even though the Seaclear tank isn't finished yet, I couldn't help myself from buying a Ricordea when I went to the LFS for some RO water yesterday. It's in the holding tank currently. It's starting to gain an orange hue near the middle, from what I could see. Purddy... Link to comment
Tigahboy Posted June 17, 2005 Share Posted June 17, 2005 yeah! working on pvc during the early AM. that's how it should be done. I'm working w/ pvc now as well. just taking a lil break. Link to comment
Tigahboy Posted June 17, 2005 Share Posted June 17, 2005 you even went all out and bought the union ball valves. nice. did u already pvc cement the plumbing parts shown in the pic or are they dry fitted only? Link to comment
Babycakes Posted June 17, 2005 Share Posted June 17, 2005 man..i need to learn how to plumb! any chance you do could do my plumbing in austin? lol. too bad i can't upgrade anytime soon. everything's looking good! keep us posted1 Link to comment
winniebagel Posted June 17, 2005 Author Share Posted June 17, 2005 Dennis: I had to call it quits around 3am because the pvc glue fumes gave me a major headache. Other than the pipe connected to the SCWD, everything is dry fitted for now. As for the single union ball valve, I had to search all around town for the 3/4" ones but I finally found a wholesale place that was kind enough to sell me a couple. I should be completed with everything tonight. Woohoo! Babycakes: lol - man, it's going to take a lot to make me plumb again... hahah But for serious, the plumbing isn't so hard once you know where everything will be placed and you find the right pvc components. I unfortunately was pretty clueless when I started and it took me about 15 trips to Home Depot/Lowes before I got all the plumbing parts. D'oh. X) Link to comment
winniebagel Posted June 19, 2005 Author Share Posted June 19, 2005 Tank progress has been postponed until I can get a new, replacement tank... Murphy's Law struck when I was trying to clean a piece of pvc attachment that had to be attached to the tank. Lo and behold, I ended up accidently spilling a bunch of pvc cleaner solution all over the surface I was working on and some of it seeped onto and under the acrylic tank. I tried to clean up the tank as fast as I could, but some of the crap already started eating away at the acrylic and caused a bunch of hairline cracks along the bottom seam holding together the back to the bottom panel. :*( Just my luck too... when I was so close to completion. Maybe I just wasn't meant to have a bigger tank. X) Link to comment
Babycakes Posted June 19, 2005 Share Posted June 19, 2005 oh god, how horrible! i'd be close to tears but i'm sure you're holding up. at least you got your plumbing figured out...you should really go and cheer yourself and watch the new Batman Begins movie! so great!..well it is. yeah sorry about the tank. how long till you get a new one? Link to comment
winniebagel Posted June 19, 2005 Author Share Posted June 19, 2005 lol BC... I was essentially cussing like a sailor for the first 15 minutes after the incident. But I just ordered another aquarium from Petco.com and it should be here within 1-2 weeks, depending on how fast they process orders. I guess I now have a 30G quarantine tank, if I plug up the drilled holes... I hear that the Batman movie is a great redemption for the past two Batman movies. I might see it tomorrow, for shizzle. Link to comment
Babycakes Posted June 19, 2005 Share Posted June 19, 2005 glad to hear the tank is coming in and now you got a possible 30g quarantine tank at least you have this break to think about coral placements and maybe if you plug the holes in the old 30g then you can start cycling your LR it was an awesome movie! better than the first 2 movies even! the gadgets were more realistic..and christian bale is by far the sexiest batman Link to comment
Reefer Addict Posted June 20, 2005 Share Posted June 20, 2005 Originally posted by winniebagel Tank progress has been postponed until I can get a new, replacement tank... Murphy's Law struck when I was trying to clean a piece of pvc attachment that had to be attached to the tank. Lo and behold, I ended up accidently spilling a bunch of pvc cleaner solution all over the surface I was working on and some of it seeped onto and under the acrylic tank. I tried to clean up the tank as fast as I could, but some of the crap already started eating away at the acrylic and caused a bunch of hairline cracks along the bottom seam holding together the back to the bottom panel. :*( Just my luck too... when I was so close to completion. Maybe I just wasn't meant to have a bigger tank. X) Just read this. OMG! You seem to be handling this well. I think I would have lost it!!!!! Link to comment
Babycakes Posted July 1, 2005 Share Posted July 1, 2005 winnie, where'd you get your hanging wall brackets for you lights? and did you have to order the ball valves or where they at home depot? Link to comment
winniebagel Posted July 1, 2005 Author Share Posted July 1, 2005 The brackets were from Home Depot (around the nails, nuts & bolts section). As for the ball valves, there are two types on my tank. The regular white ball valves were from Home Depot, while the grey single union ball valves were from Grainger. I can't believe you're going for an upgrade already! lol. Link to comment
Babycakes Posted July 1, 2005 Share Posted July 1, 2005 yeah an upgrade! all this pvc plumbing stuff is driving me crazy. i'm just getting a 16x16x8 prop tank from glasscages.com but i figured why not plumb the 2 tanks together to a sump/fuge...and then that's when it started getting complicated, overflow gph, return gph, and i was like wtheck? and then my jebo isn't drilled..so that makes it even more complicated. i COULD just get rid of the prop tank idea and just make another tank next to the jebo and make the jebo a zoo tank..but...ugh. it's so complicated. soooooooo complicated. okie i'm gonna head out to aquatek for more saltwater and homedepot. it's great to have a local on these forums oh! you gotta tell me how you pvc cement things:blush: that seems like a b*tch to do Link to comment
winniebagel Posted July 1, 2005 Author Share Posted July 1, 2005 Holy cow, that's quite an elaborate plan for what you have in mind. I'm getting dizzy just thinking about it. 8) Actually, for a lot of stuff you were wondering about, I found that the calculators at RC were really helpful. Here's one to find overflow size and another to calculate head loss through pipes. It's quite awesome to find other locals around here. Maybe we could do coral trades once most of the corals in your Jebo grows out! victoly: Heck yeah! Austin's where it's at! Link to comment
winniebagel Posted July 1, 2005 Author Share Posted July 1, 2005 Oops, I forgot to answer the pvc gluing question... heh. I learned the gist of pvc solventing through Christy's Red Hot Blue Glue site (http://www.tchristy.com/install.asp). Although, if you can't find any of the Christy's (which is like an all-in-one cleaner/primer/glue) around town, you'd have to buy pvc primer and glue seperately. And remember to work in a properly ventalated area - I got huge headaches from getting wiffs of those fumes. :x Link to comment
Travis Posted July 1, 2005 Share Posted July 1, 2005 Sorry to hear about your tank winnie, I hope the next one turns out alright Link to comment
winniebagel Posted July 1, 2005 Author Share Posted July 1, 2005 Thanks for the well wishing Travis. The new tank is almost ready to go, just have to silicone between the threaded bulkheads with the threaded pvc connectors because of some water leakage. Should be ready for LR by next Friday. BTW: I love your new avitar of your new black clowns. They're awesome. Link to comment
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