Zapatista Posted October 11, 2005 Author Share Posted October 11, 2005 plumbing primed and PVC'd..the return pipe and closed loop are deattached via threaded unions. I will test run the plumbing in the next few days. command center!!! this should make turing off individual compontents for cleaning/repair etc fairly easy. It will also assist in water changes as I will be able to turn off everything in the sump and drain all the water, then replace it fairly quickly. Link to comment
Sinistard Posted October 11, 2005 Share Posted October 11, 2005 Looking good. How do you like the flex PVC? It looks like it would be a lot easier to work with. Link to comment
yoshiod9 Posted October 11, 2005 Share Posted October 11, 2005 wow...the room looks so bare! sorry i didn't call you back after you called me on saturday night-- we were camping and i was plenty drunk. didn't think that you'd appreciate a drunk dial. lol. anyway, the plumbing looks great! i hope that you didn't get too high off the pvc glue fumes! let me know when you're going to be putting some water in this bad boy! thanks again for the shrimp, snails and other miscellaneous goodies(pvc, YES!). i'm waiting for the xenia to attach to some rocks before i put it into rachael's tank. the shrimp is already buddy buddy with my yellow watchman...so that's pretty neat-o. talk to you later, man. Link to comment
SLOreefer Posted October 11, 2005 Share Posted October 11, 2005 the tank is lookin good man. thast the thing i hate about cooking the rock, it takes so long! im too anxious all the time to set up my tanks but now that al my rock has funky forms of algae coming out i wish i took the time to do it too Link to comment
Zapatista Posted October 12, 2005 Author Share Posted October 12, 2005 sinistard- the flew PVC is great...it doesn't want to bend specific ways but I'm using less 45s and 90s and therefore will my flow wont be as restricted. yosh- leak test party coming soon... SLO- I'm anxious too but going BB I want to make sure I get it right. I rather wait an extra month that deal with detritus and poor water conditions, thus jepordizing the health of my corals. Thanks everyone for the nice comments...I'm 95% finished PVCing..I'm waiting for 5 more feet of PVC flex from Savko, then I'll be done..... I will update as soon as I do a leak test...keep your fingers crossed! Link to comment
SLOreefer Posted October 12, 2005 Share Posted October 12, 2005 you me and yosh will have to do some group buys on corals sometime, save on shipping and stuff...maybe get tigah to track donw some prime sps or something. hey man are you going to the frag swap on the 22? Link to comment
Zapatista Posted October 13, 2005 Author Share Posted October 13, 2005 Id love to go but I have to attend a release party in Sonoma for one of the wineries that my company represents on the 22nd.... But for sure we will have to get some SPS buy together...my plan is to stock my new tank by trading wine for SPS frags....good stuff too This tank is gonna be all about the prime SPS! you me and yosh will have to do some group buys on corals sometime, save on shipping and stuff...maybe get tigah to track donw some prime sps or something. hey man are you going to the frag swap on the 22? Link to comment
SLOreefer Posted October 13, 2005 Share Posted October 13, 2005 well hopefully my stuff grows out by the time you are ready, cause i like wine, im jsut too cheap to buy anything good ha ha Link to comment
dhoffroad Posted October 13, 2005 Share Posted October 13, 2005 hey SLO (and you other guys) if you guys get some type of "group buy" going on keep me in mind I may be intrested too... Link to comment
Zapatista Posted October 13, 2005 Author Share Posted October 13, 2005 SLO- you got it! Sounds like a good plan.... Link to comment
Zapatista Posted October 14, 2005 Author Share Posted October 14, 2005 aquascaping my backyard...haha I just wanted to see how my PVC racks would work out for the bare bottom on top of starboard. Hopefully I will get SPS to encrust of the pipes and coraline will grow on it so it blends into the tank. Link to comment
yoshiod9 Posted October 14, 2005 Share Posted October 14, 2005 ... you are the biggest geek ever. did you make an outline of the tank on the ground like i had suggested? btw, did you tell people about all the tyree le sunset monti you let die?? freaking nutcase, eben! anyway, i'm not gonna be around this weekend (mid terms are coming up) but if you need help or are having the leak test, lmk. i can easily find time to do something productive like look for leaks! Link to comment
Zapatista Posted October 14, 2005 Author Share Posted October 14, 2005 shhhhhhhhhh. Do you want to get us both killed? the frag will grow again...and faster this time! I emailed Rich and he said all the frags were happy and had great polyp extension. I'm sure after moving from my taking to his frag system with that damn lumenarc they are having a polyp party! oh yeah..I did make a rough outline...All the rock is going to go on the PVC rack so there will be little that actually has contact with the starboard...it sould really keep crap off the botom. Link to comment
Tigahboy Posted October 15, 2005 Share Posted October 15, 2005 Man, I was planning to go up to the bay this weekend. But doesn't look like it's gonna happen now. Your thread title still throws me off, dude. I never think to look in here. =P Link to comment
Izzue Posted October 15, 2005 Share Posted October 15, 2005 Seen the pics myself-- now Ive found the post Dude thats gonna be one BAD ASS tank Ill be following Izzue Link to comment
Travis Posted October 15, 2005 Share Posted October 15, 2005 Loking good so far, tagging along Link to comment
Zapatista Posted October 15, 2005 Author Share Posted October 15, 2005 OK now I am offically crying. what was wrong with my thread title? Anyways-thanks Izzue...I'm hoping that its going to be badass too! Leak test should ensue sometime this weekend... Link to comment
Zapatista Posted October 16, 2005 Author Share Posted October 16, 2005 Well, I did a leak test and ran the pumps with tap water outside...no leaks, but the Water makes a loud (wierd) sound as it shoots throught the Oceans Motions coming out of the Pan World. It can be muffled though... Otherwise everything worked fine! Time to hang the lights and get some RODI water going, then add some salt! Link to comment
Tigahboy Posted October 16, 2005 Share Posted October 16, 2005 Is that a screen projector thingy to the left of your stand? you gonna project the reef inhabitants onto your wall or somethin? very cool! Link to comment
Zapatista Posted October 16, 2005 Author Share Posted October 16, 2005 No...its a nuclear reactor...at least it sounds like one starting up! Link to comment
Zapatista Posted October 19, 2005 Author Share Posted October 19, 2005 No one can accuse me of not having enough flow....here is the closed loop w/ Om SuperSquirt shooting water out the top returns...1280GPH! yeehaww...it sounds like a jet engine starting up in my guestroom...so much for people being able to sleep in there..HAHA ITS ALIVE!!!!! HEY I KNOW ITS NOT FULL....It takes a long time to make 55 gallons of RODI Water.. Link to comment
Babycakes Posted October 19, 2005 Share Posted October 19, 2005 HEY I KNOW ITS NOT FULL....It takes a long time to make 55 gallons of RODI Water.. lol. i need to get an RODI system anyhoo beaaaaaaaaaaautiful tank! did you drill it yourself? is it custom? anyhoo it's gorgeous! and it looks like you've planned for everything! very pro wish i had the moolah to make a setup like that. keep up with the awesome work! and i can't wait to see this thing stocked Link to comment
Zapatista Posted October 19, 2005 Author Share Posted October 19, 2005 Thanks Babycakes - yeah an RODI is an awsome thing! Never trust the RODI water from your LFS (you never know when they last changed the filters) I did drill it with the help of Yoshiod 9! He is a good partner in crime. The tank is a standard 40 breeder with a custom external overflow built on to the back with 2 1" durso overflows in it. It will be a BB SPS only system with PVC Rock racks. Anyways, great job on your new shallow display, The RBTA you just got is AWSOME! I'd love one for my new tank but I'm afraid the Closed Loop would shred it up fairly quick. Link to comment
SLOreefer Posted October 19, 2005 Share Posted October 19, 2005 yoshi is a good helper, i helped him and wimpy build some ghetto fabulous hoods for their tanks and yosh was good at holding my beer ha ha. well he did a pretty good job of holding hte hood down to put it together also...eeither way hes a good guy. your tank is lookin awesome, ill have to come check it out sometime. once you start stocking we can go over to low-tides place and check out some stuff Link to comment
Zapatista Posted October 19, 2005 Author Share Posted October 19, 2005 SLO - Sounds like a good plan! It will be another month before the rock cooks and re-cycles But I figure that I should do it right the first time and get all the damn hitchiker off the rock that could ### me off down the road (ie protozoans and zoos) Link to comment
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