60 gal will have its own sump as its temp has to be maintained at 75* for the seahorse's. The 30 gal will only have 2 lines, overflow & return.

But there still is 4 return pumps & 8 return lines to plumb yet.

You think tuning the drains be a PTA with being tied into common line. Would it be easier to have valves after the T where they tie in on the full siphon. Just a thought





Looks good though

Lookin good buddy ;)




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Barf that's a lot of plumbing, must be a pita to do it all!

BTW If you get the tang I was dumb enough to not buy please post pic's!

I'm probably going to take out the tee's & replace with elbows once I have secured the lines with some custom brackets on the front 2 sets. The back is just the emergency drain that will remain fully open.

Actually I really enjoy doing this kind of plumbing, making it as clean & sleek as possible. The returns will be a little more of a challenge to get just right.

Huh.....well that good. I hate plumbing!

Hi Greg, it is Steve (not sure what accounts you would remember me from but it is Binarywhisper on Ebay, Steve @ Quinte Reef Services and @ WildExpressions Corals as well). Found the thread and have subscribed.

When a person buys the amount of hardware you did it makes me very curious as to what the heck they are doing. Now that I see it all I can say is that the build looks awesome. I'm a hard core DIY'er myself and I thoroughly enjoyed reading the thread and look forward to following your progress.

Hey Steve, first of all welcome to CanReef!! Second, thanks for the items you helped me acquire.

I guess I should gather ALL the pieces of equipment together and take a few pics of that as well, it might take an hr to gather it all up from all my hiding spots.

Hope to get more going on this build soon. Totally swamped with work and dealing with major pain from pinched nerves in my neck so it's a little tough to go all day and then work on the tank at night.

Check out my DIY led build for a little read Steve.


Stay clear..... this Bear bites off limbs!!

As Titus stated there is natural painkillers that will work wonders for you Greg :). I tend to enjoy my tank more when I'm relaxed, if you know what I mean.

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Great Start

I need to be clear headed 24/7, I never know when the phone will ring from one of my customers with an emergency so it is never going to happen, you enjoy the herbs it's not for me.

The life of being on call!I know it well....Stupid phone...Good thing my rates are ridiculous after hours.

I'm with you, I like the challenge of plumbing.

Heck? Grizz. If u were closer man we would tackle that beast and plumb. It
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Well managed to get all the plumbing dry fitted down the the gate valves. All that's left is to drill a few holes in my sump for the return pumps & plumb from the pumps to the gate valves.


Stay clear..... this Bear bites off limbs!!

Plumbing pics!!!!

After dry fitting all the returns I removed the drain lines to better access the returns to glue them up.

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Then proceeded to glue all the returns except the 1 inch gate valves as I want to do a little adjustment to them.

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Ordered my new skimmer last week from Ray @ Reef Supplies, should get here in the next 2 weeks ( I hope )

Reef Octopus Pro SSS-DC3

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All righty then here we go with a small update...........

Lined the bottom & back with the same material used for shower surrounds......

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Drilled 3 holes in each end of my sump tank for the pumps and put in the bulkheads & slide it under the tank. There are no baffles yet as Im waiting for my skimmer to arrive on the 15th.............

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Installed 1st return pump & plumbed it the the second set of return holes from the left, all dry fit ATM. From the pump is a 1 1/2" swing check valve, then a 1" SCWD, a few 45* elbows, a union, gate valve and a few more 45* elbows ........

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Second return pump plumbed to the first set of return holes from the left......

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Gate valves on the inside of the bulkheads so close off the flow if I need to service the pumps........

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Right side pumps plumbed same as the left side just not finished due to the fact I ran out of 45* elbows and so did my supplier so I have to find 11 more to finish the return pump plumbing & still have a little tweaking to do......

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Full view with the drain lines finished with each of the main lines running to the sump separately except for the emergency drains......

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HOLY MOLY!It's coming to life!nice job!

Jeepers DC addiction
I'd sure like to see this monster running in person when it's done, but that won't happen. Any travelling time is spent out of the country

Looking awesome Gregster

looking great i like the white material that you are using for your tank :-)

Thanks Andy, its coming together slowly but its coming.......

Thanks Gregzz, I do like me some DC pumps, even my new skimmer is a DC pump.

Thanks Tai, I want the inside of the stand to look as good as I hope the outside will....:biggrin:

Oh boy the plumbings look sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet :mrgreen: Won't you be using that sump with lots of baffles that you designed?

As soon as my new skimmer arrives I will be fitting it and installing as many baffles as I can plus 3 - 7" filter socks.

Very nice build, are you installing baffles with the sump under the stand or removing the sump to do it?

Also it's not filled yet but in the pics I notices a piece of wood supporti g the sump but it doesn't go all the way. I guess you will be adding a piece to it later....

Wow Greg! That looks awesome so far! Quite the plumbing masterpiece too! :mrgreen:

I can't believe how many valves this tank has :lol:

Coming alone nicely though, the plumbing sure looks pretty.

holy crap, that looks BAD ASS Gregg!

That is a piece of 1/2 styrofoam that will be replaced with a full 8' sheet when I pull the sump out to install the baffles.

It has been a challenge, I was going to use some 1" flex hose instead of all the 45* elbows but when I realized I was able to hard pipe it I was much happier with the out come.

The more valves the more control, I can cut the flow off in many areas for servicing the pumps or the check valves. Once everything is glued and straightened it will look just the way I have in-visioned it.

Thanks Kien, bad ass is right!!

Have been waiting for this day to come for a few weeks, prop to Ray @ Reef Supplies for getting my new piece of the puzzle in a very short amount of time.

So with that said here it is............my new REEF OCTOPUS PRO SSS-DC3 skimmer..............

http://i765.photobucket.com/albums/x...pseb06178c.jpg

Oooo, sexy! Curious what your thoughts are on the internal pump...thinking of eventually upgrading mine and trying to decide on features.

The way they got this beast built I think it will kick ass, impeller has a needle wheel & the whole thing comes apart real easy for cleaning. I should have taken pic of it apart but I was excited to see it assembled.

Puuuuure sexiness!!

Those curvessssssssssssssssssssssss :mrgreen:

Found some really neat flexible LED strips at Peavey Mart & thought they would be really cool to shed some light on my sump. Oh ya and I got my top trim cut, painted & installed on top of the tank.

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looking great! sorry if i missed it but what is the notch in the face of the sump for? just for easier access?

It was there already in the sump, don't know what it was for but when I get the baffles in I will decide if I need to fill it in.

Nice
 

Man your setup is nice and clean

Thanks, I'm planning it out very carefully to keep it that way.