He's good, funny but the noise made by the three wavelines work really well for putting him to sleep. Another thing to consider if you and Wendy ever go down that road :wink:

So I have been doing a little figuring on costs for DC pumps. Here is what I came up with.

RE RD3 speedy 65W 1848 gph $753 2.45g per $ 2yr warranty
Speedwave DC10000 2640 gph $200 13.2g per $ can't find literature (assume 1 yr)
Waveline DC12000 3170 gph $280 11.3g per $ can't find literature (assume 1 yr)
Abyzz A400 4910 gph $2340 2.1g per $ 10yr warranty

Where does this leave me... I don't know. The higher the inferred quality, the higher the price. I just have to decide what my pocket book will handle.

Some progress has been made! You can see the scullery sink we had made up sitting in place. It will sit "on top" of the countertop once it's in. I think we will buy some back splash tiles from HD or Rona and do a back splash as well. Above the back splash will be some peg board or something like that to hang tools.

You can see the opening on the left for the mini freezer.

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Delivery day!

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I have an issue with the dimensions of the sump and my sump chamber. It fits almost perfectly aside from a bulkhead I have in the back righthand of the sump. The base for the skimmer just overlaps the bulkhead so the skimmer doesn't sit flat. I am going to find someone that CNC's plastic and have them build me a little 1/2" tall base that the system sits on.

Cheers,
Scott

Nice Skimmer
I'm diggin you choice of materials

For the stand consider just using 1/4" acrylic doubled up, easy to find and cheap. For a professional touch rough cut it to shape to of the skimmer base then use a router with a triple fluted trim flush bit to trace it flush to match the base.
Send me the base I can do it for you. Otherwise call laser impressions in Saskatoon and they'll laser cut it for you. CNC will be much more money.

Thanks Steve. I sent out a couple emails but I will give them a shout tomorrow and see what they can do for me.

Thanks Greg, I have been fairly selective on equipment. I am trying to maximize my systems reliability. I am 95% sure I am going to use the RD3 speedy pumps for the return and manifold.

The cabinetry is close to done. There are some big corrections that need to be made but you can get the overall idea. The gap in the doors on both the snake tanks and aquarium top need to be backed so there is no light leak. The lower brace on the aquarium top needs to be altered so I don't lean on it when I get into the tank from the front. Countertops need to be installed. Blah blah blah. Carpets were to be installed on wednesday but they double booked and bounced us to next week.

On a side note, I am tired of dealing with contractors that don't seem to care.

Enjoy!

Snake wall
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That's an awesome looking set up, very modern feel to it. With the new carpets it should freshen up the room...

Wow, beautiful work. Looking forward to seeing this wet.