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sphelps 09-08-2013 04:52 PM

Looks great man, turned out awesome. Now the fun stuff begins :mrgreen:

Scythanith 09-09-2013 03:43 PM

We just had 10 babies hatch :)

http://www.lithicimages.com/photos/i...-C8XSps7-L.jpg

sphelps 09-09-2013 04:41 PM

:biggrin:

gregzz4 09-10-2013 02:26 AM

Awesome :smile:

wickedfrags 09-10-2013 03:07 PM

looks fantastic.

Scythanith 09-10-2013 03:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wickedfrags (Post 844359)
looks fantastic.

Thanks Dave, your old system is one of my main inspirations for this tank! I hope to be able to grow SPS like you can.

Scythanith 09-12-2013 08:20 AM

So I have narrowed it down to two pumps: 3 x RD3 80w with 0-10v controllers OR 3 x Abyzz A100. I could have the Abyzz in a week. The RD3's "possibly" sometime in October. The only catch is the 3 RD3's would cost as much as 2 A100's... But I like the idea of running the A100's controllers as they were meant to, in tandem working together. I could easily work the return plumbing to maximize what the programming could allow for.

Also, I plumbed some spa-flex between the overflow and returns and am getting a slow drip from both bulkheads on the top sump. I am going to cut out the spa-flex, grab a female/female 2" coupler and new bulkheads and remake the connection with 2" rigid. That should alleviate any weird stress on the bulkhead gasket. Any objections?

sphelps 09-12-2013 02:09 PM

I heard the new dc option from vertex should be out soon.

davej 09-12-2013 02:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Scythanith (Post 844744)
So I have narrowed it down to two pumps: 3 x RD3 80w with 0-10v controllers OR 3 x Abyzz A100. I could have the Abyzz in a week. The RD3's "possibly" sometime in October. The only catch is the 3 RD3's would cost as much as 2 A100's... But I like the idea of running the A100's controllers as they were meant to, in tandem working together. I could easily work the return plumbing to maximize what the programming could allow for.

Also, I plumbed some spa-flex between the overflow and returns and am getting a slow drip from both bulkheads on the top sump. I am going to cut out the spa-flex, grab a female/female 2" coupler and new bulkheads and remake the connection with 2" rigid. That should alleviate any weird stress on the bulkhead gasket. Any objections?

One thing that I have found.
If you install the bulkhead gasket dry, quite often it will end up leaking ( dripping ).
I usually pop the whole fitting into a bucket of water just before installation.
You get a way better seal on the gasket and won't have the dripping problem.

Scythanith 09-13-2013 12:53 AM

Cool. Unfortunately I cannot remove the bulkhead in it's current state. It is glued in! I will give the gaskets a dip when I re-do the plumbing :) It can't hurt!


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