290G Peninsula Tank

[Reef Pilot]

What about the use of flex pvc to reduce vibration noise from your return pump?

[zhasan]

This is great Mark! Perfect timing to move into the new place and celebrate Christmas!

I love the new fish room! Is it the similar type of epoxy used on garage floors?

Also, I noticed you have a flex PVC pipe against the wall in one of the pics. Where did you get that? I've searched all local home depots, Rona and home hardware but no one seems to carry it. I need it for my turtle speed build!

[wickedfrags]

big, and expensive!

Originally Posted by mseepman

Damn....I knew there was a reason I bought two of those huge a#% true union shutoffs!

most externals are pretty smooth and not bad for vibration, the use of a dampening material like rubber or high density foam under the pump normally does the trick, but spaflex can be used also

Originally Posted by Reef Pilot

What about the use of flex pvc to reduce vibration noise from your return pump?

[Myka]

Mark, are your wooden walls finished with something?

[Reef Pilot]

Originally Posted by wickedfrags

big, and expensive!



most externals are pretty smooth and not bad for vibration, the use of a dampening material like rubber or high density foam under the pump normally does the trick, but spaflex can be used also

Yeah, he's put so much into the beautiful house, tank, and sump room, to make it as close to perfect as possible, so why skimp on that.

I have a basement sump room, and used to a run closed loop pump down there. It seemed fairly quiet in the sump room itself, yet we could hear the thing 3 stories up in our upstairs bedroom. Vibration in the walls really seems to carry noise a long ways.

[mseepman]

I actually am using Spa flex already between the union and the pump and also between he ball valve and the pump.

If you are looking for the spa flex....go to a spa company...they stock it. The black is more flexible but their technicians will tell you that they can't use it in salt pools because it breaks down...thus the white makes sense.

The walls are coated with three coats of a marine varnish. We used a pre-coating material that resulted in the grain rising and so had to sand it several times between coats. Its still not smooth, but its well coated.

The benefit of doing the walls like this were that I can hang anything anywhere and I can remove sheets if I need to get to the plumbing in the wall.

[Myka]

Good planning on the walls too. If I had HALF your planning skills (and planning patience) my systems would be soooo much better!

[mseepman]

Haha...I don't know about that...at least your systems have water! Plus, you are recognized as someone deserving to be published. I just wish you were still in the Okanagan so I could glean more of your knowledge.

[Myka]

Originally Posted by mseepman

Haha...I don't know about that...at least your systems have water! Plus, you are recognized as someone deserving to be published. I just wish you were still in the Okanagan so I could glean more of your knowledge.

Oh you make me blush. My tanks DO have water, but they also have algae right now too, and the fish are all staring at me wanting to be fed. Honestly Mark, you really don't give yourself enough credit, you know what you're doing even if you won't admit it. You also put a lot of time into research and planning and that goes a long way. Your reef will be spectacular.