230 in the making!! Pics added april 10th/06

[KrazyKuch]

I would have but the Posidon PS4 pumps come with a barb fitting so I have to go with vinyl tubing!!

[Ruth]

Well it's your tank and your floor but I do know if it was me I would seriously think about changing pumps. The idea of a closed loop is for flow and although that pump is only doing 1200gph for just about the same price you could put on a Sequence Dart, seriously up your flow and hard plumb it in. JMO and no insult intented. I know that we all do things different and that every tank is different as far as what we want to keep in it. I would just be nervous of that vinyl tubing is all.

[KrazyKuch]

I chose these pumps because I got 3 for the price of one, and I am putting educators on my close loop, which means i needed pressure rated pumps.

But I totally understand what your saying and I will prob upgrade in the future!!

[Willow]

/unkinks neck..

looks good so far.. im with ruth, dart! those t4's will add an assload of heat to your tank, 1 of them on my 90 adds 4 deg alone.

[KrazyKuch]

But if I go with the dart i have to upgrade my pipe size to 2" and I really don't want 2" sticking into my tank....hell the 1" is bad enough!!!

that and I am short $800 dollars to make that upgrade....I still have to fork out $1000 for the lights.....

I will have to make the change in the future cause I simple can't afford that kinda a dough atm!

Also more pics added!

[Ruth]

Boy it's a drag when $$$ and life get in the way of what you seriously want to do with your aquarium!!!
I would just keep a very close eye on that and be ready to shut down your closed loop if you see any salt creep around that tubing. $800 would probably be pretty cheap compared to the damage of that much salt water on your floor.
I would love to redo my closed loop on my 230g as it only has 2 returns and is run by a Mag 24 and it bites for flow and noise. I have 2 Tunze 6100 running in the tank to give it more flow and IMO it's still not enough. This is the first really big, drilled tank that I bought and I bought the whole package from a LFS in Edmonton that I try not to shop at any more because of their terrible service. My 190 I designed and drilled myself and it is far better for flow and design if I say so myself.
Don't know what you are looking at for lights but I have a 2X250W with VHO's for sale that I have never used and just looking to get back what I paid for it (I think $750 but will have to check). PM me if interested.

[Funky_Fish14]

Looking great Kevin! Cant wait to see this come together!

Looks like the drywall on the bottom left is a bit short haha.

Thanks for sharing!

Chris

[jgoldsney]

Of course you could always drain the water and drill one of the ends for a suction point......

Looks good though

[michika]

Ruth,

If one of the two closed loops pump leaked, the water would go directly into the sump, as well the water level would only drain to the first hole drilled on the closed loop which would act as a siphon break. The sump is also drilled with its own overflow so should the water level in the sump rise for any reason it will go straight to a drain in our basement.

One of the nifty features of the posidon is that if they run dry they will shut themselves off. I'm not aware the the dart pumps offer a similar mechanism.

Heat isn't an issue, the tank will be properly vented and a approximate 4 degrees of heat from pumps would only serve to reduce the workload on the heaters we've installed. It might be an issue had the tank been smaller, but with an approximate water volume of 300g its more of a helping hand then a hinderance.

Thanks for the offer of the lights Ruth, but we're going with 3x400w MH. Hope you find a buyer!