FishyFishy!'s 210g of Fantasmic! Fishalicious! Fauna!

LoJack · #1 04-23-2014, 08:45 PM

Holy Paint Skills Batman!! I like the look of that way better than sketch up ... awesome work!

Set up looks very well planned. I really like the way you have your support tanks set up, very smart idea. Pretty sure when I plumb in my frag tanks and ATO Res and Fuge during my move in the fall ... I'll be coming back to this thread. Pure genius in terms of simplifying maintenance.

And if there is one thing that ends up being an absolute truth in this hobby for me after 10 years ... if maintenance is difficult to do, it likely won't get done. The easier it is, the more frequent it will be kept on, and the better your system will be as a result of that.

So, in all, awesome job!!

FishyFishy! · #2 04-23-2014, 08:56 PM

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Originally Posted by LoJack

Holy Paint Skills Batman!! I like the look of that way better than sketch up ... awesome work!

Set up looks very well planned. I really like the way you have your support tanks set up, very smart idea. Pretty sure when I plumb in my frag tanks and ATO Res and Fuge during my move in the fall ... I'll be coming back to this thread. Pure genius in terms of simplifying maintenance.

And if there is one thing that ends up being an absolute truth in this hobby for me after 10 years ... if maintenance is difficult to do, it likely won't get done. The easier it is, the more frequent it will be kept on, and the better your system will be as a result of that.

So, in all, awesome job!!

Thanks!!! I totally agree.... I have shut down so many tanks due to difficult maintenance. Everything I've done in this build so far has centered around ease of maintenance.... so that I actually do it!

LoJack · #3 04-23-2014, 09:24 PM

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Originally Posted by FishyFishy!

... so that I actually do it!

Amen to that lol

FishyFishy! · #4 04-24-2014, 04:39 PM

Took a head pressure measurement for the 2400 GPH Mag24. Looks like I should be getting 628 GPH out of the end of the pipe into the water change tank. That means I should be roughly 4 minutes to fill again.

FishyFishy! · #5 05-01-2014, 07:35 PM

Got the water change tank all set up and running.

The Mag24 sure does push water.

I did find one small leak though. After about 15 minutes of running, it was only one small drip. It's coming from the middle joint on the verticle pipe here, right before the ball valve. Any ideas on how to seal that? Should I just try more glue around the joint?

Delphinus · #6 05-01-2014, 08:42 PM

That looks awesome! I like the spinny water exit pipe thing on the left side bucket.

Yeah, you could just try more cement around the joint in question. It might look like butt afterwards but it should work.

Alternatively you could hacksaw it apart, pry the pipe pieces out of the joints and redo it. Takes a bit of elbow grease but it's do-able.

Or if you can get some clear PVC cement, you could just use that. You can get clear at Western Pump.

FishyFishy! · #7 05-01-2014, 08:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Delphinus

That looks awesome! I like the spinny water exit pipe thing on the left side bucket.

Yeah, you could just try more cement around the joint in question. It might look like butt afterwards but it should work.

Alternatively you could hacksaw it apart, pry the pipe pieces out of the joints and redo it. Takes a bit of elbow grease but it's do-able.

Or if you can get some clear PVC cement, you could just use that. You can get clear at Western Pump.

Thanks!

Yeah I'm going to try some more cement for now. It's definitely a small leak. I don't really care what it looks like, because it's in the laundry room. I have to run to western pump for some spaflex anyways, so I'll pick up some clear while i'm there!