lastlight's 93 - Page 11

kien · #**101** 03-20-2013, 08:09 PM

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Originally Posted by JDigital

Looks like a lot of work to tear all that down in a few months.

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Originally Posted by Delphinus

You still need a gate valve if you have a Mitras??? Tsk tsk. Colour me slightly less impressed with that light then.

ouch! Brett, maybe you should have just thrown up a pic of your cats :-)

lastlight · #**102** 03-20-2013, 08:13 PM

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Originally Posted by kien

ouch! Brett, maybe you should have just thrown up a pic of your cats :-)

lastlight · #**103** 03-21-2013, 06:27 AM

Return manifold is ON! I did not measure too carefully ahead of time I only knew I wanted the pipes to be as close to touching glass on both sides of the tank. It took me a while to maneuver the thing under the trim lips on both sides but lucked out. pics taken with moonlights on... royal blues really mess with camera sensors lol.

You can see here why I really liked this trim and why I went with 3/4" instead of 1" for this part. The trim totally hides the pipes.

FishyFishy! · #**104** 03-21-2013, 01:07 PM

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Originally Posted by lastlight

Return manifold is ON! I did not measure too carefully ahead of time I only knew I wanted the pipes to be as close to touching glass on both sides of the tank. It took me a while to maneuver the thing under the trim lips on both sides but lucked out. pics taken with moonlights on... royal blues really mess with camera sensors lol.

You can see here why I really liked this trim and why I went with 3/4" instead of 1" for this part. The trim totally hides the pipes.

Looks sick!! You can barely notice its there. blends in very well with the tank trim. Have to say... awesome job as usual!

Kryptic4L · #**105** 03-21-2013, 05:43 PM

Wow love this, rock wall is phenomenal. plumbing looks amazing.

lastlight · #**106** 03-21-2013, 06:01 PM

Thanks guys =)

The tank is officially running!

The speedwave needed to be on speed 3 of 6 to overcome the head losses. I've got it on speed 4 currently. Definitely not a silent pump and the sump in a cavity in the wall is amplifying it but the tank upstairs is literally dead silent and I can't hear the pump in my office on the other side of the basement so it's all win.

Adjusting the herbie was actually easy and I never even needed to look at the tank upstairs. Just watch the bubbles from the primary pipe it tells you all you need to know. What I wasn't ready for tho were the massive burps when that pipe first started hitting its siphon stride! sent water over the edge of the sump 3 times before i got it dialed close enough to stop it. i'll have to simulate a power failure and restart to see if it does that with a properly tuned gate valve

My temporary locline.

My temporary filter socks aka pvc shavings colllectors.

Zoaelite · #**107** 03-21-2013, 06:13 PM

I think its time to add a hyperlink to the 93 in your siggy!

Zoaelite · #**108** 03-21-2013, 06:14 PM

Or does that doom it for a cross out as well

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lastlight · #**109** 03-21-2013, 06:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Zoaelite

I think its time to add a hyperlink to the 93 in your siggy!

I'm a one-tank kinda guy Levi. Soon lol =)

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Originally Posted by Zoaelite

Or does that doom it for a cross out as well

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Ok that never crossed my mind. Maybe there shouldn't even be a thread.

kien · #**110** 03-21-2013, 06:36 PM

Very nice. I would put a backup/redundant zip tie to secure the return lines just in case one zip tie goes or the trim breaks on that zip tie and sends the return line dropping into the tank. Certainly not a catastrophic failure but could send frags or corals flying if it ever happened. I'm not sure how strong that particular trim is but previous trim that I've had on tanks degraded severely overtime and became quite weak. Just something to think about (not hating btw!).