Grizz's 8' - 300 gal + 60 gal + 30 gal OMG Build!!

[Seriak]

Great Start

[The Grizz]

Originally Posted by Zoaelite

As Titus stated there is natural painkillers that will work wonders for you Greg . I tend to enjoy my tank more when I'm relaxed, if you know what I mean.

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Originally Posted by Titus99

I need to be clear headed 24/7, I never know when the phone will ring from one of my customers with an emergency so it is never going to happen, you enjoy the herbs it's not for me.

[11purewater]

The life of being on call!I know it well....Stupid phone...Good thing my rates are ridiculous after hours.

[Parker]

Originally Posted by The Grizz

Actually I really enjoy doing this kind of plumbing, making it as clean & sleek as possible. The returns will be a little more of a challenge to get just right.

I'm with you, I like the challenge of plumbing.

[Skimmerking]

Heck? Grizz. If u were closer man we would tackle that beast and plumb. It
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[The Grizz]

Well managed to get all the plumbing dry fitted down the the gate valves. All that's left is to drill a few holes in my sump for the return pumps & plumb from the pumps to the gate valves.


Stay clear..... this Bear bites off limbs!!

[The Grizz]

Plumbing pics!!!!

After dry fitting all the returns I removed the drain lines to better access the returns to glue them up.



Then proceeded to glue all the returns except the 1 inch gate valves as I want to do a little adjustment to them.

[The Grizz]

Ordered my new skimmer last week from Ray @ Reef Supplies, should get here in the next 2 weeks ( I hope )

Reef Octopus Pro SSS-DC3

[The Grizz]

All righty then here we go with a small update...........

Lined the bottom & back with the same material used for shower surrounds......



Drilled 3 holes in each end of my sump tank for the pumps and put in the bulkheads & slide it under the tank. There are no baffles yet as Im waiting for my skimmer to arrive on the 15th.............



Installed 1st return pump & plumbed it the the second set of return holes from the left, all dry fit ATM. From the pump is a 1 1/2" swing check valve, then a 1" SCWD, a few 45* elbows, a union, gate valve and a few more 45* elbows ........



Second return pump plumbed to the first set of return holes from the left......





Gate valves on the inside of the bulkheads so close off the flow if I need to service the pumps........



Right side pumps plumbed same as the left side just not finished due to the fact I ran out of 45* elbows and so did my supplier so I have to find 11 more to finish the return pump plumbing & still have a little tweaking to do......



Full view with the drain lines finished with each of the main lines running to the sump separately except for the emergency drains......

[11purewater]

HOLY MOLY!It's coming to life!nice job!