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Old 07-14-2013, 03:14 AM
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Water is entering the tank.. almost half full
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Old 07-14-2013, 03:45 AM
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Got the tank filled! And no water on the floor. That's a good thing I put in 2 WP40's and got a bit of a wave going. Took a little clip of it running, I'll see if I can get it posted
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Old 07-14-2013, 03:54 AM
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Got the tank filled! And no water on the floor. That's a good thing I put in 2 WP40's and got a bit of a wave going. Took a little clip of it running, I'll see if I can get it posted
Whats the canreef saying? If there's no pictures it didn't happen.
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Old 07-14-2013, 04:03 AM
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Lol, ya, ya, ya. I was out in the garage when I posted that. As soon as dropbox gets the clip uploaded I'll post it. Give me 5 min I'm happy!
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Old 07-14-2013, 04:10 AM
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We want pictures or it didn't happen!!!
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Old 07-14-2013, 04:24 AM
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Ok, finished uploading. First a couple pics:

Out in the garage, all levelled out:



starting the fill:



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Old 07-14-2013, 04:27 AM
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And a short little clip. Sorry about the cheezy play by play, but I tried doing one without and it didn't seem right either

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Old 07-14-2013, 04:39 AM
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That's a pretty good wave those pumps are making. Everything looks great Dom!
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Looks great!
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Old 07-14-2013, 02:39 PM
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Thanks guys and gals! I appreciate the encouraging remarks. I was pretty stressed about filling this thing.

So I went into the garage this morning and....





everything is still dry! Woohoo!. But when I left last night I tried manually kind of syncing the 2 pumps to get a bigger wave in there. It was ok but barely bigger than was in the clip. I guess it just took some time with the pumps working together and get that volume of water moving because this morning the waves were smacking the underside of the eurobrace a bit. But it's all still looking really good. I'm going to leave it run like that for a few days or so then drain it down, cut my drains in the overflow and move it into the house where I can start my partial foam rock walls, cabinetry, and plumbing down to the basement.
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