50gal Fused Silica Box O'Stuff

[Hairytank]

So here are some more pictures..

The sump- 20gal tall
Water will come in the top right chamber and flow under the divider to the chamber on the lower left. The water will then flow up through course reef rubble and out the two PVC elbows into the area where I will have the heaters, chaeto, and more live rock. The water will flow by the Bubble Magus Nac7 around the corner to the return pump. This is the only way to fit the larger skimmer, have a space for Chaeto, and have the return pump in the best location for the plumbing.



There will be a 5 gal reservoir tank next to the sump for ATO, which use my old Tunze ATO.


Plumbing-

Herbie style 1" PVC drains
Returns are 3/4" PVC with a check valve. Vinyl hose attached from Speedwave 1320 pump to PVC for quieter operation. Not that this pump needs to be any quieter! It is silent.





Note: the emergency pipe (on right) has been cut down now so it is about 1/2" lower than the overflow weir level..and they have been painted black!

The PVC was painted black with Krylon Fusion paint. Simply fantastic stuff!

Lighting- Radion G2

So I tried to figure out how to hang the Radion over the tank...did some searching and one other reefer had the idea of using electrical conduit.

I bought 3/4" conduit pipe and a conduit bender to create the shape I wanted.



Once the pipe was bent in the two directions. I scrubbed the pipe of any coating and then painted with Tremclad Galvanized Steel primer. Let it dry. Then coated with flat black Tremclad spray-paint. The hanger was attached to the stand using galvinized metal conduit clips. This allows the entire fixture to rotate, but it does not raise or lower.





Holes were drilled for the Radion hanging kit to attach to.





Leak testing- "There is always a leak..."
So this is the final orientation of the tank and how the lights fit.



When the water is flowing I will give more updates.

-Not sure why the photos are coming in so small...using URL from Flckr.