alcoolaid's 200g Reef Build

[Claudia]

Originally Posted by WarDog

Holy crap... this is going to be huge!!! Subscribed for sure!

Same here

[alcoolaid]

Plumbing fun! .... not

Some pictures of the parts... this isn't even all of it SCH80 is $$$$$






Starting off






Returns almost done




Finished


Doing the drains now

[asylumdown]

wow wow wow wow.

That plumbing might be expensive but it looks freaking amazing.

Did you do your own plumbing plan before hand? How long did it take to plan that?

[alcoolaid]

Originally Posted by asylumdown

wow wow wow wow.

That plumbing might be expensive but it looks freaking amazing.

Did you do your own plumbing plan before hand? How long did it take to plan that?

Yeah it does look quite good actually

I did draw something up really quickly on scrap paper after I finalized on the tank/sump design. Kind of envisioned it the best I could in my head and put it down on paper... where I should put a valve, union, t, 90, 45, reducer bushing, thread adapter, etc. I bought a little extra just in case because for instance on the stand, some of the vertical supports got in the way of one of the returns and one of the drains. I think it took me like 20-30 min to draw it all out on paper.

[alcoolaid]

Drains complete!


Full siphon drains in the corner bubble trap


Had to use some pipe straps to hold the piping up on some of the longer runs. Has a good weight to it when it's full of water!






This was a tight squeeze




Overflow box. Bean animal setup. Super quiet!


Fresh water testing


No leaks! And I'm not even a plumber... lol

[Madreefer]

Your plumbing looks great. Good work

[reeferfulton]

I love your build so far.
Great job. I am a huge fan of tidy well organized systems.

Looking forward to see how you manage all your wiring and etc

[belzebuth]

Wow... Plumbing looks awesome.

[Xadieu]

Originally Posted by alcoolaid

Picking up the tank at Vancouver Purolator

How did you get the tank onto your truck and how did you unload it after you got to your house?? that thing is massive!

[Tn23]

Originally Posted by Xadieu

How did you get the tank onto your truck and how did you unload it after you got to your house?? that thing is massive!

He called a few of his buddies and broke all their backs.