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That basement cement work is some crazy hard labor, huh?... but worth every backbreaking moment.
You'll be much happier with a relatively dust free and brighter environment for your sump n stuff.
Just a reminder... I've got the Iwaki 100 rockin from the basement up two levels to the second floor. If you're going one floor up, and you've got the same tank I do... I'd easily recommend the Iwaki 70. As you saw, my 100 is dialed back about 30 percent, and it's still on the verge of being too much for my overflows (125 AGA, same as you). An Iwaki 70 - in addition to all the other suggestions - would be a great choice. Lots of people are using Sequence pumps these days as well. Chuck Smith has 2 running right in his living room. Those are something like 3600 GPH, and definitely the quietest things I've not heard at that size.
For an OM loop, I'm running the T4. Great pump - totally silent - and the small heat addition won't make a drop of difference since your sump will be so open in the cool basement. At this point, I'm trying to keep heat IN my system, which is something I never thought I'd be saying.
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That basement cement work is some crazy hard labor, huh?... but worth every backbreaking moment.
You'll be much happier with a relatively dust free and brighter environment for your sump n stuff.
Just a reminder... I've got the Iwaki 100 rockin from the basement up two levels to the second floor. If you're going one floor up, and you've got the same tank I do... I'd easily recommend the Iwaki 70. As you saw, my 100 is dialed back about 30 percent, and it's still on the verge of being too much for my overflows (125 AGA, same as you). An Iwaki 70 - in addition to all the other suggestions - would be a great choice. Lots of people are using Sequence pumps these days as well. Chuck Smith has 2 running right in his living room. Those are something like 3600 GPH, and definitely the quietest things I've not heard at that size.
For an OM loop, I'm running the T4. Great pump - totally silent - and the small heat addition won't make a drop of difference since your sump will be so open in the cool basement. At this point, I'm trying to keep heat IN my system, which is something I never thought I'd be saying.
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NateHanson
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YUCK! I can't imagine repointing my stone foundation in my basement. That sounds like miserable work. Did you have to grind it out with an angle grinder, or did it come out easily?
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Yeah, it is really tough and slow going. We even had to get extra stones from the yard because we needed to patch big holes. Three 65 lb bags of mortar were quickly consumed by 10' of wall at 5' tall.
Just gotta keep thinking of the finished product.
There's the decision I have to make - which pump to buy for the main return. I have been thinking about a Dolphin. Maybe I'll go w/ an Iwaki 70 as you recommend. Sequence sure would be nice, but the price may exclude that brand.
I plan to use Nuno's Blue Line for the OM closed loop. Got a good deal on this barely used pump. Maybe I should use that for the main return and get a different pump for the OM closed loop?
Thanks for all the advice!
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Some spots were so easy a wooden stick scraped them clean.NateHanson said:
Other spots required an old screwdriver be used like a chisel, and whacked with a rubber mallet. We used trowels to tidy up the stones before the new cement went in.
Lots of work. One part that was surprisingly difficult was mixing 65 lbs of mortar by hand. That wore out my hands (I did waer thick rubber gloves).
Scuba_Dave
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Moe, I have an Iwaki 70 that has been going strong for about a year now. Great pump. I hear ya on the cement. I built a cement pad for the hot tub. I semi-filled the area with a block wall from the front driveway. Between that & new cement (18 80 lb bags I think) I hauled/dumped close to 5000 lbs. ...and the hot tub still isn't hooked up...my back could of used it after all that....
25 bags at 80 lbs each for my basement walls before installing the sump/fuge/frag tank...plus many gallons of waterproof epoxy. By the time I got done with the walls, floors and lighting I had barely enough energy to even think about the plumbing... but it all worked out well. Its clean and bright down there now.
Moe - I would stick with the pump you just got from Nuno for the loop and think about something slightly more substantial for the return. You can never tell until the thing is pumping through the tank exactly what kind of flow you'll get. You can always dial it back if necessary. But having a little more power means you can also open it up in an emergency, or over time as the thing slows down a little, or plumb something else from that same pump and save electricity.
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Moe - I would stick with the pump you just got from Nuno for the loop and think about something slightly more substantial for the return. You can never tell until the thing is pumping through the tank exactly what kind of flow you'll get. You can always dial it back if necessary. But having a little more power means you can also open it up in an emergency, or over time as the thing slows down a little, or plumb something else from that same pump and save electricity.
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Marc, I often think of Tim Robbins busting out of Shawshank prison.
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Heheh, I thought of that myself - but the only freakin' reason I'm doing this task is because I'm setting up my fish lab down in the cellar (that's a New England term, Marc, you wouldn't understand )
So this is reef related.
This whole 1/2 of the cellar will become my sump area, and will contain a few other tanks for softie propagation. I want to give a softie frag to new members for free while I act as the membership chairman. Only way to do that is to propagate them in the cellar.
) So this is reef related.
This whole 1/2 of the cellar will become my sump area, and will contain a few other tanks for softie propagation. I want to give a softie frag to new members for free while I act as the membership chairman. Only way to do that is to propagate them in the cellar.
