Got the rubber cut and built a little frame to help contain any potential spill. Just ordered garage floor tiles that should be here Monday. Once those are in and I get the baseboard put on top, I’ll finish plumbing the ejector pump and build my stands!
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I need to get a drip tray and use that type of garage floor tile in my setup!
Floor is down and sink permanently installed. No leaks for the win!!! The pan should hold about 50 gallons of water before I get concerned. I’ll get some water detection sensors so I should be able to address things before they get to that point.
Tomorrow is trim and starting to build the stand. Perhaps a shelf or two above the sink for testing supplies.
Tomorrow is trim and starting to build the stand. Perhaps a shelf or two above the sink for testing supplies.
Tank stand built and frag tank put in place. Tighter squeeze than I had anticipated, though I knew it would be tight. Stand may be a little high, but I’d prefer working height in the fuge below (yet to be put in). Gave myself a foot there, pushing the frag tank to about 40”.
Tight to the left where my mixing station is going to be as well. Tight all around, but better than trying to fit all this under a stand!! Once all the tanks are in place, I’ll likely wrap that stand in Azek, or something similar.
Tight to the left where my mixing station is going to be as well. Tight all around, but better than trying to fit all this under a stand!! Once all the tanks are in place, I’ll likely wrap that stand in Azek, or something similar.
Well I’ve been a little busy making some modifications to my plans. I had originally planned on going with an older 90 gallon as a fuge / potential deep sand bed / refugium mud tank under the frag tank.
I had patched the two holes that were drilled in the 90 with 3/8” glass and aquarium silicone. Came out pretty good, but then started looking at petco and PetSmart for 75 gallons. Managed to get a new 75, same deminsions just a little shorter, for a little over 100. Figured it was a small investment for some peace of mind.
So I’m giving away the 90 gallon (overflow not included). See the free stuff section for that post. First come first serve.
I’ve painted the new 75 gallon and am going to drill that this weekend.
Made modifications to the stand to beef it up and raise the 75 to the position I need for it to gravity feed into my sump.
Once the tanks are in position, I’ll wrap the stand in some 1/4” Azek paneling.
Old 90 gallon:
Stand modifications:
I had patched the two holes that were drilled in the 90 with 3/8” glass and aquarium silicone. Came out pretty good, but then started looking at petco and PetSmart for 75 gallons. Managed to get a new 75, same deminsions just a little shorter, for a little over 100. Figured it was a small investment for some peace of mind.
So I’m giving away the 90 gallon (overflow not included). See the free stuff section for that post. First come first serve.
I’ve painted the new 75 gallon and am going to drill that this weekend.
Made modifications to the stand to beef it up and raise the 75 to the position I need for it to gravity feed into my sump.
Once the tanks are in position, I’ll wrap the stand in some 1/4” Azek paneling.
Old 90 gallon:
Stand modifications:
I’d love people’s thoughts or opinions on this plumbing plan I put together. Old one didn’t have any manifold on it and felt like that was a missed opportunity. Never plumbed something of this complexity, and really want to think it all through before putting it all together. Thanks in advance!
Looks good to me and much simpler than my current plumbing! I bought a new roller mat and it will save a lot of space in my sump and plan to make a manifold but using a dedicated pump in the sump or T'ing off a pump upgrade for the two remote tanks similar to your design.
Thanks! Took a look through your build thread! Love the control board you built! Very clean!
Photographs can be deceptive LOL!!! It will look great once it's all done. I actually powered everything on yesterday now I just need to plug in sensors and pumps and configure everything.
just posting some thoughts about my return plumbing. It does seem like two cheaper / smaller pumps may be better than one. Plus, when I tap in for the main display upstairs, I’m fully expecting to have to drill into the sump and run an external pump. So this system would only run the low bow and refugium, and then the equipment manifold.
I’m thinking of a two pump system, maybe two Red Sea pumps. Not sure yet and would welcome peoples thoughts. Trying to stay under $600.
I like this manifold I drew up as it lets me easily direct the water where I want it to go via ball valves.
In normal operations, the equipment manifold would have its own smaller dedicated pump, and the frag tank would have a slightly large one.
If the frag tank pump were to break, I would redirect all flow from the manifold pump to the tank line.
If the manifold pump went down, I could either redirect some flow from the frag tank pump to the manifold or not depending on what i decide is needed.
I probably only need one ball valve between the pumps…whoops.
I’m thinking of a two pump system, maybe two Red Sea pumps. Not sure yet and would welcome peoples thoughts. Trying to stay under $600.
I like this manifold I drew up as it lets me easily direct the water where I want it to go via ball valves.
In normal operations, the equipment manifold would have its own smaller dedicated pump, and the frag tank would have a slightly large one.
If the frag tank pump were to break, I would redirect all flow from the manifold pump to the tank line.
If the manifold pump went down, I could either redirect some flow from the frag tank pump to the manifold or not depending on what i decide is needed.
I probably only need one ball valve between the pumps…whoops.
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Well I have my first leak on my tank. Not with my plumbing, but I’m nearly 100% sure it is with my internal weir. I needed to move my rocks that are cycling in my mixing tank into the fuge to build the mixing station.
Put the water level below the slits in the weir, but was getting water coming through the bulkheads into the overflow box (which has not been plumber yet). The tank itself was dry. It was coming into the overflow box very slowly.
So I don’t foresee this being too much of an issue. I’m guessing that my water level in the fuge will just SLOWLY drain to the level of the pin hole leak…or at most the level of the glass holes drilled in the tank.
Any way you guys can think to test and find something like this? I plan on dropping the water level below the bulkheads on the tank and looking at the weir box outside of the tank.
Put the water level below the slits in the weir, but was getting water coming through the bulkheads into the overflow box (which has not been plumber yet). The tank itself was dry. It was coming into the overflow box very slowly.
So I don’t foresee this being too much of an issue. I’m guessing that my water level in the fuge will just SLOWLY drain to the level of the pin hole leak…or at most the level of the glass holes drilled in the tank.
Any way you guys can think to test and find something like this? I plan on dropping the water level below the bulkheads on the tank and looking at the weir box outside of the tank.
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