i was just working on my plumbing and i was wondering if putting the union under water is a bad thing, and if i want to keep it above?

well ive got a few things in the mail and now i can finish the plumbing but before that i need to get the glass in for the baffles in the sump, i took apart my stand to get them in properly. i will get some pictures later.

well here are some of the things i got, the rest are bulkheads and loclines and such. The only thing i am not pleased with is that when i ordered my product from BRS and the charge came up on my credit card, the credit card company charged an extra 1.25 for the dollar exchange, so for something that was 260 was now 410, so i wont be buying from them any time soon. Got a little work ahead of me to be able to get water into it, but im excited because im getting there.

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I also got my 2 tanks to fit finally but i had to take the tank off to do it.

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more to come once i get my sump built and finished and put the tank back on the stand.



and a little preview of what the loclines look like in my manifold.

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and presto the plumbing is DONE!!!! and when i mean done i mean that all the piping is in place not glued yet. so not really done but the harder part is done. ON WITH THE PICTUREs, cause i dont like to talk much.
oh yeah please point out any problems so i can fix it before i glue.

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you might notice in the pictures the sump glass isnt in yet, i have yet to order it. hence also why i haven't glued anything.

looks great man, What i would have done was put barbed connections on there with 90's so the plumbing was close to the tank, so you dont have all that plumbing pipe sticking out the back......

other then that that is what i would have done . looks good to me tho got to love the plumbing.....:mrgreen:

now get that tank turned around and start filling it

thanks man.
i needed room for an ATO bucket so that gives me the room also, you wont even see it once im done. i think i got all the unions and ball valves i need in there. hope the rockscape turns out just as nice once im done too.

well i picked up some rock. so now aquascape time.

and on with the pictures.


picture of the sump i built. YEAH IT HOLDS WATER first try too.

http://i300.photobucket.com/albums/n...ishpics004.jpg





and with the power of magic, the sump area is complete. YEAH.

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picture of where is sit in our apartment. you'll notice that i painted the manifold black, but really didnt matter, as i will have a canopy.

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and the little bit of rock i have to work with. got another 25 pounds in the tank i am taking out.

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i will post pics of the aquascape i do and you guys can let me know what you think.

Lookin awesome so far! Keep up the good work, I love the clean lines and lack of visible equipment.

and now the scape is done, let me know what you think, ive got tons of rock left over, i cant use it all. so i can change a bit, and the rods will be covered in putty.

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that scape is awesome!