Did you taste it?

Hell no!! Dropped some on to my refract. :biggrin:

Just checking :lol:

Perfect, i have freshwater running thought the tank right now, YES its finally full of water, just no salt :( sorry

The return pump is decided, the line that has the probes in it will feed the fuge, the rest of the water is sent up top where it is divided once more fora special surprise i have waiting for you guys when i do the rock work

http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t...CF3733copy.jpg

The red is the water destined for the display tank
The blue is the water destined for the refugium

They both come from the return pump and "T" off

Sheesh, no sense of adventure :spit:

Ahh, I should have spotted that in your plumbing
Great work and planning

OK!! Now that we figured out how we know its not saltwater hahaha i have one final set of pictures for you before I put my tools away

Enjoy!

The middle compartment will have my filter sock in it once i get the glass cut with a whole big enough haha

http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t...t/DSCF3752.jpg

http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t...t/DSCF3755.jpg

Return and Refugium

http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t...t/DSCF3754.jpg

http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t...t/DSCF3757.jpg

Excellent, this is looking great

Now I have another question ...
Where is your sock going ? If I am seeing it right, you're planning on having it in the chamber after your drains. If this is correct, I see an issue
You want the water after the sock to go under the next wall ... otherwise it will just run past the sock

Am I missing something ?

And for cost savings, you could make the sock plate out of acrylic/plexi and cut the hole with a jigsaw, unless you're getting a smokin' deal on the glass :smile:
Let me know if you want more info about this

No Gregg you got it right, the sock is going to go inside the chamber after the pipes, it will look like this

http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t...CF3752copy.jpg

Then the water will flow down through the sock and fill that chamber then go over the last wall into the skimmer chamber

Again you have it covered :smile:

Thanks for the clarity

Hey everyone, time for an update!! over the last day or so i have been slowly turning this

http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t...t/DSCF3913.jpg

into this!!

http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t...t/DSCF3919.jpg

http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t...t/DSCF3920.jpg

http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t...t/DSCF3921.jpg

http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t...t/DSCF3922.jpg

I still have a ton more work to do on it to make it look perfect and fit the same way, i also need to try out a few things to make the foam look identical to the rocks then epoxy it all and cover it in sand but its getting there!

ohh and yesterday this showed up in the mail! its 10 feet of 3/4 inch braided cable wrap! now i can clean up my wiring and make it look pretty too!!

http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t...t/DSCF3914.jpg

All clean!!

http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t...t/DSCF3917.jpg

http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t...t/DSCF3918.jpg