tank remodeling,sump question? (last page)
 

Well the time has come for me to do upgrade and do some remodeling to my fish room:biggrin:
Here are some photos of what I have running now,I am going to try and finish all upgrades by next weekend.
at the moment I have a 180glns in-wall and approx 230glns consisting of a frag tank and a couple sumps witch all tanks are tied together.
For next week hoping will have the original180 and adding 240,100,60 and a 40glns running all together.
Here are some photos of the wall prior to...:biggrin:
Left side
http://i726.photobucket.com/albums/w...y/IMG_1962.jpg

Right side of the wall

http://i726.photobucket.com/albums/w...y/IMG_1963.jpg

Left side again with the door open to the fish room

http://i726.photobucket.com/albums/w...y/IMG_1964.jpg

Frag tank into fish room

http://i726.photobucket.com/albums/w...y/IMG_1965.jpg

The 100 glns sump

http://i726.photobucket.com/albums/w...y/IMG_1966.jpg

The 60 glns frag tank

http://i726.photobucket.com/albums/w...y/IMG_1967.jpg

More photos to be added for every step I take:biggrin::biggrin:
This upgrade is to facilitate bringing in more coral shipments and it would make my wall look more full.

Wow Eli are u going to be doing anything about the added water that looks to be about 620 gallons are u afraid of the evap and moisture in the house, especially during the winter?

The tanks will be insulated behind the fish room that will have its own draw of air and exhaust from outside in the hopes that will fix any moisture and heat buildup.

A question to those used Spa-flex.should the 1.5" spa flex it tight like a PVC on any fitting or should it be loose and use some kind of transition fittings.Because seems like mine fit loosely in the fitting and I bought this product G941HT… SPA FLEX from www.greenlinehose.com/
and the specs says 1.5" spa-flex with ID 1.65 AND od 1.90

I searched on G941HT on that site and came up with this: http://www.greenlinehose.com/_pdf/hose/2.Water.pdf#search="G941HT"

... which I have to say looks like some kind of rubber? That's not spa flex. Spa flex is, literally, flexible PVC pipe. You use PVC cement same as like for rigid PVC (you can use regular PVC cement but the flex PVC cement is clear because it has a little bit of give to it) and yeah the fittings are ordinarily a pretty tight fit (same as rigid PVC would be - it's the same fittings).

this is the information on the product I bought as it is on the bottom of the spec sheet
And these are the specs I asked for
And by measuring the ID and OD of what I bought I think they gave me the wrong size as it measures to the same specs as the 11/4" spaflex
Back to the store tomorrow to replace the size

Elias, that G941HT is the correct stuff. It is normal for it to seem sloppy after it cures. This is why it works so well.
Make sure you hold it in place for a few minutes while it starts to cure as it can slip apart much easier than rigid pvc.
Not sure what cement you plan on using, but anyone I talked to recommended Weld-On 795 and it worked well for me.

I bought mine from Western Pump. I just asked for 3/4" and 1" spa flex. It was very tight when I tried to put it in the the fittings dry. Once the glue is on, it goes in a little easier. I was told not to use primer so I didn't and no leaks so far.

The stuff in the catalog looks like standard spa flex to me but I don't recall it being sloppy within fittings, it's actually very hard to dry fit, needs glue to slide in as others have said.

Sounds like you're correct in your assumption, if it measures the same as 1-1/4" spa flex then that's probably what it is.