Temporary Babysitting Setup

[albert_dao]

Friend selling house.

Me, free tank.

Mismatch sump.

Will be moving soon.

Big tank too much of a hassle to set up and move with.

Temp tank set up.

There, I said it in as few words as possible. Here's the details thusfar:



Mess of PVC I pulled out my car to make this all come together.



This is the tank that's suppose to be set up. It's 36" x 28" x 28" of Starphire, beveled and polished edges, Euro-bracing, external Herbie-style overflow (henceforth, the SUPER WICKED overflow), the whole nine yards. I didn't go with black silicone - not my cup of tea.



Here's what ended up happening. Not much to say here other than it's looking rather... ghetto. The tank itself is also Starphire, 30" x 18" x 18" with the same trimmings, including that SUPER WICKED overflow.



Sump detail. No baffles. No microbubbles. It is the miracle of Awesome Albert design and the SUPER WICKED overflow. That's an Elos NS-500 in there. Doesn't look so much a skimmer as a piece you'd display on a prominent shelf in the house somewhere. My girlfriend wonders how I can justify $700-ish for what looks like a glorified penis pump. I contend with an arguement against her $1200 - $3000 purses that she never uses. There isn't much discussion after that.

Edit Okay, under threat of spending lots of long nights on the couch alone, I am retracting the previous statement and enacting this one:

I wonder how my girlfriend can justify her $1200 - $3000 purses, she counters with my frivilous spending of alike sums on what really amounts to no more than a glorified penis pump.

There, I did the "right" thing.



Here's that SUPER WICKED overflow I keep on mentioning. It kicks @$$ and is SUPER WICKED, much like me.



Manifold I made to feed the Phosban and Zeovit reactors. That's a Sequence Snapper on there. It's rated at 2500 gph. I have it throttled down a bit. I left the wrench there for obligatory masculine purposes. It makes the picture look so much more manly. If you stare long enough, you might even be able to hear me grunting in a manly fashion.



Modified Phosban reactor.



Modified Zeovit reactor. I don't know why the picture turned out this way. I may submit this photo to one of those paranormal sites, claiming orbs. I rule.



Unions EVERYWHERE! AAAAOOOGAH!

The vast majority of you are on the edges of your seats. I know. But that's all for now. More to come once I finish with leak testing.

[andresont]

I love it when its new , clean and no salt creap !

[blaster]

This made me chuckle

[SuperFudge]

Very nice,

I definatly heard the manly grunt, but i also predict to hear a womans banshee scream when the tank bottom lets go becuase you didnt use a ply wood sheet underneath it to even up the pressure on the bottom.

Sweet stuff though,Marc.

[Der_Iron_Chef]

LOL. Albert. You make me laugh.

[christyf5]

SUPER WICKED d00d

[albert_dao]

Originally Posted by SuperFudge

Very nice,

I definatly heard the manly grunt, but i also predict to hear a womans banshee scream when the tank bottom lets go becuase you didnt use a ply wood sheet underneath it to even up the pressure on the bottom.

Sweet stuff though,Marc.

Just corrected that oversight!

<jet pilot>

Womanly scream averted. Operation success.

</jet pilot>

[albert_dao]

UPDATE:

Replaced the Sequence Snapper with a Hydor SELTZ L45. It rocks. Makes Mag-Drives look like wimps.

Here's a quick review I snatched from a PC cooling site:

http://www.systemcooling.com/hydor_l30ii-01.html

Okay, read that, imagine the article's about the L45 and imagine that I wrote it. I know, you all want one now. Quickly, head out, replace that crappy old Mag-Drive with one of these. You'll thank me.

Oh yeah, just a quick comparison between a few popular pumps from this flow range:

Hydor L45
Max Flow 925 gph
Power Consumption 50 watts
Max Head 8' 8"
Price $100.00

Eheim 1262
Max Flow 900gph
Power Consumption 80 watts
Max Head 11' 6"
Price $175.00

Mag-Drive 9.5
Max Flow 950 gph
Power Consumption 93 watts
Max Head 14'
Price $110.00

Sedra 9000
Max Flow 900 gph
Power Consumption 90 watts
Max Head 17'
Price $110.00