Booms cube-80

[Boomboy]

Well i thought i would get started on my manifold for the return, ive done some research on them, but still up in the air about which design works best for me.

Here is a picture of the ones i thought of.





The points sticking out are where the loclines would come out of. and the front view of the tank, is the back side with the holes for the CL and also the overflow.

The only problem with the right one is that the returns on the CL system is pretty close to the top and i dont really want the loclines touching each other. but the first design is that i will lose alot of space to be able to reach my arm in, i would have to reach over the manifold. any thoughts.

[Skimmerking]

stay away from the 90 angles in the corners, go with the 45 in the corner s better flow. that that i would let you know less head loss

[Boomboy]

i thought you only get head loss on vertical pipes not the horizontal ones, and i cant really get away from them because this is going on the top of the tank.


edit: i guess i put 45's in and it would work, i just came from the rona and i bought more, now i have to go out again

[Skimmerking]

a sudden turn in water flow will slow it down.. come on man you knew that.

lol

[Boomboy]

yeah i did, but it just makes it harder to sit on the top part of the eurobracing, well kinda but now i have to go out to get 4 more pieces i think i will wait till the rest of the plumbing comes in.

[Boomboy]

oh yeah i forgot, where can i get cheap glass, i went to speedy glass and they charge 10.75 sq/ft i ordered 4 pieces and it came to 75 bucks, so i said no thanks and left, but i really would like to get some glass cut for it. what is the minimum thickness i should get for the glass also.

[Boomboy]

Yup got another question.... lots of questions. ive got rona enamel black spray paint. the ingredients are as follows

Acetone, propane, xylene,aliphatic naphtha and isobutane.

i also have a empty can of krylon fusion paint and the ingredients are as follow

acetone, propane, toluene, butane, V.M.&P naptha, xylene, 2-butoxyethanol, methyl isobutyl ketone.

now to me and most people that doesnt mean much, but the label doesnt say anything about lead being in the rona one, like other ones do, so i was wondering would it be safe to use on the pipes in my overflow??

[tang daddy]

as far as I know spray paint is ok to use in fresh and saltwater as long as the paint is fully cured, try this spray your piping and let it dry for 2 days then soak the pipe in freshwater to wash any residue(shouldnt be any but just incase) and you should be sailin towards the sunset.

Btw love the new cube are you painting the back or using acrylic overlay?

[Boomboy]

i am painting the back black,though i am having a hard time getting it to stick all over. i will post pics when im done. i thought about it, and the bulkheads and loclines and manifold will all be black, so it is hidden, black kinda gives all the colours of corals pop, and it hides stuff better. its an external overflow, so i just put some eggcrate in the one spot , there is no way and fish are getting threw there, unless its a pipefish.

[JDigital]

Originally Posted by Boomboy

i am painting the back black,though i am having a hard time getting it to stick all over. i will post pics when im done. i thought about it, and the bulkheads and loclines and manifold will all be black, so it is hidden, black kinda gives all the colours of corals pop, and it hides stuff better. its an external overflow, so i just put some eggcrate in the one spot , there is no way and fish are getting threw there, unless its a pipefish.

Or a small clown... Wouldn't be the first time a fish has gotten sucked threw eggcrate..