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Old 10-27-2012, 04:18 PM
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Good to finally see you back where you belong. I love the tank too it's sexy as hell !

Then you get yourself one then Brett
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Old 10-28-2012, 01:08 AM
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Well I got a majority of the plumbing done today, and like usual it took more than 1 trip to Lowes for parts. I don't think I have ever successfully plumbed a system by making only 1 trip to the store for parts.

I say the majority of the plumbing is done, when in fact I should be completely done, but for the 3rd time in a row I've got issue with brand new pumps. Certainly not Concepts fault, but I'm definitely having bad luck with gear lately. This pump was sealed brand new, and yet when I open it up the Union coupling was COMPLETELY different that what it should be. So that has left me hanging with the return portion of the plumbing not done until I can get back in to Concept and hopefully get the right coupling to finish the job.

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And I threw in a few lbs of sand I had left over from the Office tank, just to give it that look of progress.

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What did you use for seals at the return lines? They don't look like standard bulkheads?
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And I threw in a few lbs of sand I had left over from the Office tank, just to give it that look of progress.


So whats the plan for inside the tank once its filled? Colourful sticks? Current-swept blobs of waterfilled cells?
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What did you use for seals at the return lines? They don't look like standard bulkheads?
They are bulkheads installed backwards. I realized once I started doing my plumbing that the "back end" of the bulkheads + 90' elbows were going to stick out to far and my down pipe would not clear the edge of 1.5" crossbeam of my stand. So I flipped them around and used the "front side" which saved me that crucial 1-1.25"

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So whats the plan for inside the tank once its filled? Colourful sticks? Current-swept blobs of waterfilled cells?
Likely a combination of mostly sticks and few cells. I can't not do SPS, so that's a for sure. I've got a bit of a coralscape in my head of certain things in certain spots.

My fish choices are going to be well thought out, and I'm still trying to narrow down my tentative list.
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Every time I see your thread pop up I consider making an offer until I realize it's a build thread. That's a very nice tank it's coming along nicely.
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Every time I see your thread pop up I consider making an offer until I realize it's a build thread. That's a very nice tank it's coming along nicely.
I won't turn down an offer.......... to fund the build.
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