290G Peninsula Tank

[mseepman]

Originally Posted by lockrookie

Can you in thread it a bit add more Teflon to it more on the heavy side near the end and re seal it quick? I had that happen to me as well

Well my sump is currently full of water...so no, not right yet. The leak is even slower than I thought, after the entire night, there was a little more than a thimble full of water in the cup underneath.
If you wondering why my sump is full, its because I'm prepping to push water up to the display. I'm currently making another 100g of fresh water and I'm mixing 100g of salt water and sump holds about 60G of saltwater (not including fuge). My plan is to fire up my water change station at the same time as my return and try to push about 140g upstairs to the display. I need some more hands as my return nozzles will destroy my aquascape unless someone is deflecting the flow. I also haven't checked my plumbing from the pump up to the display (most of it was done by plumber in wall) so I will want an extra pair of eyes to look that over at the same time too.

Can't believe that this is finally getting close. I have so much more work to do on this...my APEX isn't setup, my dosing isn't set up, my skimmer isn't set up...but water is a major step.

[nrosdal]

if you are needing a somewhat inept helper, i am going to be passing through your area tomorrow/wed. I even have a little box of goodies to drop off next time i see ya.

[lastlight]

I think the gaskets sorta swell slightly when wet just a theory. Sounds similar to a leak or two I've had before that actually stopped leaking after a few days.

[mseepman]

Originally Posted by nrosdal

if you are needing a somewhat inept helper, i am going to be passing through your area tomorrow/wed. I even have a little box of goodies to drop off next time i see ya.

Thanks so much Nick. I think I will do my best to get a little farther tonight. If you can give me a heads up as to when you are in town, we'll try to get together. You haven't seen the tank for a bit, but we're getting there!

[Skimmerking]

Wake me up when you are going to carry on with this build thread Mark......

[mseepman]

Haha...I put water in the tank last night thank you very much! I'm up to about 280G in the Display. I didn't let it run into the overflow yet...I have a couple little drips to deal with.
Some other things that came up are that I'm not too impressed with how quiet this pump is...I find it very noisy but a lot of threads online suggested it was very quiet...so is my pump the problem or do we just have different perspectives?
Also, the flow is poor by my standards. I bet I have only about 1000-1100 gph getting to the display. I was hoping for more.
Lastly, I got one of my MP40ES's going last night (the new one that had been sitting in the box for 2 years) and it's crazy noisy. but not at the wet end, the dry end sounds like a buzzsaw. My other MP40 is half as loud but it's still in my old display. Could this be because I have 16mil of glass on that end? I have it on the 5/8 setting. Any thoughts?

[Myka]

Mark, is the pump noisy because you're not used to listening to a big pump? It may be quiet by "big pump" standards? Or maybe there is something in the way it is setup?

Shoulda bought Tunzes!

[Delphinus]

I recently replaced one of my Reeflo pumps and I was horrified at how loud the new one was, it was louder than the one I was replacing that had a failed bearing. I called Reeflo and put the phone up to the pump after asking "should it sound like this?" .... He thought it was a dry bearing so he suggested I let it run for 10-15 minutes. After that it still was loud so he thought maybe a bad bearing so he asked that I send it back and he'd send me a replacement. As I went to take it offline I noticed that the fan cover had a small dent in it. Went and grabbed some needle nose pliers and pulled it out and sure enough what was happening was the fan blades were hitting the low spot caused by the dent and were basically slowly grinding off.

Anyhow the pump is flawlessly quiet now that I pulled that dent out.

Just something to check. A bit of a long shot, but it couldn't hurt to check for that...

[Goatman]

Originally Posted by mseepman

Haha...I put water in the tank last night thank you very much! I'm up to about 280G in the Display. I didn't let it run into the overflow yet...I have a couple little drips to deal with.
Some other things that came up are that I'm not too impressed with how quiet this pump is...I find it very noisy but a lot of threads online suggested it was very quiet...so is my pump the problem or do we just have different perspectives?
Also, the flow is poor by my standards. I bet I have only about 1000-1100 gph getting to the display. I was hoping for more.
Lastly, I got one of my MP40ES's going last night (the new one that had been sitting in the box for 2 years) and it's crazy noisy. but not at the wet end, the dry end sounds like a buzzsaw. My other MP40 is half as loud but it's still in my old display. Could this be because I have 16mil of glass on that end? I have it on the 5/8 setting. Any thoughts?

Bad Bearings? It does happen..

[sphelps]

The pump noise is likely a result from the rigid plumbing attached to it, installing rubber couplings will help if you can squeeze them in. I see space on the output for sure but not so much on the input unless you remove your union valve. However removing the valve is an option, a rubber coupling can serve the same purpose as a union and you could keep a threaded plug handy to replace the purpose of the valve, just not as convenient.

You can get pipe thread compound for threaded joints which I find works good on pumps. Might help with leaks, Teflon tape isn't as effective and using too much can crack the pump housing. The pipe compound is a paste and you can't use too much.