First ever Saltwater, 90g

[Blom]

Thanks for all the greetings to the forum people, mucho appreciative. And an even bigger thanks for turning me towards RC, Kevin has been awesome. The guy knows his stuff, which is very helpful to a guy like me (Knows very little). Im sure ill make it up there one day on the weekend to meet Doug. Speaking of RC I dropped my tank off there today to be drilled, and decided that it would be in everyones best interest if I let them build the overflow as well. The overflow will be visible in the display tank, my silicone job on the sump will not thankfully. Ill get some more pictures up when I get the tank home and set up.

Thanks again all

Tyson

[Blom]

Got the tank back from RC and it looks great. Ran into a hiccup with the plumbing though. Couldn't find 1 1/2 inch pvc at either rona or home depot, which is the size of the overflow. Was able to find all that was needed in ABS plastic but I didnt know if that would work. Everything in my minds says that it should work fine for the overflow because its not running pressurized. But i have not seen pictures of anyone using it for any of their plumbing. Would ABS pipe work?

Thanks.

[Blom]

Slight Update, half plumbed up...

Kevin at RC did a great job on the overflow



Return


And the pump


If anyone sees any better ways of doing any of this let me know.

Thanks

[fishytime]

Looks good mang....you are planning on plumbing that emergency drain down a bit farther?

[parkinsn]

Looks good so far, it was nice to meet you at RC the other day. Where have i been i thought it was May/09 not Feb/07..... mus be that crack we were talking about . I agree with fishytime you might want to shave your emergency drain a bit and bring it further down

[fishytime]

Originally Posted by parkinsn

Looks good so far, it was nice to meet you at RC the other day. Where have i been i thought it was May/09 not Feb/07..... mus be that crack we were talking about . I agree with fishytime you might want to shave your emergency drain a bit and bring it further down

I was looking at the emergency drain under the tank....but your right the emergency looks a titch tall in the overflow.

[Blom]

Yes the emergency will be down further both in the overflow and underneath. Its just all somewhat dry fit together. Like we were joking at the store yesterday i was short a couple pieces to run the plumbing for the overflow beneath. So Ill see you today sometime haha. I was going to ask you Doug, where did you get your strainers? JL?

[parkinsn]

RC sells the strainers not sure what sizes they have but i saw a few yesterday.

[trouble]

hey blom looks good man!! i am in the process of a diy sump and overflow my self on my 72g. my question for you is what kind of silicone did you use when you tried your baffles???

[Blom]

Originally Posted by trouble

hey blom looks good man!! i am in the process of a diy sump and overflow my self on my 72g. my question for you is what kind of silicone did you use when you tried your baffles???

I used "All-Glass Aquarium Silicone". Brand name is All Glass. I picked it up at Red Coral, pretty sure they had a few tubes left. I know that there are some other options from GE and a few other brands. Im pretty sure you can find the info of different types that people have used on here. I liked this stuff, worked fine.