The not so slow 75 gallon Tattoo Shop build...NEW PICS FEB 3 2011

[Rbacchiega]

tank gets here today!!! yaaaaaaay! so my day will consist of cleaning it up real good, measuring the fittings and drawing the plumbing diagrams...and probably buying a protien skimmer....

[Rbacchiega]

got the fittings figured out...I think:

Closed Loop
-(4) 1" to 3/4" reducers
-(9) 1" unions
-(9) 1" 90* Elbows
-(1) 1" Tee Ball Valve
-(2) 1" Straight Ball Valve
-(1) 3/4" Female threaded to slip adaptor
-(1) 3/4" Male threaded to slip adaptor

Durso Standpipe
-(1) 1"-1 1/4" Reducer thingermajig
-(1) 1 1/4" Coupling
-(1) 1 1/4" Tee
-(1) 1 1/4" Street Ell
-(1) 1 1/4" End cap

Return Plumbing
-(1) 3/4" male adaptor to slip
-(1) 3/4" 90* Elbow
-(1) 3/4" Slip to threaded fitting for lockline

Sump Plumbing
-(1) 1" Male adaptor (threaded to slip)
-(1) 1x3/4" Male Adaptor
-(3) 1" unions
-(2) 1" 90* elbows
-(2) 1" 45* elbows
-(1) 1" Tee ball valve
-(2) 3/4" 90* elbows
-(1) 1/2" to 3/4" fitting (slip to slip)
-(1) 1/2" female threaded to slip.

[Zoaelite]

Originally Posted by Rbacchiega

got the fittings figured out...I think:

Closed Loop
-(4) 1" to 3/4" reducers
-(9) 1" unions
-(9) 1" 90* Elbows
-(1) 1" Tee Ball Valve
-(2) 1" Straight Ball Valve
-(1) 3/4" Female threaded to slip adaptor
-(1) 3/4" Male threaded to slip adaptor

Durso Standpipe
-(1) 1"-1 1/4" Reducer thingermajig
-(1) 1 1/4" Coupling
-(1) 1 1/4" Tee
-(1) 1 1/4" Street Ell
-(1) 1 1/4" End cap

Return Plumbing
-(1) 3/4" male adaptor to slip
-(1) 3/4" 90* Elbow
-(1) 3/4" Slip to threaded fitting for lockline

Sump Plumbing
-(1) 1" Male adaptor (threaded to slip)
-(1) 1x3/4" Male Adaptor
-(3) 1" unions
-(2) 1" 90* elbows
-(2) 1" 45* elbows
-(1) 1" Tee ball valve
-(2) 3/4" 90* elbows
-(1) 1/2" to 3/4" fitting (slip to slip)
-(1) 1/2" female threaded to slip.

Your plumbing terminology sounds like my plumbing terminology .

[Rbacchiega]

I drew out about 15 diagrams ha ha each time I'd leave something out or add something I didn't need. I'm sure I'll end up taking more than one trip to home depot :S

[Rbacchiega]

no unions to be found...no big deal, got quite a bit of the plumbing done and realized I missed a few things ha ha oh well. Gotta hit the hardware store tomorrow again!

Here's where I'm at so far:



Please note Betta in his temporary bowl. We put him in there and told him "this is something you can NEVER have"...we broke hit little Betta heart

[Rbacchiega]

Macro Rocks is having a sale!!!! EFF YESS!!! 40lbs pre cured rock with 40 lbs sand for 119 bucks...free shipping. So I'm ordering 2. 80lbs rock and 80lbs sand should give me a nice open scape (extra rock can go in the fuge or I'll trade to someone on njreefers.org for some coral or something) and 80lbs sand should give me just under a 2" sandbed...nice and shallow...wooooopa!

[Rbacchiega]

pumps take up alot of space in the 20 gallon long...baffle-less sump it is! Plumbing is all dry fit, time to tear it all down and glue :S

Ordered 80lbs of rock and 80 lbs of sand...hooorah!

Next...ordering lights.

[Zoaelite]

Looking good, that plumbing came out pretty clean Randy nice job! You're right on the sump though, it looks like a 7' tall man with size 6 shoe . Why not save the headache and find something a bit bigger for cheap, I know 40g breeders are less than $100.00
Levi

[Rbacchiega]

Originally Posted by zoaElite

Looking good, that plumbing came out pretty clean Randy nice job! You're right on the sump though, it looks like a 7' tall man with size 6 shoe . Why not save the headache and find something a bit bigger for cheap, I know 40g breeders are less than $100.00
Levi

Everything there is pretty much donated, and we gotta keep the tank low budget as possible (for now) realistically, if I want I'll add a HOB fuge later, but for now, fugeless. Skimmer fits nicely hanging on the side...and if I decide to upgrade it later there's room for either in sump or HOB as well. All additives etc will have to be kept under the stand too, so gotta leave room for there...but! Plumbing is done and glued...will let it cure today/tonight and add water tomorrow... I'm sore as all hell right now and I've got so much glue on my pants it looks like a friday night gone horribly wrong.

[lastlight]

I don't want to be the downer here Randi but you have to turn the tank around. Otherwise very clean job you're getting close now!