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The 10 gallon i picked up from canreefer outtafocus tonight.



After I gave it a little love. I wanted to replace his bulkheads since I wanted them 1" all the way to my sump and they reduced to hose/ less than 1". Not until after I sawed the pvc off the bulkheads did I notice these were siliconed in from gasket and nut side. I had to drill the plastic and pry like crazy to remove them!



This shows the area where the fuge will sit or should i say float. I'm building a shelf so it sits above my return piping. It will be fed off that manifold (that also currently feeds into my 20 gallon waterchange reservoir under there). Two drains into the sump gives me peace of mind when running this in-line like I intend to.



Other side of the stand. Hard to see but I plumbed a mag3 i had kicking around in. To do a waterchange i isolate this 20g reservoir by shutting it's manifold feed off (it normally is always in circulation with the sump). Then I flip a switch and the mag3 empties 20g into my basement. I attached some type of threaded nipple i found in the irrigation section of HD to the intake and then trimmed it to leave maybe 1mm of space between the tank bottom. It empties NEARLY all of the tank before catching air. The topoff comes from my mixed water in the office. The tie-wraps you see on that pipe are directing the clear flex tubing from the water-change cabinet into the tank.

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Stand drain heading to basement. Hard to see clear flex hose connecting water-change station to display.



Under the floor in the downstairs bathroom. So glad I chose t-bar ceiling for down there!



Here's where I got REALLY LAZY. I had a drain put in the floor for what I thought was going to be a fishroom. It happens to lie beneath a benchpress I barely ever use. I managed to snake it in somehow! The junk I tossed in the window to keep the neighbors from gawking at me when I run is sorta permanent now unless I cut the pipe lol. GHETTO I know...but Tony told me to do it this way.

[lobsterboy]

sick man, i cant wait till you start to fill it.

[Delphinus]

Wow, I was all set to say I wasn't worthy to even be reading this build thread ... until that last photo.

[Rbacchiega]

looks fantastic

[andestang]

This is a very nice build, everything looks so neat and classy. In the last pic did I spot a roll of toilet paper for just in case when you go a little too heavy on the weights ? Can't wait to see water in it.

[Snappy]

Yep it needs water.

[lastlight]

Lol how on earth did you spot the TP? I had to look for a few seconds before I found it! I had a cold for a while and running with a stuffed nose is fun so I had some nose cleaner on hand =)

Thanks guys. This thing WILL see water one day!

[JDigital]

Damn!! Really really nice setup so far.. Giving me a few ideas actually for my big tank..

Can't wait to see this with water.

[spoot]

That basement shot is quite a contrast from the rest of the house LOL