105G Custom Shallow Paradise

[JDigital]

Originally Posted by Carmen

Neat looking tank Josh! Kinda like it! The shallow depth makes it look longer! Will grow some awesome SPS I am sure!

Kinda like it?!? Come on!

It does give a bit of an illusion of length... (don't even think about the jokes guys!!!)

Anyways, finally finished up my plumbing tonight.

Starting off where my last pic left... the under side of the overflow. Running a gate valve for the Herbie. I mounted a couple of L-brackets to my stand to help support the drains and reduce any torsion/pressure on the bulkheads.



From there, into the sump, which STILL needs baffles.. Doesn't sound like I will be getting them before I leave Saturday, and even if I did, the silicone probably wouldn't have enough time to cure, so couldn't add water anyways.

From the return pump I added in a T to branch off a ball valve. This will allow me to do a water change without shutting down my return pump. Open the lower valve, and shut the top one. I always like connecting the pump to the return line with hard plumbing, comes down to millimeters to get it all lined up properly.



And finally, up the backside. Union Check Valve for the "just in case" moments. I would have liked to add another ball valve between the check valve and the top union so I could remove the Check Valve for maintenance, however it would be CLEARLY visible through the tank glass and I didn't want that. When the time comes to switch out the Check valve I will just plan a big enough water change to bring my water level below my return bulkhead.



That's about it for now, until I get the baffles for the sump.. Need to hunt down a skimmer next, then finish up with lighting, and add my sandbed.... and then aquascape, and and and.....

[Delphinus]

Boooo check valves. Otherwise all top-notch build.

[muck]

Originally Posted by JDigital

I mounted a couple of L-brackets to my stand to help support the drains and reduce any torsion/pressure on the bulkheads.

Why not use some of these instead..



You should be able to pick them up at any Home Depot Rona in either the vacuum pipe aisle or the grey PVC ones by the electrical conduit pipe/fittings.

Ryan

[Delphinus]

Link didn't work for me Ryan..

[muck]

Originally Posted by Delphinus

Link didn't work for me Ryan..

What link... or do you mean the pic of the strap i posted? (That is white and almost blends into the background.)

Edited my last post so its easier to read for Tony.

[Delphinus]

Actually I meant the picture wasn't displaying. It wasn't until I got a cookie setup at vacdepot.com before it would display. So it was just showing up as blank and when I tried to copy and paste into a different frame I got a "How dare you try to cross link one of our photos, you thievous jerk" type error message (might be slightly paraphrased).

[muck]

Originally Posted by Delphinus

Actually I meant the picture wasn't displaying. It wasn't until I got a cookie setup at vacdepot.com before it would display. So it was just showing up as blank and when I tried to copy and paste into a different frame I got a "How dare you try to cross link one of our photos, you thievous jerk" type error message (might be slightly paraphrased).

Ahh ok... well I thefted a different pic and swapped the image. Does this one work fine?

[JDigital]

Originally Posted by Delphinus

Boooo check valves. Otherwise all top-notch build.

I can't complain about Check Valve, especially these ones, because they have yet to fail on me *Knock on wood*.

Originally Posted by muck

Why not use some of these instead..



You should be able to pick them up at any Home Depot Rona in either the vacuum pipe aisle or the grey PVC ones by the electrical conduit pipe/fittings.

Ryan

MONEY!! Will Swing by a HD or Rona today.. even though the those L brackets work. Or Maybe just replace them when the time is right.

[lastlight]

Tile on the stand before you leave would be rad too. Let me know when you can get to that bro.

[muck]

Should be doable in 19 hrs... i would think.