290G Peninsula Tank

[lockrookie]

Take a cup fill it with water insert in tank... Problem solved hehe


You have done an axing job water or not I have followed every post. I'm very jealous of your fish room.. And large peninsula.. Only way I'm getting a bigger setup is by building a heated garage with a couch to sleep on ill call it "the dog fish house"


Sent from my porcelain aquarium

[mseepman]

Haha...well I've been blessed with a very understanding wife. Funny enough, since moving into the house my daughter and my wife has said something is"missing" and we've determined its the fish. So now they want water in a hurry too.

[lockrookie]

Don't sweat it.. Can you not just put the qt on the opposite wall as sump and use the 20g tall as a sump for it to keep it completely separate from the main system.

[lockrookie]

Here's an idea for you have custom built or find a 5' long 15 to 18 wide tank only run a couple aqua clear hang on back with heater. Have it sit low enough that you can build a table/lid over the tank for your workspace. Have the lid able to be hinged upwards and tethered out of place when adding treating removing fish. Put on two or three t5 strips on the underside to light the tank. This way you are utilizing all the space as you need you lose a bit of storage space but in the grand scheme your fish will thank you for it. I can try to roughly draw it up for you if you like. Oh and add Formica to the top of table area for easy cleanup. The qt tank doesn't need to be at eye level it just has to function for its purpose. Doesn't mean you can't multi purpose the area too

[lockrookie]

Can you not use bulkheads that are threaded instead if slip so you can remove them?

[nrosdal]

Can you just use all threaded fittings from the bulkhead on so you can unscrew starting at the end an work your way back to the bulkhead from there?

[mseepman]

Okay...thank you for the ideas. I don't know if I can incorporate them without the return lines really dropping into the viewable space in the tank badly. I will try to dry fit some different options and see if any can replace the glueing.

[lastlight]

I just slip fit my 90s in. I applied pvc primer to the short piece of pipe in the 90 and the outlet of my manifold. this created the perfect amount of friction to hold them in tight.

[gregzz4]

For your leaky unions, have you tried silicone lube on the o-rings ?

For your enductors;
Are you going to use 3/4" enductors on 1" pipe ?
If so, what about 90s threaded on both ends
If your eurobrace is wide enough, you unscrew the enductors, then spin out the 90s
You'd need a spig x fipt reducer bushing and a close nipple for each fipt x fipt 90

If not, all that comes to mind is adding 4 more unions.
One on each side of the Ts and 90s that sit on top of your eurobrace.
It'll cost you some money to experiment with it, but a dry fit will show if you can wiggle them out or not with the outflow 90s in place

[Lance]

Originally Posted by lastlight

I just slip fit my 90s in. I applied pvc primer to the short piece of pipe in the 90 and the outlet of my manifold. this created the perfect amount of friction to hold them in tight.

Absolutely! What I did.