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05-16-2010, 05:03 AM
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Plumbing is as complete as I can get it for now. Simple Herbie overflow and inlet through two 3/4" bulkheads with Loc Line. Hopefully tomorrow I can start the big move.
    For this build my Wife wanted me to leave the back clear. I am very skeptical but what the heck, considering her tolerance for my obsession with this, I'll humor her with one request. It has created quite a challenge with plumbing and wires. Worst thing is if I don't like it I'm going to have one heck of a time covering the back with everything in place. Oh well, we'll see how it looks when it's all done. 
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05-18-2010, 12:21 PM
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A bit of a change of plans. The location I had my tank in was a little too unstable for my liking. I had the tank about 3/4 full of water and there seemed to be too much deflection in the floor so I decided to move it to the opposite corner where I had an exterior wall and main beam intersecting. My living room was full of salt buckets and one large rain barrel, not winning any points with the Wife for sure. I also decided to paint the back. It was bugging me not having everything hidden so out comes the Krylon. The rest of the setup went fine. Here are some pics of the progress to date. I still need to set up my dosing pumps and water change tank but everything else is fully functional.
   
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05-18-2010, 07:58 PM
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Looking good Rod! I like how the sump looks so clean and clearly well set up. I can see this tank is going to be great, and hard to imagine, nicer than your 90.
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05-18-2010, 11:03 PM
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Wow..looks Great Rod, cant wait to come over and check it out when its almost done..or done..lol
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05-19-2010, 12:36 AM
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[quote=medhatreefguy;519275]Plumbing is as complete as I can get it for now. Simple Herbie overflow and inlet through two 3/4" bulkheads with Loc Line. Hopefully tomorrow I can start the big move.
The emergency and the( overflow with the gate-valve) need to drain separately. You will get a loud gurgling sound. Kevin
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05-19-2010, 04:54 AM
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Believe it or not it works like a dream, dead silent. All I hear is a slight trickle of the water running into the overflow. I tried closing the gate valve until the emergency line kicked in and it does make a gurgling sound then. Whatever the logic it works fine. By the way Kevin, I'm very impressed with the tank. Nicely done.
Last edited by viperfish; 05-19-2010 at 04:57 AM.
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05-20-2010, 02:31 PM
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Tank and stand look great man.......I agree with Kevin......I would seriously consider re-vamping the drain plumbing.....having the primary and emergency plumbed into one defeats the purpose of the emergency.....if anything gets stuck where you have the drain reduced(after the emergency) your tank will flood
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