Wayne's 90 Gallon Build

[reefwars]

Originally Posted by wmcinnes

finally went out and got some pumbing and started to piece it together! unfortunately i all the LFS seemed to have an abundance of ball valves but no gate valves. I had to order the gate valves online so until they come there is not a whole lot I can do..

Waiting on a few things to arrive:
~75lbs of MarcoRocks from Eli @ CaCo3Reef!
2 x 300W Eheim Jager heaters
Refractometer
RO/DI float valve
3 x 1" Gate Valves

Also the QT tank is still cycling and I am starting to see the nitrite spike so it should be somewhat close to finishing.. Can't wait to be able to get some fish in there. Im hoping for a Sailfin Tang Desjardini and a pair of False Percula Clowns to start!

the sailfin will be too large for a 90g they grow very fast, beautiful fish though


why three gate valves????

[wmcinnes]

Originally Posted by reefwars

why three gate valves????

I'm doing a Herbie overflow so I need one on my main drain line to control the syphon, one on my return to control flow and complete isolation when i need it, and one on the tee'd-off line from the outlet of the return pump to the refugium.

Probably only really needed two but they are already ordered..

[wmcinnes]

Canreef.. if you think your water is bad, you havent seen mine..


Before on the Left, After ~250G on the right...

This is my first stage pre-filter... the second stage carbon block and third stage 1micron filter werent much better... unbelievable.

safe to say I will not be drinking any of my tap water any time soon. :uhoh2:

[Bblinks]

Originally Posted by wmcinnes

Reef Central.. if you think your water is bad, you havent seen mine..


Before on the Left, After ~250G on the right...

This is my first stage pre-filter... the second stage carbon block and third stage 1micron filter werent much better... unbelievable.

safe to say I will not be drinking any of my tap water any time soon. :uhoh2:

I was just gonna said that is some high reading from the TDS meter, I guess I should be glad to have in coming water reading at 10ppm.

Good looking build, but just out of curiosity, if you are doing a herbie should you use gate valves instead of regular on and off valves? I didn't see in the picture. It would be a lot harder to control water flow with a regular union valve.

[wmcinnes]

Originally Posted by Bblinks

I was just gonna said that is some high reading from the TDS meter, I guess I should be glad to have in coming water reading at 10ppm.

Good looking build, but just out of curiosity, if you are doing a herbie should you use gate valves instead of regular on and off valves? I didn't see in the picture. It would be a lot harder to control water flow with a regular union valve.

Yeah my TDS is upwards of 2500, just ridiculous.

True and that is why my plumbing is at a standstill at the moment. Im waiting for my gate valves to come from concept in calgary before I can finish plumbing the system. I threw in a few heaters in order to get free shipping and sure enough they were on backorder so I could be waiting a while before they arrive The ball valves in the picture are actually 3/4" and are being used in the manifold for my reactors..

[wmcinnes]

Gate valves and Jager 300W,250W heaters came today! I am actually super surprised they came so fast because they were on backorder at Concept! I'm working nights for the next bit but hopefully I can find some time to finish up the plumbing! Check back for updates

[wmcinnes]

I got bored on nightshift at work so I did a little editing to the thread. Introduced myself a little better on the first post and made it look nice.. Clearly work was busy tonight...