Squire's 90 Gallon Build, Now With Salt Water

[The Grizz]

I soooooo happy to see that everything is still in one piece

[Nano]

Originally Posted by The Grizz

I soooooo happy to see that everything is still in one piece

lol well you kinda build a bomb shelter around it!

[ensquire]

Originally Posted by The Grizz

I soooooo happy to see that everything is still in one piece

Smart*ss Stand is anchored to floor with 3/4 inch bolts and tank is PL400'd to stand. Ain't goin nowhere.

[ensquire]

A new toy to play with, I ran a poll on return pumps and this one looked very interesting to me. I talked to a couple of people who tried it and decided to try it.



Sorry about the french for the english speaking folks.



Got all the glass for the eurobrace, so that was the next step.









Getting closer now, Tweaked the plumbing to accommodate the different heights in pumps. Will be doing a leak test and run the pumps to see how the flow is working out.

[ensquire]

I know its only tap water, I know its crappy Iphone pics,
BUT IT IS WET... YEAH





So far there are no leaks and with everything running wide open there is good flow, I haven't had to throttle anything back at all and it runs very quiet with the Quiet One 4000. I haven't even tried the new pump on it.

The only issue I am having right now is that I am having a problem breaking the siphon on the return line when I shut the power off. As you can see by the following picture, I teed off and used dual loclines with wide mouth flows.
The top one is out of the water as soon as the pump is shut off. I think the problem is that the actual return line sits so low in the overflow. What do you people think? I could get rid of the dual locline and go with a single, but i was hoping to have that flow down low on the backside of the rocks.



I could just scrub the return line through the overflow and drill another return hole up high in the back and use the second hole in the overflow for a Herbie.

Just trying to get some ideas.

[The Grizz]

Looking good Mike. For the syphon break how about drilling a hole big enough to put a piece of 1/4" air line in the 90 degree elbow of the return in the overflow & stick it out the corner of the eggcrate into the tank.

Can't wait to her what you think of the waveline pump.

[ensquire]

Originally Posted by The Grizz

Looking good Mike. For the syphon break how about drilling a hole big enough to put a piece of 1/4" air line in the 90 degree elbow of the return in the overflow & stick it out the corner of the eggcrate into the tank.

Can't wait to her what you think of the waveline pump.

That will work. water level in the overflow drains quicker than the tank does, could probably get away with just the hole and not the line. I will have to give them both a try.
The pump goes online tomorrow for a test run. I can't really hear the Quiet one , but I bet the Waveline is even quieter. Hope that it has a little more power than the pump I have now, I think the sump can handle a bit more flow.

[The Grizz]

If you don't put a piece of air line in the hole it will spray every where, the air line will control it.

[ensquire]

Originally Posted by The Grizz

If you don't put a piece of air line in the hole it will spray every where, the air line will control it.

Depends where you put the hole but I think your idea would be cleaner.


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[bignose]

Nice pump how does the controller work?