Scubadawg's 187 Gallon Tank Journal - Edmonton

[subman]

Originally Posted by scubadawg

David at Aquagiant builds his tanks so you do not need to use foam uderneath...

Good luck with everything. No slight against David but id have foam under it even if Jesus, Buddah and Vishnu got Together and built me a tank.

[subman jr.]

Originally Posted by subman

Good luck with everything. No slight against David but id have foam under it even if Jesus, Buddah and Vishnu got Together and built me a tank.

lol nice, that's true

[harrybee]

Very nice tank and stuff.Also had David at Aquagiant build my tank {150 gal) and its also only supported on all four corners. Been running for a year now with no Problems.The only tank I have on foam is the 140gal acrylic.Nice to have met you scubadawg at Aquagiant today.See you again.Harry

[scubadawg]

Thanks for Steve at Red Coral for the advise of the PVC Cutter



Overflow tube on Primary and Secondary Bean Animal



The Primary and secondary overflows are locayed on the outside and the 3rd overflow in located in the middle as a straight pipe into the sump



Closeup of the Gate Valve and Unions



My returns, complete with ball valve for adjusting flow if needed, and check valve



The setup below the tank, awaiting sump before I cut and glue the pipe into the sump



Next Sump photos n the next couple of days

[subman]

Very nice and clean plumbing!

[Jason McK]

Very nice. Super clean set up. Following along

Will the overflow still be quiet and silent with just a stand pipe and a strainer on top? Don't you need to have it capped? Pardon my ignorance on how beananimal overflows work.