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Old 05-25-2013, 04:51 AM
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just wait til the plumbing for the other two tanks gets down there!
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Old 05-25-2013, 04:54 AM
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just wait til the plumbing for the other two tanks gets down there!
60 gal will have its own sump as its temp has to be maintained at 75* for the seahorse's. The 30 gal will only have 2 lines, overflow & return.

But there still is 4 return pumps & 8 return lines to plumb yet.
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Old 05-25-2013, 12:42 PM
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You think tuning the drains be a PTA with being tied into common line. Would it be easier to have valves after the T where they tie in on the full siphon. Just a thought





Looks good though

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60 gal will have its own sump as its temp has to be maintained at 75* for the seahorse's. The 30 gal will only have 2 lines, overflow & return.

But there still is 4 return pumps & 8 return lines to plumb yet.
Barf that's a lot of plumbing, must be a pita to do it all!

BTW If you get the tang I was dumb enough to not buy please post pic's!
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You think tuning the drains be a PTA with being tied into common line. Would it be easier to have valves after the T where they tie in on the full siphon. Just a thought
Looks good though
I'm probably going to take out the tee's & replace with elbows once I have secured the lines with some custom brackets on the front 2 sets. The back is just the emergency drain that will remain fully open.

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Barf that's a lot of plumbing, must be a pita to do it all!
Actually I really enjoy doing this kind of plumbing, making it as clean & sleek as possible. The returns will be a little more of a challenge to get just right.
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Old 05-26-2013, 04:19 AM
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Actually I really enjoy doing this kind of plumbing, making it as clean & sleek as possible. The returns will be a little more of a challenge to get just right.
Huh.....well that good. I hate plumbing!
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Hi Greg, it is Steve (not sure what accounts you would remember me from but it is Binarywhisper on Ebay, Steve @ Quinte Reef Services and @ WildExpressions Corals as well). Found the thread and have subscribed.

When a person buys the amount of hardware you did it makes me very curious as to what the heck they are doing. Now that I see it all I can say is that the build looks awesome. I'm a hard core DIY'er myself and I thoroughly enjoyed reading the thread and look forward to following your progress.
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Actually I really enjoy doing this kind of plumbing, making it as clean & sleek as possible. The returns will be a little more of a challenge to get just right.
I'm with you, I like the challenge of plumbing.
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Heck? Grizz. If u were closer man we would tackle that beast and plumb. It
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