Scott's 270g aka Project Mayhem

[Scythanith]

Originally Posted by sphelps

I like putting heaters in overflow boxes, good amount of turnaround and wasted space otherwise. You'd probably want at least one in the bottom sump as well though, if you drain it for water changes or maintenance you'll probably want to preheat the water before turning it back on, unless you have a heated storage bin for that.

I am hoping to have a ~40g mixing tank that will have a pump and heater. The profilux will run that pump with a sensor to perform water changes.

[Madreefer]

I just noticed your skimmer has a different base than what i've seen before. What skimmer is that? I thought it was an AlphaCone. Am I mistaken?

[Scythanith]

You're right, you are mistaken

It's a bubble king double cone 250. Very similar beasts, but you can see there are some differences. I also have the rd3 speedy pump running it.

Cheers!

[sphelps]

Will that lock line be exposed now with the way you did it? I thought the plan was to thread the lock line straight into the reducer with only a couple pieces and a nozzle to just pierce the water surface.

[Scythanith]

Originally Posted by sphelps

Will that lock line be exposed now with the way you did it? I thought the plan was to thread the lock line straight into the reducer with only a couple pieces and a nozzle to just pierce the water surface.

There was no way to put valves on that way. This way they are all controllable to a degree. Also, now that I have the black vinyl background on you can't see them unless you really look for them.

I am having issues with bubbles from the weir at the end of the frag section flowing into the pump chamber… mass bubbles which are getting sucked into the return pump. I think the solution is a little section of foam held in an acrylic basket to help disperse the water. When I just held the foam ~1" under the water where the stream flows in it completely dissipated the bubbles. Also, I need to slip some risers in the overflow box. The water is falling into the bad and is quite noisy. This will also control how much water flows out of the tank if we have a power outage.

Any other ideas on fixes Steve?

[explor3r]

This is super exiting, this stage rocks Im sure you can hardly sleep thinking of all the things to do. what beauty!!!!!

[Scythanith]

I am still missing the lower sump pump so I can't really get things running in a balanced fashion. That's the frustrating part haahaa! Right now I want to get that sorted out so I can get her salted and ready to throw some fish into