Sump/Refugium Project 09

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Tank2379

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Alright I have started my Sump/Refugium. I have my OverFlow Box (Eshopps). I am waiting for my Mag 7. I ordered a 45mm Glass Drill bit which I already received from BRS. I have already put only 2 baffles in for now I will get 2 more put in for my bubble trap. I also have cut a 45mm hole to connect the other 10 gallon which will be my Fuge.... For now just a few pictures I got so you can see some progress I got so far....

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My first glass cut hole by me...
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Plumbers Putty I used
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and the Drill bit...
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Yes. I Practice on a couple old pieces of glass first before I did the actual tank... So far so good... The only hard part now is cutting the other hole in the Fuge that I got already setup for awhile now....
 
I will post pictures from Time to Time to see my Progress hopefully this will help someone else out with doing a 10 Gallon Sump/Refugium...
 
Well today I got the second 10 gallon Tank drilled... This was a Piece of cake.... I got the rest of the plumbing supplies. Still waiting for the Return Pump to come in.... I Just hope I don't get screw off of RC.... But here are a few more Pictures of the other 10 gallon.... I got in 2 Bulkheads from BRS....

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The tank on your Right will be the Fuge of Course. Water will travel back down into the Sump....
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Eshopps Overflow Box...
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A Little bit of Plumbing work...
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Well I guess back to the Drawing board.... I will post a Picture on what I am talking about later... I finally had everything ready to get Plumbed and low in behold I went to put the first tank under my 55 and.... DANG IT... It did not fit. You would of think I would check something like this, I figured it would fit because of the Size the door is look big enough to fit a 10 gallon at least.... But I guess you live and you learn.... Now I am going to re think about that I am going to do and go from there.... Looks like my project is on hold for now.... Any ideas I will take to help me out...
 
Well since that day I was able to get both tanks to fit under the Tank. I had gotten it all plumbed up and low in behold there was a leak in one of the PVC going into the return. So I had to saw most of it apart and redo it, but on the way to redo everything and taking everything apart CRACK:peace: one of the 10 gallons cracked on me. So now instead of having both 10 gallons I ended up with just one. So I re-plumbed that one and made a Small Refugium out of what I had with that one. So now I think it may have turned out pretty good... Here are a few pictures of my work.

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At first it was sucking up to much air but I fix that problem.
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Here is my completed work. A lot of bubbles that because of no Filter Sock yet. But i'll fix that problem soon enough. I can't get every picture up Photobucket has been acting weird with uploading multiple pictures in a row.
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LR Rubble in the first Chamber
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My Little Fuge Area.
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My Return Area
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That's all for now.... Wasn't a big project but should be good for now....

Hope you guys like it.
 
This was the first set initially.

The overflow
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The return
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Here is what I was taking about when I Plumb them together it was a tight fit. The tank to you right was the one that cracked. The one on the Left the bottom where the it goes back into the retun was leaking.
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The is how the whole thing was set before the other tank was cracked.

Lesson learn never put to much pressure on a Tank that has thin glass and has a cut out whole in it...LOL....
 
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