Porc Chop's Tank

[carey]

Youre very welcome! Good luck and keep researching!

 

[Hondatek]

Overflow pipes done . Look good to you twitch?

 

[coffeetwitch]

nicely done.

and you have room to adj your overflow up and not have the pipes contact the bottom of your dt right? i think with the screws you get like an inch inch and a half of adjustment. the only thing that i would would suggest are the unions should you want to brake it down.

looking good mike.

 

[Hondatek]

Well I adjusted the overflow all the way up then fit and cut the pipes. Plenty of room to lower it all the way if needs to be. Thanks going to take a break the do the return section.

 

[coffeetwitch]

fantastic. again good job.

 

[Hondatek]

Still no luck finding that Christies glue you were telling me about . Home depot did not have it.

 

[coffeetwitch]

maybe just try to find something that notes for potable water would work just fine.

 

[Hondatek]

That's probably what I will have to use then . I have one more place to check. Thanks

 

[coffeetwitch]

yes sir.

 

[coffeetwitch]

ok so i read the christy's can front to back top to bottom. i didnt see anything mentioning fda or potable water. so maybe you would be good with what ever you can find?

 

[Hondatek]

Your probably right . I found some info online that they talk about using Christies and just regular pipe cement . It didn't seem like it makes a difference once it cures.

 

[Hondatek]

Anything I can buy to make the return pump output pipes look better? It looks rather ugly.

 

[coffeetwitch]

3/4 Loc line modular piping - English

not saying you have to buy from here just what is available to adapt into your pipe.

 

[Hondatek]

Ok I'll do a local search on it . Thanks.

 

[Hondatek]

Stupid question but how do you attach the loc line to the PVC?

 

[coffeetwitch]

On that page you will see a fitting with a loc line ball on one end and threads on the other. Just need to get the PVC fitting with female threads to a slip fit or how ever you want to go with your pipe work.


The only stupid question is the one not asked.

 

[Hondatek]

Ok I see what part your talking about. What's your opinion on pool filter sand for the tank ? I have been doing the numbers and according to the sandbed calculator I'm looking at 600 lbs of sand . At 20 bucks for 30 lbs that's about $400. Not really what I was expecting for sand cost .

 

[coffeetwitch]

carey and several others have used pool filter sand for their dsb. i plan on finding the whitest pfs i can find to use on my 125 as soon as i can get it going.

 

[Hondatek]

So no real issues with silicates or anything like that?

 

[coffeetwitch]

ive read that its chemically the same as your aquarium glass. only the structure of it is different. and no, they have reported zero issues using it.