Serge's Tank

[Serge]

Hi folks, I thought I would start a sort of progress log of my tank setup/installation. As things progress, I will do the occasional write-up and post picture updates. Of course, comments/suggestions will be welcomed. Hope I will not bore (?) anyone.

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[Toirtis]

So quit nattering and get on with it, man!

 

[Serge]

Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! But I can only squeeze so many hours in a day.

I got some pics transfered to the PC, I just need to format them before posting. Umm... "Da Boss" is calling.... Sunny and warm Saturday..... Day trip to Montreal I have just been informed. Gotta scoot now...

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[Serge]

OK, I am looking for suggestions. I have a bunch of pictures to upload, and my dilemma is should I just include them in post, or should I upload them to my "gallery"? Thanks,

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[Serge]

Ok... Let see if I can do this correctly this time. :lol

The sand (This stuff is white, white, white), the RO/DI unit in the basement, and the tank when it came in last December.

 

[Serge]

First attempt to install the tank. Discovered an unpleasant surprise. Houston, we have a problem. The two middle stand pipes were located just above the stand braces. 8O

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[Serge]

More details of this problem situation.

 

[Serge]

Another look at how the stand pipe aligns over the support brace.

 

[Serge]

The solution. First, drill wholes with the hole saw, then add supplemental piece of wood which is then glued and screwed in place. Piece of cake!

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[Serge]

Some of the plumbing used. More was added later on. I used a mix of scheduled 40 and sched 80 to do the job.

How I increased floor support under where the tank will be located.

 

[Serge]

Plumbing details under the tank. Center - Left Side - Right Side

 

[Serge]

Everything is in place. Filling with fresh water do to leak tests. I actually had to do the plumbing twice because some joints were leaking.

I found that the white teflon tape is not really suited for this kind of job, so I had to use the much thicker yellow tape. Blue or pink teflon tape could also have been used.

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[Serge]

Here are some pics of an ongoing project. Building a beckett skimmer. It's not pretty, but it is a fun project. MMMMmmmmm.... All the nice fumes from those glues/solvents.... 8O

 

[Serge]

And a few more..... 8)

 

[Serge]

A couple more. That's it for now. More to come as things progresses. Comments and questions are welcomed.

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[Guest]

what are those pics of those white things on those 2 acrylic tubes???

also are you doing a DIY protien skimmer???? if so tell us details on how you decieded to do this!

 

[Serge]

Aaah... Those would be nylon screws and wing nuts available from US Plastics.

http://www.usplastic.com

Ordered a 100 of each because I am planning on building more acrylic things in the future. And yes, that is a protein skimmer, more specifically the Beckett type.

Here is where I got my inspiration for it:

http://www.tonmo.com/cephcare/DIYskimmer.php

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[Guest]

thats awesome!!!! i wsa looking at this yesterday and my dad asked me what i was looking at and i told him your problem and he said you should have gotten a reef ready type of tank now IMO i dont know if yours is reef ready cause if it is, thats a really wierd type

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although congrats on the nice tank, now i will take any other that you dont need

 

[Serge]

For information purposes, it is a Marineland/Perfecto Jetstream aquarium, pre-drilled at the factory, with dual overflows and dual returns (125 gal). It also has two Tidepool-2 wet/dry filtering system with Mag-18 return pump. It is not as weird as you seem to think. The difference is that instead of having home-made stand-pipe systems, it is commercially made. Makes sense to you?

As I write this, the the RO/DI unit has been working since 17:00 h. yesterday to fill it up. I'm hoping to start it with SW this week-end. Yippeee!

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[Guest]

no it doesnt make sense but it sounds good so you must like it so its good enoguh for me