Ok.. SOOO.. it has definitely been a while since i've updated this thread and i'm sorry for that. I've just been so busy with school and all... that i've hardly hard time to setup the tank.. let alone document it. So i hope this next update can make up for the time lost during this build. I'll try and take as many recent pics as i can.. but it's all pretty boring lol. And yeah.. lol.. i know you can see most of me in the videos lol.. but i could really care less. Just let me know what ya think. Once i move the tank up to my room there will be lots more pics because that's when i'll be putting sand and rock in. I've got my rock structures down and i've used acrylic rods and silicone to complete them.. so i hope you all like them. but that's for next weekend.
Here's a couple videos to show the progress of my tank. If anyone has any suggestions or advice as to how my tank is progressing please let me know.
So.. here's just a basic wrap around of my entire tank and how it runs etc.. Right now it's running in my basement. I'll be running it in my basement for about a week just as a plumbing test and leak test. Don't want it busting a leak in my room lol.. i've got carpet and i'm on the second floor so it would be bad if my tank sprung a leak.
Here's the first video:
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Next video is when i turn off the return pump... trying to replicate if there was a power outage and the return pump shut off:
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Now here's another videos of the return pump turning back on. Let me know if anyone sees anything wrong or if anything should be re-aranged.. etc.. I'm trying to do this completely right this time around.
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Alright.. that's all for now.
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Hahahaha.. just watching the video right now im laughing at the teeth on the overflow box. They're so messed up and crooked hahaha. Still.. it works so i guess that's all that matters. I spent like 5 minutes looking at the return looking for little air bubbles just to check if there was a air leak in my return but i've yet to find an air bubble come out of the return so i think i'm good. Hopefully. But.. i turn the return pump off and on and everything seems to work fine and nothing oveflows so i think i'm good. I'm still going to let it sit this week though to see how the plumbing fairs out.
Also, sorry for the video quality. It was my first time taking videos with that camera... :s
Believe it or not.. i'm really REALLY happy with the results this time around and i think the tank is going to go as planned. But i guess we'll see about that.