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Don't glue anything inside the overflow. You want to be able to disasmble if you need to! Plus if a fish ever gets in there it is very easy to pull out the dirso & let the water drain to sump & net fish there. Rather than in the overflow with a durso glued in you way! |
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Great build taggin along.
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Wow, great job. I will also be tagging along
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great build, good luck
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04/07/2009, 07:18 AM | #158 |
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drummereef gives us more!!
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Tagging to watch a true OCD build. Amazing so far.
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More updates on the way blennymower. I have a couple goodies on order.
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This OCD is worth it. That stand is top notch. I notice there is some space left between the top of the tank and the wall. Was this on purpose?
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Thanks blenny. I left about 2" between the top front rim and the header for some air space. There's also about a 1" gap on either side of the tank as well. I wanted as much air movement as I could get around the tank to minimize any wicking of water into the walls. Thus the reason I laminated everything around the tank with either formica or pvc board. The viewing side of the tank will be all trimmed out so there will be no leakage of light into the family room area. It will completely sealed once the trim work is done. I wanted to do a freshwater test to make sure the thing doesn't leak before I trim it out.
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You should definately test it man. Those bulheads have always given me a headache, no matter how tight I put them they always leak. I end up sealing them with silicone.
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UPDATE:
Here's the latest folks... Another piece of the puzzle came in today. The awesome guys at Marine Solutions (Rob and Jeff) had this bad boy drop shipped from MDM. Super fast turnaround, couldn't ask for better service. Here's a couple eye candy shots. The box. What is it? Unpacking... Surprise. The money shot. Newest version of the Dart with the Baldor motor. Another.
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Very nice, hope its quieter then the GenX I picked out.
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whats the rating on that pump?
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What is the flow rate on that pump? Are you going to run a manifold or anything else off of it? I'm trying to decide how much flow I want going through my sump and returning to my 120g.
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Here's the 2009 product sheet on the Dart guys. It's way too much flow just for a return pump on a 180. I'm planning on running everything off this pump, all reactors etc... so there will be a manifold. I think I'm back to the original plan of a remote refugium/DSB too. This will also be fed from the return pump. I feel pretty confident this pump will give me options for the future.
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Ok guys, this is the final revision of the sump design. Let me know if you have any final comments/critiques before I move forward with this one.
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