Plywood tank and Sump build.....
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ravi197699
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Thanks a lot and yes I will be very careful with everything, will post picture when I add sand and live rock..
congrats on a sucessful water test, it'll go a little easier and a lot less stressful from here on....keep up the great work man
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Weekend progress
I was able to work on the tank this weekend and I am don't with plumbing for the most part... I installed the both sumps and connected them and worked on the drain from overflow to sump and plumbed frag tank and thanks to James who took sometime out Sunday to help me adjust the eductors in the tank for proper flow. Originally I had 2 eductors on each closed loop input that will bring the total of eductors to 8 but we decided to remove one from each and now we have 4 in total and they move enough water within the tank.. We were able to cut some pieces from leftover plywood for algae scrubber and I was able to put one together yesterday. I have done first coat of waterproof paint on the outside but inside the scrubber will have same sealer that I have used for the tank. I will lay at least 3 coats of the Dura Rubber since it will have water flowing through in I am not worried for any leaks and 3 coats should be more than enough. I will add more pictures when when I install and this unit to the stand and plumb it will same return pump... More pictures to come.......
I was able to work on the tank this weekend and I am don't with plumbing for the most part... I installed the both sumps and connected them and worked on the drain from overflow to sump and plumbed frag tank and thanks to James who took sometime out Sunday to help me adjust the eductors in the tank for proper flow. Originally I had 2 eductors on each closed loop input that will bring the total of eductors to 8 but we decided to remove one from each and now we have 4 in total and they move enough water within the tank.. We were able to cut some pieces from leftover plywood for algae scrubber and I was able to put one together yesterday. I have done first coat of waterproof paint on the outside but inside the scrubber will have same sealer that I have used for the tank. I will lay at least 3 coats of the Dura Rubber since it will have water flowing through in I am not worried for any leaks and 3 coats should be more than enough. I will add more pictures when when I install and this unit to the stand and plumb it will same return pump... More pictures to come.......
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Made some progress
Yesterday I had few hours to spare so I installed my Algae Scrubber that I put together with plywood as well and same method to seal the inside of the scrubber and outside i used waterproof mold resist white paint. I have installed 3/4" bulkhead for input and 1" bulkhead for drain. I will be using cheap 48" t5 fixture that I bought from Lowes. This fixture has 2 tube lights and they are day like 6500k. We made this scrubber so that this light can sit on top of the left and right sides easily and light won't escape from top. Light will be 4" above mesh that i will use to grow GHA. I will be filling the sumps tomorrow and then once they are full I will turn on the entire system including frag tank and algae scrubber and post pictures and document the results of the outcome...until then stay tuned....
Yesterday I had few hours to spare so I installed my Algae Scrubber that I put together with plywood as well and same method to seal the inside of the scrubber and outside i used waterproof mold resist white paint. I have installed 3/4" bulkhead for input and 1" bulkhead for drain. I will be using cheap 48" t5 fixture that I bought from Lowes. This fixture has 2 tube lights and they are day like 6500k. We made this scrubber so that this light can sit on top of the left and right sides easily and light won't escape from top. Light will be 4" above mesh that i will use to grow GHA. I will be filling the sumps tomorrow and then once they are full I will turn on the entire system including frag tank and algae scrubber and post pictures and document the results of the outcome...until then stay tuned....
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Thanks, I will never have reef system without refugium and scrubber....
interesting idea on the scrubber, I may have to try that myself
ravi197699
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Thanks a lot I never thought I will be building plywood tank but after I got prices for glass tanks (too much) I started doing research about alternatives and this is what I ended up going with ....
I had the privilege to see this yesterday and all I can say is WOW. What a system. Plus Ravi is a really nice guy.
redtop03
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I'm a firm believer in a refugeum but I've never tried a scrubber, I've seen several builds and heard nothing but rave reviews on their nutrient reduction capabilities so I've been strongly considering 1 myself, I've still not made my mind up on a design so I like seeing how everybody does theirs...I've seen a few that used PVC rain gutters, which is basically like what you are building and I like that design so far best
ravi197699
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Thanks Mike I must say the same thing about you as well....I saw video of your tank and I like your sump room as well....
ravi197699
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Thanks alot bud if you need more info, feel free to send pm ....
I'm a firm believer in a refugeum but I've never tried a scrubber, I've seen several builds and heard nothing but rave reviews on their nutrient reduction capabilities so I've been strongly considering 1 myself, I've still not made my mind up on a design so I like seeing how everybody does theirs...I've seen a few that used PVC rain gutters, which is basically like what you are building and I like that design so far best
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Ok so this weekend and I filled the entire system will tap water just to test and see how things are and I got positive results, no leaks, Tank, sumps, frag tanks are holding water fine and drain pipe is handling water flow from tank just fine and there is plenty of room in it to handle a lot more. I have two issues that I am facing right now one is pump being noisy and that will resolved by sending the pump to Reeflo they have set price of 145 that takes care of everything (Seal, any plastic part that needs to be replaced, bearings) and second issue is Oceans Motions that I am using with that pump. I don't think it turns when the pump comes on and that could be due to pressure. Yesterday I have started working on the led fixture and all Led's are mounted on the heat sink and I will upload pictures this evening. Still a lot of pictures to come.....
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