| Update!!!!
Alright...I've been a huge tease lately, and havent shown any pics.....well, I'm doing the exact same thing again here.
However, I've had alot going on.....got engaged....the whole world had to be put on hold until we got her ring squared away and figured out where, and when the wedding and reception were going to be. At last, I'm sorta back to being able to work on the tank.
Okay....I had every thing plumbed up, and dry fitted. The I started gluing....I was really kinda nervous about messing with that since I had never done it before. It was a snap. Nothing to worry about at all.
Naturally the problems came into to play AFTER I had glued all the closed loop plumbing and the return plumbing.
I didnt like any of it. It made things 1000 times more complicated and was definately not user friendly, which was one of the original goals for this tank.
So......I scrapped it, and started over. Got it done in a couple of hours, made things much more user friendly, saved space and used less PVC in the process. I also made a big decision to bite the bullet, and order a new skimmer in place of the ETSS 600 clone I have. The ETSS is a great skimmer, just took up alot more space under my stand and behind my tank than made me happy. It was actually the source for all of the non user friendly plumbing in the first place, what with trying to work around that monster. So I ordered the biggest skimmer I could squeeze into my sump, a Euro-Reef CS6-2. Hopefully it will get here soon. I just finished gluing the final coupling to the return plumbing, and I expect to be able to start the wet testing, (looking for leaks) tomorrow.
Unfortunately, I now have to go to work.
Pics will follow soon folks, thanks for being patient!
Nick |