New sump ???`s - Page 5

zimboy · 11-24-2007, 06:45 PM

that light fixture looks ideal btw.

PEMfish · 11-24-2007, 07:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by zimboy

clear tubing allows algae growth because it allows LIGHT into the tube. Black tubing doesn't for obvious reasons.

Did you notice the "the people who want to smart" line? ( flaky joke ).
Glad to hear about the light.
Dang, I have a bulb like that, hate the light it gives off so i have no use for it. But its 'soft white light'. What do bulbs run($)?

PEMfish · 11-24-2007, 07:33 PM

So that'll be the fixture I'll use. This will be the bulb I'll use: PAR38 Reflector 16 Watt / 5100K: Light Bulbs Etc, Inc. . I won't get ether `cause when X-mas stuff goes on sale, the fixture will to, and I'm ordering some stuff tonight, a $10 bulb from the bank will make me cry. I am SO *chp I won't even buy the voles in the * word.

fishnu · 11-24-2007, 08:13 PM

Menards has incandescent replacement Daylight compact Fluorescents for $7 with a 5800 K rating.

PEMfish · 11-25-2007, 10:39 PM

The pump ( and other stuff as well ) should be here by Sunday. I am so charged! Can't wait! I need to get the tank by then too.
I will leave it open for now.

PEMfish · 11-28-2007, 05:53 PM

I got he pump today!! 10' of .5'' tube, 2 .r' 90* elbows, and new light bulb or the planted. Its always exiting getting things, even if you know there coming and there nothing exiting. Another good experience with DrsF&S and Fed ex. Don't have the tank yet, didn't think I needed to get it so soon. Tubing was a bit off. Theres a .5'' on the pump so I got .5'' tubing, seemed sensible. I think it will still work with all the parts they gave me, just need some O rings.

PEMfish · 11-28-2007, 07:18 PM

Tubing error. I will be running 3/4" tubing up into the tank ( return ). A 4ft, were the line peaks, there will be 200gph. ( So a 200gph return ). I will feed the sump with a siphon. What diameter vinyl tube will I need for the siphon?

PEMfish · 11-29-2007, 06:28 PM

With that pump And 1/2" tubing feeding the sump - Would 1 siphon do it? or two with a restricter? Or two or three?

tbittner · 11-29-2007, 10:15 PM

I'm guessing here but, it sounds like 1" worth of pipe would siphon out 600 gph. I base that on the fact that my overflow uses 1" siphon tubes, two of them, and I'm getting around 1200 gph through this box.

PEMfish · 11-30-2007, 08:34 PM

AGA jacked up there prices

It doesn't have to be AGA

oh, wait ( have you seen the other options )- it dose

At least it will be quality

But hidden away in the stand...

But I found one used

Yeah, Rod ( owner of Rods Reef - Home ) has about a dozen of them from breading clowns. At half the retail price. Awesome! I'll swing by and pick one up mid next week. I hate to wait but I'll be out that way any way, plus the right tubing hasn't got here yet ( or by then )

PEMfish · 12-02-2007, 01:24 PM

The package ( U tube and hose + gloves ) would have been here around 5:00 yesterday. But it started snowing. Those wimps, its just snow! So its sitting in a truck a couple towns over. I'm expecting it Monday. I'll be getting the tank Tuesday. Can't wait.

PEMfish · 12-02-2007, 01:27 PM

So thats the plan. I know it won't be perfect right off the bat so watch out for ?s. Then around X-mas when all that stuff gos on sale and I have more money I'll get that light and maybe add the baffles/ LR/ chato.

PEMfish · 12-05-2007, 11:16 PM

Got the tank from Rod. In great shape for an used one.

For the overflow, I was thinking this: (see pic). I know that will create a reliable flow, wont it? Is it looking good? I won't be doing a good looking acrylic job, just something that works. I will also have a tube connected to the top of the U tube to prevent air build up.

zimboy · 12-05-2007, 11:21 PM

that looks pretty much like a standard overflow design. I don't see any reason it won't work. Have fun building it!

tbittner · 12-05-2007, 11:33 PM

I've been using my overflow for about 9 months now and it's never built up any air in it. The water velocity sucks out the air.

11-24-2007, 06:45 PM	#61 (permalink)
zimboy Tuxedo Urchin Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Canada Posts: 296 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: New sump ???`s that light fixture looks ideal btw.

11-24-2007, 07:33 PM	#63 (permalink)
PEMfish Acropora Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Kane Co. Il. Posts: 1,922 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: New sump ???`s So that'll be the fixture I'll use. This will be the bulb I'll use: PAR38 Reflector 16 Watt / 5100K: Light Bulbs Etc, Inc. . I won't get ether `cause when X-mas stuff goes on sale, the fixture will to, and I'm ordering some stuff tonight, a $10 bulb from the bank will make me cry. I am SO chp I won't even buy the voles in the word. __________________ Paul `EM See how it all came to be;http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/...g-catchup.html My new tank; http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/...-opciones.html Make it idiot-proof and someone will make a better idiot. I'll make the whole damn world jealous if given the money to do so. Don't make mistakes and learn from them, read and learn how to avoid mistakes. a)Fix the damn problem b)live with it -But absolutely no b*tching

11-24-2007, 08:13 PM	#64 (permalink)
fishnu Harlequin Tuskfish Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Naperville, IL Posts: 998 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: New sump ???`s Menards has incandescent replacement Daylight compact Fluorescents for $7 with a 5800 K rating. __________________ *I'd rather be good slow than bad fast.* Fishnu, Lord of Fishes Mantis Shrimp Club My Tank Thread The Wisdom of Fishnu - Mistakes on the path. 75 Gal Refurbished and Refinished Dutch Aquariums System Tank drilled with 2 1.5" bulkheads and 30 Gal Sump / Refugium Combo; 90 Lbs Fiji LR; ASM G2; OR6500 Pump; 2 Koralia Nanos; 2 150W HQI 2 96W Actinics; Gamma 25w UV; Kent Maxxima Hi S 60GPD RO/DI. Amphiprion percula (OMEN); Sphaeramia nematoptera (CODY); stenopus hispidus (PIMP THE SHRIMP); Selected hermits and snails. Euphyllia divisa, Euphyllia glabrescens, Pink Acanthastrea (Lord?), Zoas, selected mushrooms (Rhodactis, Actinodiscus, Sarcophyton ...). Looking for mermaid.

11-25-2007, 10:39 PM	#65 (permalink)
PEMfish Acropora Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Kane Co. Il. Posts: 1,922 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: New sump ???`s The pump ( and other stuff as well ) should be here by Sunday. I am so charged! Can't wait! I need to get the tank by then too. I will leave it open for now. __________________ Paul `EM See how it all came to be;http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/...g-catchup.html My new tank; http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/...-opciones.html Make it idiot-proof and someone will make a better idiot. I'll make the whole damn world jealous if given the money to do so. Don't make mistakes and learn from them, read and learn how to avoid mistakes. a)Fix the damn problem b)live with it -But absolutely no b*tching

11-28-2007, 05:53 PM	#66 (permalink)
PEMfish Acropora Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Kane Co. Il. Posts: 1,922 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: New sump ???`s I got he pump today!! 10' of .5'' tube, 2 .r' 90* elbows, and new light bulb or the planted. Its always exiting getting things, even if you know there coming and there nothing exiting. Another good experience with DrsF&S and Fed ex. Don't have the tank yet, didn't think I needed to get it so soon. Tubing was a bit off. Theres a .5'' on the pump so I got .5'' tubing, seemed sensible. I think it will still work with all the parts they gave me, just need some O rings. __________________ Paul `EM See how it all came to be;http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/...g-catchup.html My new tank; http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/...-opciones.html Make it idiot-proof and someone will make a better idiot. I'll make the whole damn world jealous if given the money to do so. Don't make mistakes and learn from them, read and learn how to avoid mistakes. a)Fix the damn problem b)live with it -But absolutely no b*tching

11-28-2007, 07:18 PM	#67 (permalink)
PEMfish Acropora Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Kane Co. Il. Posts: 1,922 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: New sump ???`s Tubing error. I will be running 3/4" tubing up into the tank ( return ). A 4ft, were the line peaks, there will be 200gph. ( So a 200gph return ). I will feed the sump with a siphon. What diameter vinyl tube will I need for the siphon? __________________ Paul `EM See how it all came to be;http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/...g-catchup.html My new tank; http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/...-opciones.html Make it idiot-proof and someone will make a better idiot. I'll make the whole damn world jealous if given the money to do so. Don't make mistakes and learn from them, read and learn how to avoid mistakes. a)Fix the damn problem b)live with it -But absolutely no b*tching

11-29-2007, 06:28 PM	#68 (permalink)
PEMfish Acropora Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Kane Co. Il. Posts: 1,922 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: New sump ???`s With that pump And 1/2" tubing feeding the sump - Would 1 siphon do it? or two with a restricter? Or two or three? __________________ Paul `EM See how it all came to be;http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/...g-catchup.html My new tank; http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/...-opciones.html Make it idiot-proof and someone will make a better idiot. I'll make the whole damn world jealous if given the money to do so. Don't make mistakes and learn from them, read and learn how to avoid mistakes. a)Fix the damn problem b)live with it -But absolutely no b*tching

11-29-2007, 10:15 PM	#69 (permalink)
tbittner Watch this Ma! Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Northern VA Posts: 5,562 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: New sump ???`s I'm guessing here but, it sounds like 1" worth of pipe would siphon out 600 gph. I base that on the fact that my overflow uses 1" siphon tubes, two of them, and I'm getting around 1200 gph through this box. __________________ Terry 150g predator tank full of killers. Soon to be upgraded to a 360g. 450g reef 300g sump.

11-30-2007, 08:34 PM	#70 (permalink)
PEMfish Acropora Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Kane Co. Il. Posts: 1,922 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: New sump ???`s AGA jacked up there prices It doesn't have to be AGA oh, wait ( have you seen the other options )- it dose At least it will be quality But hidden away in the stand... But I found one used Yeah, Rod ( owner of Rods Reef - Home ) has about a dozen of them from breading clowns. At half the retail price. Awesome! I'll swing by and pick one up mid next week. I hate to wait but I'll be out that way any way, plus the right tubing hasn't got here yet ( or by then ) __________________ Paul `EM See how it all came to be;http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/...g-catchup.html My new tank; http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/...-opciones.html Make it idiot-proof and someone will make a better idiot. I'll make the whole damn world jealous if given the money to do so. Don't make mistakes and learn from them, read and learn how to avoid mistakes. a)Fix the damn problem b)live with it -But absolutely no b*tching

12-02-2007, 01:24 PM	#71 (permalink)
PEMfish Acropora Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Kane Co. Il. Posts: 1,922 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: New sump ???`s The package ( U tube and hose + gloves ) would have been here around 5:00 yesterday. But it started snowing. Those wimps, its just snow! So its sitting in a truck a couple towns over. I'm expecting it Monday. I'll be getting the tank Tuesday. Can't wait. __________________ Paul `EM See how it all came to be;http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/...g-catchup.html My new tank; http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/...-opciones.html Make it idiot-proof and someone will make a better idiot. I'll make the whole damn world jealous if given the money to do so. Don't make mistakes and learn from them, read and learn how to avoid mistakes. a)Fix the damn problem b)live with it -But absolutely no b*tching

12-02-2007, 01:27 PM	#72 (permalink)
PEMfish Acropora Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Kane Co. Il. Posts: 1,922 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: New sump ???`s So thats the plan. I know it won't be perfect right off the bat so watch out for ?s. Then around X-mas when all that stuff gos on sale and I have more money I'll get that light and maybe add the baffles/ LR/ chato. __________________ Paul `EM See how it all came to be;http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/...g-catchup.html My new tank; http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/...-opciones.html Make it idiot-proof and someone will make a better idiot. I'll make the whole damn world jealous if given the money to do so. Don't make mistakes and learn from them, read and learn how to avoid mistakes. a)Fix the damn problem b)live with it -But absolutely no b*tching

12-05-2007, 11:21 PM	#74 (permalink)
zimboy Tuxedo Urchin Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Canada Posts: 296 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: New sump ???`s that looks pretty much like a standard overflow design. I don't see any reason it won't work. Have fun building it!

12-05-2007, 11:33 PM	#75 (permalink)
tbittner Watch this Ma! Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Northern VA Posts: 5,562 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: New sump ???`s I've been using my overflow for about 9 months now and it's never built up any air in it. The water velocity sucks out the air. __________________ Terry 150g predator tank full of killers. Soon to be upgraded to a 360g. 450g reef 300g sump.

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