Terry's 450g upgrade - Page 47

tbittner · 04-02-2008, 11:37 PM

Thanks!

I finished the plumbing so tomorrow night I'll pump some saltwater into the tank, slowly, and leak test it. Hopefully, there won't be any leaks on the drain side. Then, depending on if 40g is enough to test the CL, I'll plug in the pump and check the whole system. If I get that far, I'll try to video tape the flow so you can see what I see.

althea2you · 04-03-2008, 09:52 AM

woohoo!! you finished the plumbing already!!! i thought this was going to take like a week! :P well it feels like one any wya... LOL. just messin! here i am givin you a hard time, and i still dont have pictures of MY AWESOME tank yet! HAHAHA!! it is sooooo cool!!! my son came in the room and was like... why isnt there water in the top yet? i said .. there IS water in there... he was confused, and was like OH!! hahahha i thought there wasnt anything in it! it doesnt look like it!

lol, it is great! i love it! its so crystal clear!

tbittner · 04-03-2008, 10:48 AM

WOW Sarah! Your water is clear already??? That's amazing! Of course, I can only imagine what your new tank looks like.

nikkipigtails · 04-03-2008, 10:50 AM

Plumbing's done?

Wish I could say the same thing. Good luck testing, I'm sure everything will be fine.

althea2you · 04-03-2008, 11:12 AM

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Originally Posted by tbittner

WOW Sarah! Your water is clear already??? That's amazing! Of course, I can only imagine what your new tank looks like.

haha! well i dont have the sand in... and only my live rock is in there.. im going to add the marco rock and then the sand will be by the end of the week i think but im going to be busy this morning... but this afternoon when i get the marco rock in there, i will get some pics up! LOL

tbittner · 04-03-2008, 12:18 PM

Nikki, I'll post some pics tonight of the plumbing. It was a LOT of pieces and parts to get it put together. Confidence is HIGH that everything will work though.

Sarah.....

aHA!!! I didn't think you added the sand yet and got it crystal clear THAT quickly. And since you purposely didn't tell us that bit of important information, may the fleas of a thousand camels infest your arm pits for a week!!!

althea2you · 04-03-2008, 01:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tbittner

Nikki, I'll post some pics tonight of the plumbing. It was a LOT of pieces and parts to get it put together. Confidence is HIGH that everything will work though.

Sarah.....

aHA!!! I didn't think you added the sand yet and got it crystal clear THAT quickly. And since you purposely didn't tell us that bit of important information, may the fleas of a thousand camels infest your arm pits for a week!!!

LMAO!!!!!! yikes! thats would be rather uncomfortable!

pbittner · 04-03-2008, 01:36 PM

Now Now Honey - you had better be nice!!! Shame on you for such a harsh "wish" for Sarah. That does sound really nasty!

althea2you · 04-03-2008, 01:39 PM

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Originally Posted by pbittner

Now Now Honey - you had better be nice!!! Shame on you for such a harsh "wish" for Sarah. That does sound really nasty!

LOL.. no doubt! you tell him patti!!

tbittner · 04-03-2008, 03:32 PM

LMAO!!!

Well, the tank DOES IN FACT hold water.

HUGE sigh of relief since this is the first time that I've seen it WITH water in it.

As I suspected though, 43g isn't enough to run the CL with. I have another barrel mixing now so later tonight I'll pump it into the tank and that should be enough to run the CL. I'll sweet talk Patti into helping me figure out how to video tape it so you can see the flow. It looked pretty good for a few seconds until the pump started sucking air.

kathywithbirds · 04-03-2008, 03:42 PM

Wow! I don't read this for a while and BAM!!! There it is!!!

That thing is HUGE. (You haven't heard that enough, right?)

tbittner · 04-03-2008, 03:50 PM

It's really funny, Kathy, to watch everyones face when they walked downstairs to help lift it. It was SHOCK! I've been walking by it and around it for WEEKS now so I guess I got used to it.

It is funny though, looking at it now, and I had just pumped about 43g of water into it and it has about 3" in it. Well, 3" down, 33" to go.

I stopped at the LFS on the way home and bought three turbo snail and ten burgendy leg hermits and added them to the 55 where I'm cycling 150 lbs of rock. The hair algae was starting to grow out of the tank. Although, today it looks like it's died off a bit.

althea2you · 04-03-2008, 05:04 PM

woohoo! its holds water!!! oh yeah!!! cant wait to see the flow...good stuff!

Frankie · 04-03-2008, 05:07 PM

100 gallons are not going to prove it is leak free Terry. You need to fill that puppy up all the way and let it sit for a week and watch for seam seeping. I would just fill her up with the well water. You can siphon it out after.

tbittner · 04-03-2008, 05:53 PM

Yeah Frankie, hind sight and all that. After reading your post I realized that I could have plugged the holes, since I have the bulkheads installed, and filled it up with well water. The reason I didn't was because I didn't know how to get the water out of the CL plumbing, which holds around 20g. I didn't want that much non-ro/di water in the system. Geez, I must be tired because I keep missing obvious things.

That and by filling it slowly, it's actually giving the new center brace another two or three days to cure before I get it even half way full.

04-02-2008, 11:37 PM	#691 (permalink)
tbittner Watch this Ma! Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Northern VA Posts: 5,562 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Terry's 450g upgrade Thanks! I finished the plumbing so tomorrow night I'll pump some saltwater into the tank, slowly, and leak test it. Hopefully, there won't be any leaks on the drain side. Then, depending on if 40g is enough to test the CL, I'll plug in the pump and check the whole system. If I get that far, I'll try to video tape the flow so you can see what I see. __________________ Terry 150g predator tank full of killers. Soon to be upgraded to a 360g. 450g reef 300g sump.

04-03-2008, 09:52 AM	#692 (permalink)
althea2you Padawan Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 1,455 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Terry's 450g upgrade woohoo!! you finished the plumbing already!!! i thought this was going to take like a week! :P well it feels like one any wya... LOL. just messin! here i am givin you a hard time, and i still dont have pictures of MY AWESOME tank yet! HAHAHA!! it is sooooo cool!!! my son came in the room and was like... why isnt there water in the top yet? i said .. there IS water in there... he was confused, and was like OH!! hahahha i thought there wasnt anything in it! it doesnt look like it! lol, it is great! i love it! its so crystal clear! __________________ ~Sarah~ How people treat you is their karma; how you react is yours. ~Wayne Dyer 28g Nano The 90 Gallon

04-03-2008, 10:48 AM	#693 (permalink)
tbittner Watch this Ma! Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Northern VA Posts: 5,562 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Terry's 450g upgrade WOW Sarah! Your water is clear already??? That's amazing! Of course, I can only imagine what your new tank looks like. __________________ Terry 150g predator tank full of killers. Soon to be upgraded to a 360g. 450g reef 300g sump.

04-03-2008, 10:50 AM	#694 (permalink)
nikkipigtails Golden Moray Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Hillbilly Hell, AL Posts: 2,811 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Terry's 450g upgrade Plumbing's done? Wish I could say the same thing. Good luck testing, I'm sure everything will be fine. __________________ No man ever reached excellence in any one art or profession without having passed through the slow and painful process of study and preparation. - Horace

04-03-2008, 12:18 PM	#696 (permalink)
tbittner Watch this Ma! Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Northern VA Posts: 5,562 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Terry's 450g upgrade Nikki, I'll post some pics tonight of the plumbing. It was a LOT of pieces and parts to get it put together. Confidence is HIGH that everything will work though. Sarah..... aHA!!! I didn't think you added the sand yet and got it crystal clear THAT quickly. And since you purposely didn't tell us that bit of important information, may the fleas of a thousand camels infest your arm pits for a week!!! __________________ Terry 150g predator tank full of killers. Soon to be upgraded to a 360g. 450g reef 300g sump.

04-03-2008, 01:36 PM	#698 (permalink)
pbittner Midas Blenny Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: No. Virginia Posts: 124 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Terry's 450g upgrade Now Now Honey - you had better be nice!!! Shame on you for such a harsh "wish" for Sarah. That does sound really nasty! __________________ Patti aka Mrs. B aka Bus Driver Lady aka Terry's Sweet (Good Natured) Wife #1 Mom to Matt, Jessi & Josh to Goldie & Dusty (doggies) to Peeka, Blu & Yummy (birdies) and to Rubber (our resident Duckie) and also to who knows how many fishes!

04-03-2008, 03:32 PM	#700 (permalink)
tbittner Watch this Ma! Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Northern VA Posts: 5,562 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Terry's 450g upgrade LMAO!!! Well, the tank DOES IN FACT hold water. HUGE sigh of relief since this is the first time that I've seen it WITH water in it. As I suspected though, 43g isn't enough to run the CL with. I have another barrel mixing now so later tonight I'll pump it into the tank and that should be enough to run the CL. I'll sweet talk Patti into helping me figure out how to video tape it so you can see the flow. It looked pretty good for a few seconds until the pump started sucking air. __________________ Terry 150g predator tank full of killers. Soon to be upgraded to a 360g. 450g reef 300g sump.

04-03-2008, 03:42 PM	#701 (permalink)
kathywithbirds Social Darwinism victim Join Date: May 2007 Location: The Hood, NJ Posts: 5,792 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Terry's 450g upgrade Wow! I don't read this for a while and BAM!!! There it is!!! That thing is HUGE. (You haven't heard that enough, right?) __________________ (\_/) (\__/) ( . .) (^.^) (")(") (> <) Bunny and Bunnina have worked things out. Bunny was mistaken after all, Bunnina was not having an affair. "Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is the noble art of leaving things undone. The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of non-essentials." ~Lin Yutang

04-03-2008, 03:50 PM	#702 (permalink)
tbittner Watch this Ma! Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Northern VA Posts: 5,562 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Terry's 450g upgrade It's really funny, Kathy, to watch everyones face when they walked downstairs to help lift it. It was SHOCK! I've been walking by it and around it for WEEKS now so I guess I got used to it. It is funny though, looking at it now, and I had just pumped about 43g of water into it and it has about 3" in it. Well, 3" down, 33" to go. I stopped at the LFS on the way home and bought three turbo snail and ten burgendy leg hermits and added them to the 55 where I'm cycling 150 lbs of rock. The hair algae was starting to grow out of the tank. Although, today it looks like it's died off a bit. __________________ Terry 150g predator tank full of killers. Soon to be upgraded to a 360g. 450g reef 300g sump.

04-03-2008, 05:04 PM	#703 (permalink)
althea2you Padawan Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 1,455 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Terry's 450g upgrade woohoo! its holds water!!! oh yeah!!! cant wait to see the flow...good stuff! __________________ ~Sarah~ How people treat you is their karma; how you react is yours. ~Wayne Dyer 28g Nano The 90 Gallon

04-03-2008, 05:07 PM	#704 (permalink)
Frankie Angel Girl's Daddy Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: The End Of The World Posts: 8,533 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Terry's 450g upgrade 100 gallons are not going to prove it is leak free Terry. You need to fill that puppy up all the way and let it sit for a week and watch for seam seeping. I would just fill her up with the well water. You can siphon it out after. __________________ If we ignore the environment maybe it will just go away....

04-03-2008, 05:53 PM	#705 (permalink)
tbittner Watch this Ma! Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Northern VA Posts: 5,562 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Terry's 450g upgrade Yeah Frankie, hind sight and all that. After reading your post I realized that I could have plugged the holes, since I have the bulkheads installed, and filled it up with well water. The reason I didn't was because I didn't know how to get the water out of the CL plumbing, which holds around 20g. I didn't want that much non-ro/di water in the system. Geez, I must be tired because I keep missing obvious things. That and by filling it slowly, it's actually giving the new center brace another two or three days to cure before I get it even half way full. __________________ Terry 150g predator tank full of killers. Soon to be upgraded to a 360g. 450g reef 300g sump.

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