My 1st Father's Day Gift - Page 5

astiesi · 11-06-2009, 11:58 AM

Or should I say use the return valves I did!

astiesi · 11-08-2009, 11:17 PM

I have a few pictures of the finished screen tops, thanks to acroholic for the clear mesh. Hopefully I'll have some pictures of everything moved in later in the week.

BigAl07 · 11-09-2009, 08:53 AM

The tops look GREAT!! My next (and hopefully all future ones) tank will have that same mesh.

Daimyo68 · 11-11-2009, 01:24 AM

Thought you might have a try with this type of solution to your noise problem. It's called the BeanAnimal Overflow - Silent and Failsafe

Here's a video of it in action with sound. Watch the whole video (like 2 mins long): YouTube - Bean Animal's Overflow

The post was "split" due to performance issues, here's the start of it:
Silent and Failsafe Overflow System - Reef Central Online Community

But, have a look at this reply and you will come across the "2 drain pipe" solution.
Page 35, about 3/4 of the way down, a reply by TheFishMan65.
Silent and Failsafe Overflow System - Page 35 - Reef Central Online Community

As he mentions 2 drains are hard to adjust without both pipes being tied together. From what I can see in your pics, your drains are separate in the sump.

Read further down that page I suggested, and there is more info on how you can use your 2 drains to create 1 Full Siphon and 1 Emergency drain.

BTW, I love the way your plumbing came out. A nice clean design.

/D

Daimyo68 · 11-12-2009, 11:38 PM

Have a look at this thread for a solution to your noise:
Silent and Failsafe Overflow System - Page 35 - Reef Central Online Community

About 2/3 the way down the page, post #867. Start reading past that post and you will see some replies with people using 2 drains only.

And when you get the time, read the whole thread, lots of great info in there.

Anyways, using the BeanAnimal concept, with only 2 drain pipes, you lose the one aspect of the 3rd channel Failsafe pipe, but you will end up with a silent system. And since you are using 1.5" pipe, you should be able to flow 2500+ gph. (not that you are looking to get that much flow as I read earlier in your thread). His system is extremely flexible.

Most noise complaints about his system are that people can hear the skimmer now that they have the plumbing installed

/D

astiesi · 11-17-2009, 02:29 PM

Tonight will be picture time! On Saturday everything was moved from my 14 gallon Biocube to this tank. The move went well, every coral was open by Saturday evening. The colors look so much better under the T5 lighting as compared to the PCs in the Biocube. On Sunday evening I brought home a yellow watchman...I've wanted one since I set up the Biocube but ended up with a firefish as I couldn't find a yellow watchman that looked healthy and I got impatient. This time I was able to find a nice, healthy looking YWG and brought it on home. So far he's been a bit camera shy but if he's out tonight I'll get a picture.

I also want to comment on the ATO I set up. Using an aqualifter pump, a 5 gallon bucket, a bit of airline, and a float switch unit from autotopoff.com I was able to create an ATO system for less than $70. I'm very impressed by the simplicity of the system and it works great!

BigAl07 · 11-17-2009, 02:46 PM

I can't wait to see more pics! Your system is so neat and tidy!!

astiesi · 11-17-2009, 11:42 PM

As promised...

These eagle eyes looked almost brown under the PCs, now look at them...

This is my very first coral in its new home...

Here's the new edition to the tank...

And here's a picture of the finished sump...

BigAl07 · 11-18-2009, 12:21 AM

Great pics!! Everything looks very good

nstiesi · 11-18-2009, 10:10 PM

Sweet YWG!

Tru2nr · 11-18-2009, 11:11 PM

i just went through your thread...what kind of engineer everything seems to flow like a ME, sorry i sell to engineers all day long, my one concern would be the steel clamps that you use to hold the pipes, i may have some alternatives that you might be interested in that i can have sampled out to you if your interested. I will look at the parts tomorrow and i'll post some pics for you if your interested.

anyways everything looks great!

astiesi · 11-19-2009, 10:58 AM

I'm an electrical/computer engineer...so not an ME but not too far off. Why should I be concerned about the steel clamps, rust? They are on the backside of the stand and shouldn't be exposed to a large amount of water/salt spray. But, I'm always open to suggestions on how to make things better, so what do you suggest?

nstiesi · 11-19-2009, 04:58 PM

I'll take credit for some the ME inspired engineering in this build.......lol

11-06-2009, 11:58 AM	#61 (permalink)
astiesi Sea Pen Join Date: May 2008 Location: Margate, FL Posts: 342 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: My 1st Father's Day Gift Or should I say use the return valves I did! __________________ Anthony 65G Mixed Reef: -Glass-holes.com 1500 Overflow Kit -Octopus NW-150 Protein Skimmer -Current Nova Extreme Pro 6x39W T5 -200W Hydor Theo Heater -20L Sump (Skimmer/Return/Refugium) -Mag 9.5 Return Pump BioCube 14g: -48W PC Lighting - 24 10000K, 24 Actinic -Oceanic BioCube Skimmer -50W Hydor Theo Heater -Maxi-Jet 600 (160 gph) -Koralia Nano (240 gph) 1st Reef Tank - 14g BioCube 65g Father's Day Gift

11-08-2009, 11:17 PM	#62 (permalink)
astiesi Sea Pen Join Date: May 2008 Location: Margate, FL Posts: 342 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: My 1st Father's Day Gift I have a few pictures of the finished screen tops, thanks to acroholic for the clear mesh. Hopefully I'll have some pictures of everything moved in later in the week. __________________ Anthony 65G Mixed Reef: -Glass-holes.com 1500 Overflow Kit -Octopus NW-150 Protein Skimmer -Current Nova Extreme Pro 6x39W T5 -200W Hydor Theo Heater -20L Sump (Skimmer/Return/Refugium) -Mag 9.5 Return Pump BioCube 14g: -48W PC Lighting - 24 10000K, 24 Actinic -Oceanic BioCube Skimmer -50W Hydor Theo Heater -Maxi-Jet 600 (160 gph) -Koralia Nano (240 gph) 1st Reef Tank - 14g BioCube 65g Father's Day Gift

11-09-2009, 08:53 AM	#63 (permalink)
BigAl07 Do I look as lost as I am Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Waynesville, North Carolina Posts: 21,549 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: My 1st Father's Day Gift The tops look GREAT!! My next (and hopefully all future ones) tank will have that same mesh. __________________ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~ *Live Rock Rubble will do the SAME thing as Bio-Balls and is NOT a suitable replacement for BIO-BALLS in a Reef System! It's ALL gotta go!!* Nitrate (NO3) reduction is directly proportional to percentage of Water Change. Allen's home-made formula...currentNO3-((%WC.01)currentNO3)=finalNO3 (thanks Luukosian) This means if you change 50% of your total water volume (That's EVERYTHING) you'll get a net reduction of (NO3) somewhere around 50%. Ask me about how to increase your REEF budget without going without FOOD!!* Big Al's 10g Julie's (BigAl's Gal) 6g NanoCube Gone but not forgotten BigAl's Slow 90g Tank Chronicle Allens OFFICE 12g Nano-Reef

11-11-2009, 01:24 AM	#64 (permalink)
Daimyo68 Tunicate Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 2 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: My 1st Father's Day Gift Thought you might have a try with this type of solution to your noise problem. It's called the BeanAnimal Overflow - Silent and Failsafe Here's a video of it in action with sound. Watch the whole video (like 2 mins long): YouTube - Bean Animal's Overflow The post was "split" due to performance issues, here's the start of it: Silent and Failsafe Overflow System - Reef Central Online Community But, have a look at this reply and you will come across the "2 drain pipe" solution. Page 35, about 3/4 of the way down, a reply by TheFishMan65. Silent and Failsafe Overflow System - Page 35 - Reef Central Online Community As he mentions 2 drains are hard to adjust without both pipes being tied together. From what I can see in your pics, your drains are separate in the sump. Read further down that page I suggested, and there is more info on how you can use your 2 drains to create 1 Full Siphon and 1 Emergency drain. BTW, I love the way your plumbing came out. A nice clean design. /D

11-12-2009, 11:38 PM	#65 (permalink)
Daimyo68 Tunicate Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 2 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: My 1st Father's Day Gift Have a look at this thread for a solution to your noise: Silent and Failsafe Overflow System - Page 35 - Reef Central Online Community About 2/3 the way down the page, post #867. Start reading past that post and you will see some replies with people using 2 drains only. And when you get the time, read the whole thread, lots of great info in there. Anyways, using the BeanAnimal concept, with only 2 drain pipes, you lose the one aspect of the 3rd channel Failsafe pipe, but you will end up with a silent system. And since you are using 1.5" pipe, you should be able to flow 2500+ gph. (not that you are looking to get that much flow as I read earlier in your thread). His system is extremely flexible. Most noise complaints about his system are that people can hear the skimmer now that they have the plumbing installed /D

11-17-2009, 02:29 PM	#66 (permalink)
astiesi Sea Pen Join Date: May 2008 Location: Margate, FL Posts: 342 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: My 1st Father's Day Gift Tonight will be picture time! On Saturday everything was moved from my 14 gallon Biocube to this tank. The move went well, every coral was open by Saturday evening. The colors look so much better under the T5 lighting as compared to the PCs in the Biocube. On Sunday evening I brought home a yellow watchman...I've wanted one since I set up the Biocube but ended up with a firefish as I couldn't find a yellow watchman that looked healthy and I got impatient. This time I was able to find a nice, healthy looking YWG and brought it on home. So far he's been a bit camera shy but if he's out tonight I'll get a picture. I also want to comment on the ATO I set up. Using an aqualifter pump, a 5 gallon bucket, a bit of airline, and a float switch unit from autotopoff.com I was able to create an ATO system for less than $70. I'm very impressed by the simplicity of the system and it works great! __________________ Anthony 65G Mixed Reef: -Glass-holes.com 1500 Overflow Kit -Octopus NW-150 Protein Skimmer -Current Nova Extreme Pro 6x39W T5 -200W Hydor Theo Heater -20L Sump (Skimmer/Return/Refugium) -Mag 9.5 Return Pump BioCube 14g: -48W PC Lighting - 24 10000K, 24 Actinic -Oceanic BioCube Skimmer -50W Hydor Theo Heater -Maxi-Jet 600 (160 gph) -Koralia Nano (240 gph) 1st Reef Tank - 14g BioCube 65g Father's Day Gift

11-17-2009, 02:46 PM	#67 (permalink)
BigAl07 Do I look as lost as I am Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Waynesville, North Carolina Posts: 21,549 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: My 1st Father's Day Gift I can't wait to see more pics! Your system is so neat and tidy!! __________________ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~ *Live Rock Rubble will do the SAME thing as Bio-Balls and is NOT a suitable replacement for BIO-BALLS in a Reef System! It's ALL gotta go!!* Nitrate (NO3) reduction is directly proportional to percentage of Water Change. Allen's home-made formula...currentNO3-((%WC.01)currentNO3)=finalNO3 (thanks Luukosian) This means if you change 50% of your total water volume (That's EVERYTHING) you'll get a net reduction of (NO3) somewhere around 50%. Ask me about how to increase your REEF budget without going without FOOD!!* Big Al's 10g Julie's (BigAl's Gal) 6g NanoCube Gone but not forgotten BigAl's Slow 90g Tank Chronicle Allens OFFICE 12g Nano-Reef

11-17-2009, 11:42 PM	#68 (permalink)
astiesi Sea Pen Join Date: May 2008 Location: Margate, FL Posts: 342 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: My 1st Father's Day Gift As promised... These eagle eyes looked almost brown under the PCs, now look at them... This is my very first coral in its new home... Here's the new edition to the tank... And here's a picture of the finished sump... __________________ Anthony 65G Mixed Reef: -Glass-holes.com 1500 Overflow Kit -Octopus NW-150 Protein Skimmer -Current Nova Extreme Pro 6x39W T5 -200W Hydor Theo Heater -20L Sump (Skimmer/Return/Refugium) -Mag 9.5 Return Pump BioCube 14g: -48W PC Lighting - 24 10000K, 24 Actinic -Oceanic BioCube Skimmer -50W Hydor Theo Heater -Maxi-Jet 600 (160 gph) -Koralia Nano (240 gph) 1st Reef Tank - 14g BioCube 65g Father's Day Gift

11-18-2009, 12:21 AM	#69 (permalink)
BigAl07 Do I look as lost as I am Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Waynesville, North Carolina Posts: 21,549 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: My 1st Father's Day Gift Great pics!! Everything looks very good __________________ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~ *Live Rock Rubble will do the SAME thing as Bio-Balls and is NOT a suitable replacement for BIO-BALLS in a Reef System! It's ALL gotta go!!* Nitrate (NO3) reduction is directly proportional to percentage of Water Change. Allen's home-made formula...currentNO3-((%WC.01)currentNO3)=finalNO3 (thanks Luukosian) This means if you change 50% of your total water volume (That's EVERYTHING) you'll get a net reduction of (NO3) somewhere around 50%. Ask me about how to increase your REEF budget without going without FOOD!!* Big Al's 10g Julie's (BigAl's Gal) 6g NanoCube Gone but not forgotten BigAl's Slow 90g Tank Chronicle Allens OFFICE 12g Nano-Reef

11-18-2009, 11:11 PM	#71 (permalink)
Tru2nr Reef Lobster Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 1,302 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: My 1st Father's Day Gift i just went through your thread...what kind of engineer everything seems to flow like a ME, sorry i sell to engineers all day long, my one concern would be the steel clamps that you use to hold the pipes, i may have some alternatives that you might be interested in that i can have sampled out to you if your interested. I will look at the parts tomorrow and i'll post some pics for you if your interested. anyways everything looks great! __________________ My 55g Chronical of addiction... Mistakes Have been made in the past.....still trying to clean up from them in the present....mistakes will be made in the future.....so what do we do?...... we party until we make another mistake!!!! WARNING: Corals in Tank, Add Crabs at own risk

11-19-2009, 10:58 AM	#72 (permalink)
astiesi Sea Pen Join Date: May 2008 Location: Margate, FL Posts: 342 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: My 1st Father's Day Gift I'm an electrical/computer engineer...so not an ME but not too far off. Why should I be concerned about the steel clamps, rust? They are on the backside of the stand and shouldn't be exposed to a large amount of water/salt spray. But, I'm always open to suggestions on how to make things better, so what do you suggest? __________________ Anthony 65G Mixed Reef: -Glass-holes.com 1500 Overflow Kit -Octopus NW-150 Protein Skimmer -Current Nova Extreme Pro 6x39W T5 -200W Hydor Theo Heater -20L Sump (Skimmer/Return/Refugium) -Mag 9.5 Return Pump BioCube 14g: -48W PC Lighting - 24 10000K, 24 Actinic -Oceanic BioCube Skimmer -50W Hydor Theo Heater -Maxi-Jet 600 (160 gph) -Koralia Nano (240 gph) 1st Reef Tank - 14g BioCube 65g Father's Day Gift

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