KimPossible
Well-Known Member
Hi all ! Many of you know that I have been staring at the plumbing of a 120 that I designed for about 8 months now
….I took apart and reconfigured my dry plumb ideas a couple of times. Bottom line, if I would have trusted myself more and not freaked myself out this would have been done a long time ago….but, it is what it is….
Here’s what I have.
A 120 – 3 sided Starfire AGA
Drilled Closed Loop system with a Super Squirt sequencing unit from Oceans Motion.
I bought the drum for both the 1,2,3,4 sequencing pattern and 1&3 , 2&4 pattern , but after trying them both out I chose the first.
The circulation pump driving the CL is a Little Giant 3 MDQX-SC.
Calculating the Head Loss from the minimal plumbing I have on the CL (2 return lines are soft, but still calculated as horizontal length), I have flow rate of around 614 gph. I’m not happy with this! I guess I should have bought a larger pump.:verymad:
I have a Little Giant 3 MDQ-SC feeding my return with a calculated flow rate after plumbing of 657 gph. I know this is not accurate because the return is diverted through my ¼ chiller which I don’t have a clue how to calculate the loss from this.
SOooooo, My flow running at a total of 1271 gph , a 10x turn over rate. Hmmmmmm….
I plan on keeping with Softies and LPS. Hmmmmmm….. I wanted a little more flow but not with strategically placed power heads in the display. Maybe I’ll just have to get over it !!!!
I have an Octopus Recirc. 150 Skimmer it has a needlewheel driven recirculation pump;
and a Maxi Jet 1200 as the feed pump. Someone told me to hook the skimmer up inline, and I was moving on figuring out a mod for it but Cheeks talked me out of that in a thread….good move for me….
Thanks Cheeks!
My stand and cabinet are made out of a new…well, maybe not so new, but new in the aquarium industry…material called Extera it’s the stuff people make billboards out of that is weather proof. I have my chiller in the cabinet and have the back of the shelves routed out and 2 IceCap 120mm Canopy fans w/sensors mounted up top to draw hot air out of the cabinet.
The sump/fuge is a basic 2 chamber acrilic box with only 2 baffles measuring
30" x 14" x 16"
I have everything listed above plumbed and running in the garage…day 2 and no leaks…yippie…
Tonight I’ll get my auto top off set up and start working on this Gurgle Buster.
Once the standpipe mod is in, I’ll be making the move into the living room.
I’m going to try to get some pics up this afternoon…..
….I took apart and reconfigured my dry plumb ideas a couple of times. Bottom line, if I would have trusted myself more and not freaked myself out this would have been done a long time ago….but, it is what it is….Here’s what I have.
A 120 – 3 sided Starfire AGA
Drilled Closed Loop system with a Super Squirt sequencing unit from Oceans Motion.
I bought the drum for both the 1,2,3,4 sequencing pattern and 1&3 , 2&4 pattern , but after trying them both out I chose the first.
The circulation pump driving the CL is a Little Giant 3 MDQX-SC.
Calculating the Head Loss from the minimal plumbing I have on the CL (2 return lines are soft, but still calculated as horizontal length), I have flow rate of around 614 gph. I’m not happy with this! I guess I should have bought a larger pump.:verymad:
I have a Little Giant 3 MDQ-SC feeding my return with a calculated flow rate after plumbing of 657 gph. I know this is not accurate because the return is diverted through my ¼ chiller which I don’t have a clue how to calculate the loss from this.
SOooooo, My flow running at a total of 1271 gph , a 10x turn over rate. Hmmmmmm….
I plan on keeping with Softies and LPS. Hmmmmmm….. I wanted a little more flow but not with strategically placed power heads in the display. Maybe I’ll just have to get over it !!!!
I have an Octopus Recirc. 150 Skimmer it has a needlewheel driven recirculation pump;
and a Maxi Jet 1200 as the feed pump. Someone told me to hook the skimmer up inline, and I was moving on figuring out a mod for it but Cheeks talked me out of that in a thread….good move for me….
Thanks Cheeks!My stand and cabinet are made out of a new…well, maybe not so new, but new in the aquarium industry…material called Extera it’s the stuff people make billboards out of that is weather proof. I have my chiller in the cabinet and have the back of the shelves routed out and 2 IceCap 120mm Canopy fans w/sensors mounted up top to draw hot air out of the cabinet.
The sump/fuge is a basic 2 chamber acrilic box with only 2 baffles measuring
30" x 14" x 16"
I have everything listed above plumbed and running in the garage…day 2 and no leaks…yippie…
Tonight I’ll get my auto top off set up and start working on this Gurgle Buster.
Once the standpipe mod is in, I’ll be making the move into the living room.
I’m going to try to get some pics up this afternoon…..
