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Boy, lots of great toys there. This will be a beatiful tank when you are done. I ask only because this happened to me with my old 200 - have you thought what you will do with a lrage mature reef like that down the road when you need to replace the carpet? I put tile just under the tank on my 140 and changing out the carpet will be no problem now. Just a thought....
check out flexpvc.com. they have just about everything single plumbing fitting known to man, including all your 1.25" pipe, fittings, valves, etc. although if using a valve on the 1.25" i'd go bigger, 1.5" and then bush down to the 1.25" for non-restrictive flow. it's not common, you're right which is why most places don't have it.
just based on the experience of folks that have had the dc10500 6+ months and experienced issues because of running it external, i'm inclined (and what i ended up doing) is installing both mine internal. that coupled with the heat issues associated with the original gen 1 rlss/h20 pumps (that RO largely copied) makes me think it would only be a matter of time. and i dont feel like dealing with that and trying my luck with lower speeds instead because what if one day i add a frag tank or sump or something off the manifold and need all 2600gph flow? i reduced my output to 1" for ease of plumbing and just used the provided screen and put in my sump. easy peezy. up to you of course and perhaps you have heard much different about their performance as an external pump? i don't know, sir.
with the RO DC10500, you are provided with barbed adapters for 1" and 1.25" fittings (one of each for output and one 1.25" for input). the fittings are not for use with flex but nylon hose. they offer only one reducer barb adapter in the box like mentioned above to 1" ID nylon hose (not 3/4") and that is for use on the output side. you can reduce the output of a pump but you never want to reduce the input.I just got the pump back out and was looking at the fittings they give you. 1 fitting reduces from 1-1/4 to 1 inch flex and the other fitting reduces from 1-1/4 to 3/4. So they must have it engineered for the reduced coupling or else they wouldn't provide them. What are your thoughts on this? I didn't even realize it was reducing it until a few minutes ago when I screwed it on. I just knew I didn't want to use flex, so I didn't bother putting that fitting on.
So check this out. Elite Aquatics built this custom box for me. Ca, Alk, Mag - 2.5 gallons each - I had him build this shelf for my Vertex Dosser to sit on. He text me these pics. I will pick them up next week and post a couple more pics with the sump.
I didn't want to mount all my Apex and Ecotech controllers on the sides of my cabinet, so I had them build me a custom plate to mount them to. I will be able to slide it around and in and out of the way if needs be. The controllers will be mounted down each side with the cords going through the middle holes.
It's pretty cool when I can just give him an idea of what I want and he builds it.
Darn it man. You're making me want to upgrade!
As far as the RODI feed, isn't there a way to monitor when the sump level goes up or down and have it linked to your controller to text or email you?