Brand New 8 gallon bio cube

[Katrina71]

Btw, love love love you guys! Sharing your tanks and families means a lot!

 

[JoshH]

That's what I wanted to do but my daughter wanted dr seuss striped craziness. so she got it!
I wanted to do purple returns and yellow drains.

You could always buy PVC sleeves in the colors you would like to code the plumbing with and cut a 2-4" strip of each color then slide them where you want them on the plumbing and heat them up so they stay.

Well, I will use my imagination then. Great job, indeed.

Very easy to do how I mentioned above, you can use the same colored plumbing throughout and use the sleeves on whichever portion you would like to identify each pipe with.

I'm terrified. Not gonna lie.

No reason to be terrified, we got you.

 

[Katrina71]

 

[Katrina71]

 

[Fin]

I'm terrified. Not gonna lie.

I have been plumbing tanks for over 30 years and it still is an unpleasant task for me, so it doesn't get better with time (for me anyway). I have created a nightmare for myself with my new tank and plumbing is probably one of the biggest things that is making this build go so slowly. I am not the sharpest knife in the drawer and I spend a lot of time thinking about how I am going to do things. Trying to get plumbing right takes me a while.

 

[najer]

*Sneaks in, spams, sneaks back out*
Have a great weekend world! :)

 

[sfin52]

Love the pics

 

[PanchoG]

Good morning!

 

[Fin]

Happy Saturday everybody! Don't laugh, your grandmother may be in the video. :)

 

[Katrina71]

I have been plumbing tanks for over 30 years and it still is an unpleasant task for me, so it doesn't get better with time (for me anyway). I have created a nightmare for myself with my new tank and plumbing is probably one of the biggest things that is making this build go so slowly. I am not the sharpest knife in the drawer and I spend a lot of time thinking about how I am going to do things. Trying to get plumbing right takes me a while.

The honesty is nice

 

[JoshH]

I have been plumbing tanks for over 30 years and it still is an unpleasant task for me, so it doesn't get better with time (for me anyway). I have created a nightmare for myself with my new tank and plumbing is probably one of the biggest things that is making this build go so slowly. I am not the sharpest knife in the drawer and I spend a lot of time thinking about how I am going to do things. Trying to get plumbing right takes me a while.

Just like most other things in reef keeping, plumbing is absolutely not something to be rushed, especially hard plumbing. Planning out runs and how everything will fit together and more importantly, flow, takes time and is not something to rush atall. Coming up with drawings and dry fitting everything is an absolute must IMO. Doesn't matter if your drawing skills are nonexistent as long as you can understand them and follow through on a plan you're far better off. I love the plumbing aspect of the hobby but I do feel like I'm a relatively rare individual in that sense.

Even with my personal enjoyment and knowledge I'm still a bit nervous with my setup, not because of leaks or anything of that nature but more so how the entire system flows overall. I've got a lot of length on my return and drains so plumbing it and tuning it after should be fun :p

 

[Fin]

Ran across this picture of the plumbing on the original Pirate's Reef tank. None of this was visible once the chest was assembled around it. There was a closed loop on it with a SCWD. Too bad those things suck, because they did work well - when they worked. This is a 7.5 gallon tank. :)

 

[88471]

Sorry I bailed on you lovelies for a few weeks. Been doing my annual purge AKA de-cluttering. How's everyone?

 

[Katrina71]

Sorry I bailed on you lovelies for a few weeks. Been doing my annual purge AKA de-cluttering. How's everyone?

Good. How are you?

 

[88471]

I'm great. Just tired. Hard to believe how many cardboard boxes and styrofoam coolers someone in the aquarium hobby can accumulate in a year. Lol

 

[Fin]

Sorry I bailed on you lovelies for a few weeks. Been doing my annual purge AKA de-cluttering. How's everyone?

 

[88471]

Aww. Thanks!

 

[Why-Me]

@Why-Me can your lfs order her a pederson? I'd like to get it for her. Please. It matches her tank too!

I'm sure they can, my closest and best LFS is New Wave Aquaria.
That being said 2 weeks before our local frag swaps on our forum we put up a pre sale thread and there are about 3 different vendors that offer inverts. I plan on getting one then, not sure they have pederson shrimp BUT since it's 2 weeks prior to the event they usually can come up with anything needed really.

Just got back from Menards and got:
10ft of raceway to hide wires cleanly.
Clear pvc primer.
ABS to PVC transition cement for the bulkheads.
Teflon tape.
Screws to install the apex and all the controllers.
Ethernet cable to connect the apex to the interwebs for control and observation.

The finish line is in sight!!!

 

[JoshH]

I'm sure they can, my closest and best LFS is New Wave Aquaria.
That being said 2 weeks before our local frag swaps on our forum we put up a pre sale thread and there are about 3 different vendors that offer inverts. I plan on getting one then, not sure they have pederson shrimp BUT since it's 2 weeks prior to the event they usually can come up with anything needed really.

Just got back from Menards and got:
10ft of raceway to hide wires cleanly.
Clear pvc primer.
ABS to PVC transition cement for the bulkheads.
Teflon tape.
Screws to install the apex and all the controllers.
Ethernet cable to connect the apex to the interwebs for control and observation.

The finish line is in sight!!!

What's the teflon tape for if you don't mind me asking?? Good call on the transition glue for the bulkheads :)

 

[Fin]

I'm sure they can, my closest and best LFS is New Wave Aquaria.
That being said 2 weeks before our local frag swaps on our forum we put up a pre sale thread and there are about 3 different vendors that offer inverts. I plan on getting one then, not sure they have pederson shrimp BUT since it's 2 weeks prior to the event they usually can come up with anything needed really.

Just got back from Menards and got:
10ft of raceway to hide wires cleanly.
Clear pvc primer.
ABS to PVC transition cement for the bulkheads.
Teflon tape.
Screws to install the apex and all the controllers.
Ethernet cable to connect the apex to the interwebs for control and observation.

The finish line is in sight!!!

Are you sure you got everything??? I have no idea how many hardware store trips I have in my build - so far. :-)