I will send you some. Mine is growing like crazy.
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I will send you some. Mine is growing like crazy.
Adorable kids and beautiful tank!Few pics for @Victoria M ...
Thanks for the comments, And appreciate you reading the thread. I’ve enjoyed reading yours too.
I had a very specific vision for the angled doors, and initially my contractor said it would be too difficult. So I spent 4 hours drawing the literal framing plan on the floor with chalk, with all the angles needed included. All it needed was the corner ripped off a 2x6 and it would have worked. He did it his own way once he saw the angles and did it a different way. But it looks great, glad I insisted.
The pillow... oh, yeah. She saw me unpacking the reactor and commented that “you can buy that floss stuff at Walmart for $6 a bag... cheaper than buying a new pillow... [emoji6]” so I think she caught me out but didn’t really mind. Close call
My wife has always wanted an urchin ever since she stabbed herself in the knee at 35feet deep while scuba diving Catalina islands almost 6 years ago. Cool little guys. There little beaks leave cool patterns on the diatoms on the glass
Dubs is a nice guy- we’ve been sharing ideas back and forth for a few months and it’s cool to see him implementing them. He gets to test the V1.0... ill copy once he debugs everything [emoji3]
They are there because a week before we relocated to Atlanta and decided on the 180, this 125 was drilled on the back for an overflow since it was going against our living room wall in the nashville house... I took 3 months getting everything set, I drill it and move it in and the next day we get put on short notice of a move.
I put bulkheads and elbows on just as insurance to increase the capacity in the sump for drain- back from the return etc. I was thinking I’ll plumb the right one to my basement ejector drain- but if I ever need that overflow, something has gone extremely wrong and my system would be + 35 gallons over running level. Short of my ato pump sticking on, and my ato refill being open at the same time, I’ll never get that high. So for now, that elbow is the attachment point for my float sensor array (to be finished— sump high alarm, sump low pump shut-off).
The left bulkhead will have a section of 1.5” pvc going left behind the tank until it is above the trim height. My frag tank overflow will be 5”” above the sump trim, and will be plumbed with vinyl tubing that will run behind the 29g water change tank, around the corner, and into the pvc, down the pvc and through the bulkhead hole. Basically the overflow path from the frag tank. 8” of drop over 6 feet linear distance is a decent pitch to keep the siphon going.
Thanks for asking. It looks weird, but I’m making use of a repurposed DT that I couldn’t/ didn’t want to sell
PM me your address. I am pretty sure it won't cost me an arm and a leg. An insulated envelope and a warmer right now before the weather gets too ugly.Seriously? That would be awesome. Thanks so much!
Thanks for the insight.
I believed they were some kind of overflow system for when the level in the sump became too high.
This 125g is a perfect size for a sump for the 180g.
Does that last section overflow not create any bubbles from the falling water without bubble trap?
If I did not have any bubble trap, my return pump would suck air. But that can be due to the different design and overall turnover.
Adorable kids and beautiful tank!
Thanks for the insight.
I believed they were some kind of overflow system for when the level in the sump became too high.
This 125g is a perfect size for a sump for the 180g.
Does that last section overflow not create any bubbles from the falling water without bubble trap?
If I did not have any bubble trap, my return pump would suck air. But that can be due to the different design and overall turnover.
Can you raise the water level without risk over overflow with a failure? and are your heaters in a weird that would never ever run dry? except for catastophic sump failure that is.
I have a middle chamber that would never (uh oh, hope I don't regret that) loses water. Many eons ago I kept the heaters in the pump section, which is typically also the ATO monitoring section. Somehow water evaporated at a crazy fast rate, I Think it was fall, house heater just started up, got sick, did not check the ATO for period of time, bubbles in the tank, water level too low, heaters exposed and cracked. no redundancy built in. could have been worse. no fire.Where’s your safer spot?
And it won’t let my PM you...