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thank you @Fishboy9227 !
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Tinting won't be here till Monday so I'm going to setup my klir's, connect the pumps and get ready to leak test it in place with regular tap water so I can get all around it. Let it sit for a couple days. Then drain and move into place later next week.
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Think I might have an idea on where your are going with this.I think I came up with a solution for mounting my lights finally, some leg work yet but I have a vision lol! It includes something that looks like this and is 12' long! More to come on that soon...
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Big milestone! Plumbing is complete!
I have to put in a few braces/supports for the plumbing but I'll do that just before I leak test it. Few things I could have done better, but that blame goes back to the planning stages (that's all on me obviously). However I made the few minor annoyances I found work and will catalog that into the overall learning experience should I do this all over again. I was happy that I didn't have any ugly glue runs all over the place or obnoxious sharpie lines etc. small wins.
All praise painters tape!!
Next steps are tinting the back and moving the tank into place before I leak test. If i can find some local I might even be able to make that happen this weekend.
Following will be a short video tour of the plumbing and sump followed by general pictures. I'm no photographer so feel free to scoff at my feeble attempts.
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Basically same shot different light
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Eventually I will get some controllable LED lighting installed under the stand once I get this thing up and running.
Thanks for viewing! Constructive feedback and advice for improvement is always welcome!
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I guess we'll find out lol. Ace hardware, $20. They have a privacy version that's pretty dark when viewed from outside, which conveniently is the side that you'd view the back from. I'll post the results.
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It's full and still standing!
I kept not trusting my stand design lol. But so far so good. Gonna run with this tap water leak and flow balancing test for at least a few days into next week. I'm gonna do some crash tests etc. Pull the power, drop a pump etc learn what biotch did under duress so I'm not surprised later when it actually happens, cuz we all know it will haha. Short 2 minute video below. Feel free to leave any comments or heckling below.
I kept not trusting my stand design lol. But so far so good. Gonna run with this tap water leak and flow balancing test for at least a few days into next week. I'm gonna do some crash tests etc. Pull the power, drop a pump etc learn what biotch did under duress so I'm not surprised later when it actually happens, cuz we all know it will haha. Short 2 minute video below. Feel free to leave any comments or heckling below.
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Thank you sir! Can't wait to see your 40 get wet!
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They are running about 80% right now. However I don't have the fleece in one of the klir's, I'm blaming the cat for the missing rubber air tubes.
Once that's in I expect the flow to slow down a bit which I want. I'd like to run the COR's around 70% or a touch less just to give them some life and if I lose one I can over run the other and maybe get lucky and not have to tweak anything? Not sure, that will be part of my crash testing haha! Between those and the MP60's that should give me enough flow? Hard to measure what's enough at this point though. Most of the noise I can hear is from the Klir with no fleece. I should have this all figured out by next Wednesday and set for when I put real water in it.
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Between those and the MP60's that should give me enough flow?
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You mean you haven’t hooked up the Mp60s yet??
I guess your waiting for the good water because just plain old tap water won’t do... hahah
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You mean you haven’t hooked up the Mp60s yet??
I guess your waiting for the good water because just plain old tap water won’t do... hahah
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You mean you haven’t hooked up the Mp60s yet??
I guess your waiting for the good water because just plain old tap water won’t do... hahah
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I'm still puttering around with other things. I suppose getting those wet couldn't hurt...
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So it's a reefing weekend, haven't had too many so far as I'm usually all over the place. Just got my MP60's up and running, Mobius app downloaded and devices connected. App seems...meh to ok. The device update process where they update the firmware is completely janky AF. I'm not gonna turn this into a review but I have enough info to do so... So tempted.
Regardless, the power heads overall are amazing and I could immediately tell the difference. The capabilities are great once you figure out on your own how the app works. So far so good! Aside from the firmware update I'm really nitpicking the app (I'm a dev guy). The firmware update process was super annoying. But, in the end, these things are powerful!
Short video with everything in test mode with power heads.
Regardless, the power heads overall are amazing and I could immediately tell the difference. The capabilities are great once you figure out on your own how the app works. So far so good! Aside from the firmware update I'm really nitpicking the app (I'm a dev guy). The firmware update process was super annoying. But, in the end, these things are powerful!
Short video with everything in test mode with power heads.
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