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:yelrotflmOverboard? I started this project planning for a 180g.::)
I would have been happy to have my sump in my equipment room and originally thought that I would do it that way. Unfortuately, between the large...
Here is the center section with the 1 1/2" bulkhead and the line to the return pump in the next room. THose with sharp eyes might notice the WaterBug...
Here are a few under-tank shots for those of you who like that sort of thing (like me;D) [IMG] [IMG] [IMG]
I may have mentioned that the skimmer cone had to be put in the sump and laid on its side to get it under the stand. [IMG] [IMG]
Here are some shots of the completed sump. Skimmer chamber is on the right. Refugium is on the left. And return to the Barracuda is in the middle....
Here I am making my 3reef debut. That’s me putting some of the return line pluming in. [IMG] [IMG] I leave it to you to decide which is my...
We’re still not finished plumbing and I have some really big things to go in this closet that aren’t on site yet: a 200gal water vat and a custom...
New holes drilled through the back of my stand and through the wall between the tank and the fish room. [IMG]
While the sump was being drilled we broke out the table saw for a little on-site custom sump fabrication. Here’s Joe cutting the weirs from ¼”...
I’m not usually a night owl but my LFS owner (Joe) is a maniac. He works the store all day and then goes out to do installs after the shop closes....
I would have loved to put all my equipment in the fish room and I had originally hoped to do so. Unfortunately, I had to make some concesions to my...
Sparky, thanks for the feedback and please keep it coming. The packaging on these particular covers said wet location and in-use. They looked to me...
Mine is a metal floor scaper that I picked up at Lowes. Im afraid to put it in the tank but I need to scrape some latex paint off the concrete floor...
Lookin good, PufferChick.
For anyone who believes in the more power school of thought, there's always the Manta Ray --4800 gph at 11' of head. ReeFlo Pumps If you want one,...
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For external pumps, Reeflo pumps are very weel thought of. Your application could go with a Barracuda http://www.reeflopumps.com/flowbiasedpumps.html...
Here is the sump all the way under the stand with the skimmer in place. You can also appreciate the blue background in the first picture. [IMG]...
Here is the sump as it gets slid under the stand for the first time. We had to take the doors off and the trim on the tank still barely cleared the...
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