Tbelt's 180 gallon build

No. Overflow boxes will not be ready till next week. Cancelled the power head for the skimmer. Did some reading on the Terminator II skimmer that came with the setup and did not like what I read. Apparently it is common for a piece to break and cause a leak. Looked into it further and found the Skimmer new with the powerhead for $50 (the power head alone I found was $69). So I am looking into skimmers right now. Not willing to take a chance with a piece of equipment as important as this. Cannot do much anyway till the overflows come in.

 

Got lucky, The overflows came in. will get them installed in the AM

 

HA... sweet now all u need is the pump than u can start doing stuff. the over flow boxes look nice too. show a pic of them in the tank

 

Here you go. When I got them they were to long by 3.5" so I had to cut them down. fit like glove.








Also lived it up a little and cleaned the pumps that came with the setup. This will give you an idea of how much cleaning they needed.


Have to wait for the silicone to cure so water test in 2 days. Make sure there are no leaks and then she comes inside. Already picked up the salt needed to fill the tank but still thinking about skimmers.

 

Tank made it in the house today. Everything starting to come together. Just need to finish the plumbing and fill er up. Getting close.

Thanks for looking

 

Looking good! Get some rock and water in there!!!

Pac

 

Thanks,
Water will start going in Wednesday as long as I get the plumbing done. Still laying it out should be ready for glue in a day or so.

 

Got most of the plumbing fitted and in place. All that is left is apply clamps in the right place and "glue" the PVC and it is fill with water time!!!! The only problem is today I hit the road and will not be back until Friday:-[. Get to spend the next three days riding with the boss for an evaluation for first quarter. So no water until Saturday. My wife is making the RO water while I am gone. Got to big rubbermaid containers to fill (36 gallons each). Going to mix the salt in the tank so while it is mixing I can check for leaks and so forth. Here are some pics of the plumbing so far. Will probably move the electric outlets to be a little further away from the drain/return.

Thanks for looking.

 

very nice looking.cant wait till u get water and rock in there!Ha have fun righting with the boss..

 

Thanks. Riding with the boss is not so bad. He is a good boss and very fair. I should do well on the evaluation. Should be home at a decent time tomorrow and am off all next week to get this set up done. Plumbing is done (finished Monday night) and have about 125 gallons of water ready to go. I ran out of containers or I would have more..