Plumbing

Well, I planned my work and worked my plan...until my brain got in the way, then I revised my plan and made things way more complicated.
Anyway, the plumbing is done...mostly.

How we got there:

Time to plumb a pump.

I started with a 3/4" to 1 1/2" adaptor threaded to a 1 1/2" union. I screwed these 2 fittings together prior to putting them on the pump to avoid cracking the pump housing.


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This entry will discuss equipment that I pan on using for my 300g build.

Automation will be handled by the APEX controller that I already have. I will be adding an EB8 and possibly a 2^nd ph probe to handle the Calc reactor.



The return pump is Reeflo Dart that has been collecting dust in the garage.



SMR1 Bio-pellet Reactor, I already have this running on the current setup. ...

Anyone see what's wrong with this picture?



Doh! Guess I get to fix it in the morning.

I want to start by thanking melev (Marc) for a great plumbing article and the follow up comments as well for helping me plan and begin the plumbing on my tank (finally).

Marc's article can be found here: http://www.reefaddicts.com/content.p...o-it-correctly

Here's the tank and sump on the stand (yeah).


Here's most of the plumbing parts. Some of you will notice there's a single union ball valve in ...

Hey guys,

I have a picture to show all of you. The kind that an owner gets excited over. Water in the tank!! Here's my tank filled as high as I can currently fill it (the plumbing and overflow box aren't totally finished yet):

At the water's highest point I went ahead and measured the distance from the rim to the water line at all 4 corners. The right hand side of the tank is 1/4" lower than the left hand side of the tank (the ...