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Posted: October 04 2007 at 12:33pm |
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hey, my pump just showed up, so I'm going to be plumbing my tank tonight. Anyone have some tips or tricks for me? Things to watch out for? Thanks.
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Posted: October 04 2007 at 1:15pm |
You aren't going to the meeting? 
Don't plug in the pump until the plumbing is done. Measure twice, cut once.
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Posted: October 04 2007 at 1:38pm |
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I'm not sure what meeting you are talking about.
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Posted: October 04 2007 at 3:07pm |
The WMAS meeting. That is the Wasatch Marine Aquarium Society meeting. It is open to all. See our home page for more info.
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Posted: October 04 2007 at 4:15pm |
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Much more fun than plumbing a tank.
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Posted: October 04 2007 at 6:24pm |
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Make sure you have unions in the right places.
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Posted: October 04 2007 at 9:14pm |
dry fit all the pipes first
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Posted: October 04 2007 at 11:43pm |
 acuramech wrote:
dry fit all the pipes first
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Good idea.
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Posted: October 05 2007 at 11:25am |
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yes, i dry fit all the pipes together before i glued anything. i left two sections right below the bulkheads unglued so that i could move the tank and stand into the house. I will glue those when i have them in place. How long should i let the glue dry before i add water?
I have unions on each end of my sump. I wanted to put one more on the return line after my pump, but i got a threaded union on accident. I'll have to go get the right union and maybe cut the line and put it in. If not today, then when the pump goes out.
I put two valves between the bulkheads in my tank and the pump/union so that i can shut off the water flow if i ever need to remove the pump/sump.
The return hole in the sump didn't lineup perfectly with the pump. I thought that i can either raise the pump or use two 45o angles to bring the line down to the pump. I didn't think this would make a big difference in my gph, because that inlet to the pump is 1" pvc and the outlet is 3/4". So, i figure the only disadvantage is that extra 10" of head.
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Posted: October 05 2007 at 11:42am |
Let the glue dry for an hour and you will be fine.
I would just use two 45o angles on the pump line.
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Posted: October 05 2007 at 12:03pm |
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yeah, i went with the two 45s. it worked out nice because it moved my pump to the back right corner leaving a large area for more stuff! maybe a UV sterilizer.
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Posted: October 05 2007 at 2:27pm |
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lets see some pics of the finished product!
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Posted: October 05 2007 at 3:45pm |
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I'm moving it into the house tonight. I'll post pictures when it is in place.
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Posted: October 10 2007 at 6:44pm |
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pics?
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Must be an optional hallucination (some people unknowingly call this an optical illusion-Mike Savage
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Posted: October 11 2007 at 2:53pm |
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Posted: October 11 2007 at 2:56pm |
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sorry for the ****ty pictures.
I made some mistakes that i plan on fixing.
1 - I'm going to move the pump into the sump because it is way too loud.
2 - I'm going to put a union on the return for easy change in the future.
3 - Raise sump up 1/4 of an inch and put rubber feet under it to reduce noise and allow water to evaporate.
4 - Some wire management would make it look nice.
Edited by jessedidthis - October 11 2007 at 3:03pm
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Posted: October 11 2007 at 3:19pm |
The stand and the tank look great! It looks a little shy on rock for me though.
Mike
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Posted: October 11 2007 at 4:46pm |
This is perhaps philosophical rather than practical since we're only talking about a couple feet of pipe with 2 or so fittings, but I remember learning that two 45's have less resistance than even a single 90 degree elbow. The wider curve creates less turbulence.
This may not have worked depending on the geometry, but in the drain you may have been able to use 2 45's instead of two 90 elbows.
I think your plumbing looks great, I'm just musing about plumbing optimization as I think about my next tank.
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Posted: October 11 2007 at 5:06pm |
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The pics look great. The plumbing looks very nice! I love the stand and canopy.
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If you can't bedazzle them with your brilliance, baffle them with your bs!
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Posted: October 11 2007 at 5:08pm |
I agree 45s are better but it looks like there was a problem with space here.
Mike
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