View Full Version : What are the best sites for DIY
icepenguin1973
01-18-2005, 2:37 PM
What are some good sites for diy that give you instructions on sumps and refugiums. :bowing:
brovo2zero
01-19-2005, 4:27 AM
hears the link i used for creating sumps with refugium hope it helps you out
http://www.melevsreef.com/what_sump.html
mogurnda
01-19-2005, 8:04 AM
Here's a list of links on our local club website. Haven't tried most of them, though.
WAMAS DIY (http://www.wamas.org/links/diy.htm)
scholar
01-30-2005, 6:15 PM
Has anyone fixed a crack at the bottom of a glass tank? and How did you do it?
Thanks,
N8DOGG
02-04-2005, 11:23 AM
yes you can......no I haven't........ you need to take apart the tank ,clean the edges and then replace the glass with the same type/thickness as your taking out and re-silicone the entire tank. It wouldn't be safe just trying to glue another piece of glass over the crack.
Criminal_Colt
02-06-2005, 10:29 PM
Thanks Brovo the link was awesome. Especially the 3 articles the link then links to. :)
Colt :D
brovo2zero
02-07-2005, 12:13 AM
I try my best to post good DIY links in this forum ... Thats part of the hobby building it your self insted of paying top dollor for it ..
Criminal_Colt
02-07-2005, 5:26 AM
Brovo I'm a bit confused about the plumbing for a sump. I have decided I would use the one were you have tank>skimmer>pump to tank<refugim<tank. What I dont understand is how placing the downpipe inside its own cabinet stops the noise.
If you just have the pipe then you get a constant gurgle. By placing a cabinet around the pipe the water will flow in but it still goes down the pipe the same way. How is anything different? Also is the pipe in the cabinet shorter than one without? I mean can the pipe be right down in the bottom of the tank, like a drain rather than an overflow? Talking about drilled tanks here.
Colt :D
Criminal_Colt
02-09-2005, 8:45 PM
Help!?
Pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeease.
Colt :D
yes you can......no I haven't........ you need to take apart the tank ,clean the edges and then replace the glass with the same type/thickness as your taking out and re-silicone the entire tank. It wouldn't be safe just trying to glue another piece of glass over the crack.
I don't agree... I have fixed the bottom of a 20 gallon and a 120 gallon tank, by fitting a new piece of glass (same size as the current glass) over the broken one and glueing it in. The last one that I did this to (the 120 gallon) was about 3years ago, and the tank currently houses a marine reef system that has been leak free the entire time.
If you aren't sure about fixing the problem yourself, take your tank to a glass dealer and they will glue a new piece in for you... being the bottom of the tank, it's much easier and cheaper just to put a new piece on top of the old one... taking a tank apart is a huge risk.
HTH
_Decz
brovo2zero
02-10-2005, 5:36 AM
Any sound caused by water droping through pipes shuld be silent unless there is a lot of air coming up the pipe causing a sucking sound ..
You could try a gravity feed with a float valve that will keep the pipes full of water at all times if you dont like the over flow idear.. and use your pump to return the water to your tank .. eg level drops in the sump float valve opens fills sump the pump, pumps the water back up to the tank you could wire in a float sitch to turn the pump on when the water gets to the max level ..
The problem i can see with this type of setup is that the float valves rubbers go this means if you lose power and forget about it it can drain (regular maintance and remove salt build up and replace the rubers) your tank were as if you use an over flow its not an issue it cant over flow untill the pump pumps water into the main tank .. just a few thoughts for the day