Jeffrey's "Big Boy"---120g Planted
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Well, this is the plumbing I've finally landed on. It gives me two circulation loops, a co2 reactor with venturi loop and fractioning impeller.
I plan on making the spray bar not really a spray bar, but just a dispersion bar....letting the filter water just kind of seep out. The 700 gph pump is going to do the labor on circulating the tank.
I plan on making the spray bar not really a spray bar, but just a dispersion bar....letting the filter water just kind of seep out. The 700 gph pump is going to do the labor on circulating the tank.
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very nice work... and i know what you mean about taking it slow and doing it right the first time.. thats how im doing my current tank... and i must say everything is much more satisfying in the long run
Well, I finally did some real actual work on this thing. We've got a club auction coming up on March 7th, so I'm trying desperately to have it cycled by then.
When I was growing up, I was the youngest of 3 boys, and we ALL played with Legos. By the time I came along, we had multiple big popcorn tins filled with Legos. Basically, any part you could even want for anything you could ever want to build.
I tried to apply that approach to this. :hihi:
Blank slate:
Finished product:
Left Side:
Center:
Right Side:
Obviously I could have built the thing with a few less 90 elbows, but I was building for form and function. I was trying to maximize my left over space in the stand.
And, for the record, I still had to make 1 more trip to Home Depot, and 2 more trips to Ace for more parts. :hihi:
I let it all dry overnight, so water test will be today. Cross your fingers.
When I was growing up, I was the youngest of 3 boys, and we ALL played with Legos. By the time I came along, we had multiple big popcorn tins filled with Legos. Basically, any part you could even want for anything you could ever want to build.
I tried to apply that approach to this. :hihi:
Blank slate:
Finished product:
Left Side:
Center:
Right Side:
Obviously I could have built the thing with a few less 90 elbows, but I was building for form and function. I was trying to maximize my left over space in the stand.
And, for the record, I still had to make 1 more trip to Home Depot, and 2 more trips to Ace for more parts. :hihi:
I let it all dry overnight, so water test will be today. Cross your fingers.
looks great JM. hope your test works out.
I get everything that's going on except in the picture marked "center"... is the thinner tube with the john guest fittings a pressure relief or something? what's going on there? I imagine it lets a trickle through when the solenoid is off?
also, do you have a drain line plumbed in?
I get everything that's going on except in the picture marked "center"... is the thinner tube with the john guest fittings a pressure relief or something? what's going on there? I imagine it lets a trickle through when the solenoid is off?
also, do you have a drain line plumbed in?
The 1/4" line in that center picture is my venturi loop, venting co2 out of the reactor and back upstream to go back into the fractioning impeller.
At 5/8", the back pressure is not significant to the pumps, and it becomes even less significant as you increase the return line. My return is 3/4". There is a 5/8" restriction at the Hydor inline, but that's not something to worry about.
Point is, I've run Eheims like this before on a 5/8" line, but in this case it's a 3/4" line.
