Dual Tank System Build Thread

Big update. Though you guys could use some new pictures.

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Main Cabinet fully online now. Only thing not done is the pump for draining the tank and that's just because I need to go buy some longer hose.

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The main plumbing system that goes upstairs. The valves halfway up are the siphon lines.

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I just finished the faux rock wall for the second tank. Just waiting for the cement rock i made to finish curing to get it all in the second tank.

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A look at the beananimal style overflow I put together (few modifications). Mainly I added a check valve to the siphon line to get the siphon started because the water is traveling such a long distance. Works fantastically, dead silent.

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A (terrible picture) of the plumbing under tank 1. I had to redo it so many times it got a little cluttered, but it works. The pump here (eheim) is very quiet, almost cannot hear it even without cabinetry.

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The plumbing under tank 2, much simpler. Still waiting for my second oceanmotions device to get back from being repaired. I also broke the fitting on the eheim for this tank, i glued it back together but I'm not sure if it's going to hold.

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The main pump (Reeflo Blackfin upgraded to 6000gph)

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My refugium (sand rock, waiting for my last shipment to come in).

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A look at the turf scrubber running. Working very well for only a week's run time. Going to clean it for the first time soon. The last light there is using a modified drip catcher for a stove i found at walmart. I just banged it out to be round, cut a larger hole in it, and put some aluminum foil over the hole (glued in place). I might put one on the far side too, but its tough to get to at the moment.

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A look at tank 1 pretty much complete again.

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A look at the top of tank1.

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So some pics of the first LED fixture I built in action. It worked out great, but I want to add a little more light so I am going to move this one to the FOWLER tank and build the next one with 90 LED's.
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Close up

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from above.

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Your plumbing is fantastic. How long until you are ready for fish?
 
There are fish in it now! You can see one of my clowns in the first pic of the LED's.

Right now just 2 clowns, 1 jeweled damsel, and 1 bangai cardinal transfered from my old tank. A cleaning crew I ordered online, and my GBTA. When will I buy new stock? Slowly, as I can afford it.

Yes we are still debating exactly what we are going to enclose the tanks in, but they will be totally enclosed. They will essentially end up as 'in wall' tanks.
 
^ PLEASE!
 
I don't think he's putting fish in, he's doing sea monkeys
 
I'll try to get some decent picks this weekend, but at the moment it's just my old fish (4 total sadly, I need new fish).

I've been waiting till i get all the issues ironed out, right now im fighting with the oceanmotions devices. Pretty disappointed with them. I sent one back for repair and it took over two months to get it returned. As soon as I plugged it back in, it immediately jammed. The problem is that even very fine particles of sand get in it and it jams up the rotating barrel. I've tried putting some filter material in the drain, but some still gets through and its enough to jam it. If I put too much filter material in, it starts to throttle the pump which is bad.

Frustrating.
 
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