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zeusman

09-21-2005, 11:46 PM

First of all I plumbed the system into the cold water line. I used 3 whole house filters: 1- 1 micron and 2- carbon blocks in the 2nd ones.
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I ran the line through the wall for the tank and since I was going to have pure filtered water, I figured I give myself a faucet for my own bottled water. ( The wife loves it!).

This is the view from the other side of the wall I went through. I ran it along the baseboards to the back of the tank with a shutoff there also.
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Finally this is the pic of the water going into the tank from behind:
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This is the wet/dry filter with 2 spray bars that connect to the overflow box. I went with the bars for even distribution over the filter pad. Also , notice the bulkhead for the return for the drainage.
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This is the drip plate. Underneth it will be my cellpore block.
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Then my Rio 32HF will pump water through a 40 watt UV sterilizer and my heater module and back into the tank.
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This should work pretty AWESOME! I already have the wet/dry filter running, but currently using a 29 gal tank. I deceided to use a 45 gal rubbermaid container for the new one.

redtailfool

09-21-2005, 11:52 PM

Awesome project! kudos for an excellent job.
i like the micron filter.. not much of a fun of carbon..
so does this line from the carbon/micron doesnt run 24/7 does it?

zeusman

09-22-2005, 12:05 AM

Awesome project! kudos for an excellent job.
i like the micron filter.. not much of a fun of carbon..
so does this line from the carbon/micron doesnt run 24/7 does it?
I'm setting it up to run for 3 days on 2 days off. It will filter about 60 gallons in a 24 hr period.

DeLgAdO

09-22-2005, 12:08 AM

DUDE!! THATS SO AWSOME!!!!

i have a rio 32hf as well, powerful mutha f*cker :thumbsup:

I wanna use a storage bin like that but i need a bio chamber to hold ALOT of bio media, i can find anything to hold it at that capacity :(

zeusman

09-22-2005, 12:11 AM

neoprodigy

09-22-2005, 12:12 AM

very very nice setup.... now i gotta show mines now!

DeLgAdO

09-22-2005, 12:14 AM

do you mean the thick one?

isnt that for denitrification?

zeusman

09-22-2005, 12:19 AM

do you mean the thick one?

isnt that for denitrification?

I have 2 in there. One is used directly under the filter pad instead of bioblocks, and the 2nd one submerged in the water for denitrification. Its been running for 4 mths and my #'s are PERFECT!!

DeLgAdO

09-22-2005, 12:22 AM

i think I have some ideas, gunna have to check out hoem depot

are all plastic storage containers and bins fish safe??

zeusman

09-22-2005, 12:26 AM

i think I have some ideas, gunna have to check out hoem depot

are all plastic storage containers and bins fish safe??
This was a concern of mine also! After discussing it with a few members of this forum and other forums I found that Rubbermaid and Sterilite are the best and tha only ones to use! If you go with a different brand you may be taking a HUGE risk! ( IMO)

hardb0iled

09-22-2005, 12:26 AM

I made a funky U shaped spray bar for my wet/dry filter system out of PVC pipe to get an even spread over the drip tray, it worked great but it was noisy all hell! :(

The air that got sucked in via the stand pipe was being forced out the little holes of the spray bar and it sounded like when you try and squeeze the last bit out of a squeezable sauce bottle - but continuously! :swear:

I ended up removing the spray bar and just left a t section on the end of the pipe so the water dumped onto the drip tray in 2 places instead of one, my drip tray seems to do a pretty good job of evenly distrubuting the water this way so I'm happy. This allowed the trapped air to escape without being forced through a little hole and making a rude noises! :D

By the looks of it your using a different overflow system so you may not have the same problem.

DeLgAdO

09-22-2005, 12:32 AM

i gunna use a pvc spraybar as well, but im gunna make the holes just alittle bigger than usual as the rio32hf is quite powerful.

i dont think im gunna be be using a return bulkhead, just suctions cups.

zeusman

09-22-2005, 12:36 AM

hardb0iled

09-22-2005, 12:44 AM

Yeah my holes werent that small but my pump is rated 3500l per hr :eek:

A bit of overkill on a 450l tank, but hey, the water is clean! :D

zeusman

09-22-2005, 12:51 AM

Yeah my holes werent that small but my pump is rated 3500l per hr :eek:

A bit of overkill on a 450l tank, but hey, the water is clean! :D
Yeah, the Rio 32 HF is rated at 1900/gal at 1 ft and 1300/gal at 6 ft. I have about 5 1/2- 6 ft to the return. My water is also crystal clear. The Rio pump kicks ass! :headbang2

hardb0iled

09-22-2005, 1:06 AM

This is the pump I have:

Sun Sun HQB-3900

http://www.rockaroundtheblock.com.au/product.asp?pID=44&cID=10&c=225625

I got it for AU$40

Great bang for buck pump, highly recommend them for the price if you can get them over there!

It has a head rating of 4metres! I actually have a ball valve on the outlet between the pump and my tank to cut it back a bit, otherwise the tank turns into a whirl pool. I still have to increae the diameter of the return pipe, to slow down the water coming back into the tank, at the moment it has blown a hole through my sand substrate so you can see the bottom of the tank :(

I'll be getting another one for my 680l tank which will be on its way soon :grinyes: