8 foot tank idea
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muffywrx;5127025; said:Egon - found this in another thread
This is a really great concept I have always been curious about. I have a washer hot/cold line hook up right behind where my tank will go (upstairs laundry room turned fish room) .... Can I somehow retrofit this into a trickle setup?
I am a noob when it comes to how a sump works and all that, but I learn fast and have done projects with my father plumbing and electrical wise, as well as other things. So I am eager to absorb all information I can to put into this projectI'm sorry if I frustrated you, but I just want to make sure I do everything right and have a good base design. Wanted to allow y'all to have a chance to input your creative
Back to researching
T off of your cold water line (this is all in my 450 thread) and run that line to your tank. I used copper pipe but if I could do it over again I would use PEX line. PEX is the stuff used for RO systems. No soldering! This is a plastic line that connects together with fittings, it's very flexible and perfect for a trickle system, low volume. You can run it along base boards and drill tinny holes through the walls to get the water to your tank.
Egon;5127514; said:
Awesome. I will look into that!
As far as T-ing off, I have it directly hooked up to a hose to fill the tank right now with a Y hose, so I can directly hook up, correct?
EDIT: Found the trickle part.
Just need a gate valve.Hey you may wanna consider how you're going to brace the floor. A 360g plus tank on the second floor w no bracing will def be a risk.
creepyoldguy;5127991; said:
It is a first floor laundry room, and while my house does have a basement, the best part about this room is that it was an addition. No basement below it.
creepyoldguy;5128022; said:
I think I did, "upstairs laundry" .... my dad and I just installed a basement laundry. Sorry, Bad wording
What does everyone think of glasscages.com for a tank? I don't know how much they'd charge for shipping, but I can get a 300W tank for 1500ish reef ready with bulkheads, overflows, and lids.
Building the stand shouldn't be more than a few hundred bucks ... plumbing and glass baffles shouldn't be too much to add to my 60 gallon if I convert it into a sump (48x12x25).
Found this idea
http://www.melevsreef.com/acrylics/sumps/58/58sump.html
the 60 gallon is glass, so still curious as to how to support it on the stand, or if I should just put it on the floor and have an open base with beams on either side of the stand.
Building the stand shouldn't be more than a few hundred bucks ... plumbing and glass baffles shouldn't be too much to add to my 60 gallon if I convert it into a sump (48x12x25).
Found this idea
http://www.melevsreef.com/acrylics/sumps/58/58sump.html
the 60 gallon is glass, so still curious as to how to support it on the stand, or if I should just put it on the floor and have an open base with beams on either side of the stand.
Drew this up tonight at work brainstorming a drip system that would work with a refugium.... would hook up cold line to gate valve at probably 1gph? And then by flow and gravity this system should work even in power outages.
My questions ...
1 does this look like a good design?
2 what if my outflow gets clogged? Solutions to this?
3 can I drill the side of my 60 gallon or are there other options for outflow? If I have to drill, what is best way to go about this?
My questions ...
1 does this look like a good design?
2 what if my outflow gets clogged? Solutions to this?
3 can I drill the side of my 60 gallon or are there other options for outflow? If I have to drill, what is best way to go about this?
also there is a laundry drain behind the tank I could use too but it is about 5 feet above ground and I don't kno how I could get the water to drain that high?
Maybe I can hook up a sponge filter to a powerhead hooked to a hose that goes up the 5 feet and down the drain pipe? Then no drilling needed but how do i make sure the flow rate isn't too high and how do I prevent overflow with power outages?
Maybe I can hook up a sponge filter to a powerhead hooked to a hose that goes up the 5 feet and down the drain pipe? Then no drilling needed but how do i make sure the flow rate isn't too high and how do I prevent overflow with power outages?
