I do have a few tips/hints/polite suggestions for ya.ġ)not sure if you've heard of loc-line, but it'll help clean up the look of your returns. Looks good! I'm always "pumped" when i can find a way to get the powerheads out of the tank.(sorry i couldn't help myself) I need to take pictures of under my hood and make another section right here, so this isn't quite done yet. You can see the fuge in the back is pretty well packed with chaeto. One of the best things about that fuge is that it dumps back into the tank, rather than pumping.Ĥ. The big tube above the CL output is the flow back from my fuge. I put a piece of hose inside another piece of hose and jammed that into the output to up the velocity a bit.which is why it looks a little funny. The thing right above the arrow is the left side output for the CL system. I wanted the holes to be low enough to stay below water even during water changes, and I wanted them to be plentiful enough to reduce chances of the aforementioned possible BTA injuries. Ok, the white pipe on the left is the intake for my system. The right output and the fuge pump can be seen here.ģ. * To provide alternating currents for the corals in the tank.ġ. * To get the powerheads out of the tank thus reducing clutter, heat and possibly BTA injuries. The entire reason for this project was really twofold: The JBJ ATO is mounted in between the two power strips. The closest strip has the fuge pump the CL pump, the ATO, and the heater. The white strip has the MH ballast and my hood's fan plugged into a timer in the wall. It's a Hamilton Technologies clearance issued ballast that I have resting up against my cold RO reservoir.īasically the command center is a board that's wire tied to my metal stand. You can see my extra powerhead from the closet with the custom stand and the float switch for the JBJ ATO inside the reservoir.ģ. The bottom enclosure will have a window to view the water level. The 10g tank seems like it will give me a large enough quantity to make it worthwhile (5g bucket seemed to need filled several times a week).īut I digress. But, I'm a firm believer in being able to always see the water level in the top off reservoir. My future plans for the fish tank in general is to enclose the bottom. The pump has 1 inch out, I had to switch that down to 3/4 and the natural bend of the hose was the reason for my non-traditional vertical mountage. I'll leave the reasons out, but they basically just have to do with the store being far away, the planning being not so thorough and my thick scull. I figure I'm at roughly 2 feet, but am also using the SCWD wavemaker (will be covered in Part 2) so I'm thinking it's probably a smooth 600 (don't bother doing the math.I just picked that number because it's probably close enough).Īnyway, you can see I had to do a bit of fancy plumbing. It's an inline pump which is rated for around 880 GPH at 0 head, and 540 at 4 ft.
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