Marek's 225 gal DSA upgrade

[pbjelly]

Wow, nice. It's so well laid out.
I knew I was going to have tank envy if I came on over to this thread...

 

[Marek-S]

Wow, nice. It's so well laid out.
I knew I was going to have tank envy if I came on over to this thread...

Tnx pbjelly
Added 1/2 inch pipe for ATO that I could use also to connect with kalkwasser reactor if needed
I glued all the PVC piping, hope there will be no leaks

 

[Marek-S]

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[Marek-S]

Front

 

[lnevo]

I'm loving this build!

 

[Marek-S]

I'm loving this build!

Tnx Inevo
Thinking about black background now

 

[Marek-S]

Getting ready for painting the background

 

[Marek-S]

One coat up

 

[evoIX_Reefer]

Nice build!! Everything looks like it should have a great turn out.

I wish I planned well enough ahead instead of "fill that bad boy up!"

Only question is what about an emergency drain for 1 of the 3 drains?

 

[Marek-S]

Tnx evoixReefer
Most this size tanks have 2 drains , this one has 3 , so the third one is my emergency
I going to leave them all open , see how noisy it's gonna be - I can always play with the full siphon method later

 

[evoIX_Reefer]

Yeah I doubt all 3 ever goes bad. I had mine back up due to snail shells getting in there and had to take apart the whole thing. My tank is a whole lot smaller and not as many drains but it can happen.

All 3 drains are going into 1 sock or that was just temporary? I'd worry about splash back and I'm sure that sock will last for 1 day if all 3 of those drains going to process through there.

 

[Marek-S]

I'm thinking one bigger filter sock, but if it will clog to fast I may have to use few smaller ones

 

[Marek-S]

Four coats later - black it is

 

[lnevo]

All 3 drains are going into 1 sock or that was just temporary? I'd worry about splash back and I'm sure that sock will last for 1 day if all 3 of those drains going to process through there.

If one get's setup as an emergency drain then technically it doesn't need to be in the sock, but it's a good safety. If he sets it up as a full siphon drain then really only going to be a trickle going through the 2nd drain. So in reality, one sock is fine, but it WILL need to be changed frequently since this is a pretty large tank.

 

[lnevo]

Four coats later - black it is

How about a front shot Looks great. One thing I wish I had done on my tank... oh well too late now and the back is completely covered in coraline anyway, but I would have liked the pop

 

[Marek-S]

I'm trying to take a pic from the front , but the reflection is so bad you end up seeing my driveway

 

[Marek-S]

Ok, held my phone above the front glass

 

[Marek-S]

Checking for leaks

 

[Marek-S]

And getting ready for transfer

 

[Marek-S]

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