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Old 01/01/2008, 01:46 PM
lhoy lhoy is offline
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Location: Georgetown, TX
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Plumbing

I was more than ready to get started plumbing as the stand and canopy took a while (lots of sanding in all those cracks and crevices)!! My finger were raw and I was ready to deal with some water for a change.

I set myself up a gluing area.



The cryptic fuge is fed by a "T" from the left drain. It then has (2) gravity fed 1/2" durso drains with an inner elbow turned sideways to drain off the top in the fuge. These feed directly in the sump.



Shot of Left Side Drain and Return with "T" for Fuge:



Right drain and return:


I used lots of unions to make disconnecting easy no matter what need to be taken apart. I had used slip bulkheads before and glued pipe in. After taking down my 75 gallon I vowed to NEVER do that again!



I had bought a used Iwaki off of RC and after plumbing everything tried to fire it up. NOTHING! I was very bummed as I was having a Christmas open house in two days and wanted the tank up and going. I couldn't believe it but a LFS had a Panworld 150PS and because it was an emergency they gave me online pricing!!

Here is a pic of the new Panworld:



In the pics you can see my poor boy's Skimmer Waste Collector for now! ; )
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