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Hmm I'm not sure I know why drilling it would be a bad idea. They have the drill it for the overflows, what does 5 more holes matter?
I never really thought drilling in the bottom would be a big deal. I guess I'll have to search for some problems people had when doing this.
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Are they using 1 inch glass for the bottom? I would go with a two inch close loop intake or a second 1.5 inch intake, the Sequence ReeFlo series pumps have 2 inch intake. My Oceans Motions' 4 way does not like sand or any type of debris, more than a few people I know have the issue with sand binding the internal drum. Having the close loop intake facing up wards will only further exaggerate this problem. |
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The only problem that I can visualize with drilling on the bottom without an over flow box is that if you have a bulkhead or fitting failure, you would need to drain the entire tank to repair this.
I think that the larger Reeflo pumps might only have a 1.5" intake as oppsed to the Dart and Snapper. |
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JB, here is my .02.
I got a somewhat custom 215 oceanic drilled on bottom w/ 4 holes for closed loop. My advice, have the holes drilled so you can use the heavy duty bulkheads. Mine drilled only for regular. So far no issues, but HD bulkhead nuts have more threads and will hold better. No matter what, just use caution when adjusting any fittings under there once tank is full so that you don't cause a fitting to drip. About 11 months on my system and no drips so far. Here is the thread I started for CL on bottom. Other threads out there as well. http://archive.reefcentral.com/forum...highlight=loop use a true union ball valve from savko on each one and threaded bulkhead. If you have to change something, you can insert plug on inside of tank or you have union on ball valve to close as well. Alberto did have some good comments on p2 of linked thread. No loss of sleep so far for me Good luck dude. Craig WAMAS President
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Joe are u going BB or DSB. i might be ordering my tank from them also late FEB. or March.
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I'll probably put the intake on an elbow so it is not facing up, thinking it might create a little vortex if it is facing up. Hmm, if the sand is a problem for the OM, I'll just have to make a decision no sand or no OM. I'm thinking of ditching the sand right now anyway. looks like it is limiting me too much right now
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I don't know how AO built there tanks if they look similar to the acrylic tanks or a glass tanks without any trim that will be ok i just don't like to see anything like this happen to Joes tank. http://archive.reefcentral.com/forum...5&pagenumber=1
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Is it wise to drill the EuroBracing? Isn't it there for structural integrity of the tank overall? I'd hate to see your tank fail because of a few 1" holes in your bracing
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I too would opt for 2" on the CL intake. Or at least double 1-1/2" joined together into a 2".
The best suited, high flow, low head pumps have 2" inlets.
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I can do 2" intake.
dlshaw I originally thought the same thing, but tons of people do it and the manufactures say there is no problem with it.
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After some talk with AO. I think I am going to ditch the CL. They would rather not have me put 5 more holes in the bottom, and I don't have the room for the CL out the back. I think using streams I should be able to get more than enough flow.
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Joe how many streams will it take and what model will you used?
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I'll probably add two 6100 (3170 GPH each) plus the 6000 I already have (1849 GPH), add another 1200 GPH for the return pump should give me about 34x turnove rate.
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My old tank had about 16x turnover. That one turned out ok.
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Joe are you going to used the 7095 multicontroller to run the 3 tunze streams?
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why don't u change the transformer on the 6000 and make it a 6100. there about 75 bucks.
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oops I just checked my 6000 and it's really a 6100. So I don't need the transformer but that was a good idea, I didn't know I could do that.
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