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08/13/2007, 01:57 PM
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Maybe even before I lay down underneath the thing, say my prayers and drill. I was just thinking about the bulkhead. My overflow is 4.5" wide. If I use a 2" sch80 bulkhead I'm thinking the mounting nut will be about 4" because the 1.5" ones I just got are 3.5". Gonna be tight.
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08/13/2007, 02:47 PM
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Another thing. There is no way I can fit a Durso Standpipe made out of 2" pipe in my overflow with the return pipe also going through the overflow. Anybody use anything different?
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08/13/2007, 02:52 PM
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Anyone use a stockman standpipe?
http://home.nc.rr.com/stockmanreef/aquasilencer.htm
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08/13/2007, 02:59 PM
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At the bottom of this page you will find an interesting alternative that is supposed to work really well. I would investigate that and others on RC.
DIY Stockman Stand Pipe
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08/13/2007, 07:27 PM
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HTH...I know there are cool mods of the STockman but I can't remember where I saw them. Post in the DIY forum and ask. You should get a good response.
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08/13/2007, 07:44 PM
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yours is a better link though. shows it better. What I really like on my link is the DIY tank adapter. I have even seen it used on commercial products like CPR.
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08/13/2007, 07:54 PM
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I'm going to give this one a shot I think. I might have to move the return that goes through the overflow.
http://home.everestkc.net/jrobertson...struction.html
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08/13/2007, 08:47 PM
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at 100 posts I got to use a custom avatar. You can't even see it but it's a great whites mouth, a blue ring octopus and a manta ray on my arm. Not sure why its so small but that was the max it would allow. Am I doing something wrong?
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08/13/2007, 10:23 PM
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Paul, I am not so sure about the air hose part of that design.
On your avatar, try manipulating the picture in an editor to get it to the correct size. You can also try lowing the number of colors to make the file smaller. Most picture editors will let you play with it enough to get it to the right size and under the kb allowed.
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08/15/2007, 10:26 AM
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Thanks man. I have some time today so I'm starting to build the stand. I'll post some more pics later.
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08/15/2007, 12:48 PM
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cabinet maker? I expect the best Paul!
 Are you going to do the half wall by the oil tank?
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08/15/2007, 03:12 PM
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I'm moving a couple of machine and stealing an extra 4' to the left of the old stand. That will give me 12' to the oil tank. Then I am doing a 2nd tier that will go over the oil tank. Now that I got that up I can see how I want to continue around the oil tank. I'm thinking electrical panel maybe. Heres what I did so far.
Notched 4x4s to accept 2x10s  Framed the platform with 2x10s  Constructed the 2nd tier over oil tank  Started putting plywood down 
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08/15/2007, 04:07 PM
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Nice. A little different than I imagined and lots more room. what will you keep in the area that has the low shelf above it? Will you be able to fit a large sump on the floor?
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08/15/2007, 04:25 PM
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I'm putting the sump on the large part of the platform. Under the shelf will be my main pump. The shelf will be RO/DI and under that section salt water. Below the sump will be QT tanks. When I extend it over the oil tank I will use that space for Ca, and chiller. I'm going to really try and use Sketch up tonight. I'll post the plan if it's no too embarrassing.
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08/15/2007, 04:36 PM
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Interesting. One thing about having the QT tanks below the sump is that when it's time to acclimate the new arrivals, you can feed the QT water from the sump through a float valve.
I have a line going from my fuge that is above my tank level, to a valve, and then adapted to JG 1/4" line to a float valve on my QT. When it's time to acclimate, I open the gate valve, and slowly remove QT water one qt. at a time. Over a period of multiple days, the new arrival becomes completely acclimated to the display system, and then I pop it in the main after lights out.
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