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11/26/2005, 12:01 PM
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Update time again.
Unfortunately rather late, but all the tanks now have only 2 sides with paint on them. Will all be washed tomorrow. Need to collect the bits for the plumbing and then get that done. So all in all things are moving nicely. Will do a clean up of the area where they are going to go and then take some pics. Steve |
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11/26/2005, 04:59 PM
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I tried to make my tanks easily removable for cleaning, as cleaning them in place can be a PITA. Smallish tanks the can be turned off, drained and then moved to a laundry tub for cleaning has proved to be invaluable.
Also a wet/dry bioball based pre-sump has proved it's worth when dealing with large quantities of fry. Here's mine: http://reefcentral.com/gallery/showp...t=1&thecat=500 Dman
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11/26/2005, 08:52 PM
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Nice setup Dman and the drilled PVC is a slick ideal. Do you have more pics. of the plumbing? Mike
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11/27/2005, 12:37 AM
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SYL,
Thanks, my partner came up with the idea, brilliant. There are a couple of more pics in my gallery Dman
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11/27/2005, 09:41 AM
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DMan,
Thanks for the ideas. I am hoping that I will have a similar concept. Each tank can be isolated from the system, and apart from 2 all can be removed. Now when I do the plumbing, that is going to be interesting as all the tanks were bottom drilled so that I can manage the water level in the tanks easier. I have loads of qestions about some of the stuff that you have in your gallery. 1) Those filters, can you get more and would you post them to me if possible. 2) What is the tube holder for? Your setup looks great, I wish I had that much space available. One thing I will say, is that all my tanks are high at the moment, but the plan is that they will all get replaced over time. They cost me about $2.00 each as apposed to $20 for new. So the plan is that once a hatch has occured the tanks will be replaced with newer shallower ones. I shall post pic as things happen. Steve |
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11/27/2005, 04:39 PM
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spk,
Those filters are actually the endcaps from rolls of bags, I can get my hands on lots of them and should be albe to send you a couple or more.  BUt if you tanks are bottom drilled it would probably be easier to stuff the tops of the overflows with the screening material. I sanded the face and hot glued different sized screens to them according to the size of the fry. The tube holder is for my G. oceanops eggs. They lay eggs in a 20cm length of CPVC and I use that to bubble the eggs just before the hatch. Dman
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11/27/2005, 08:08 PM
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Very nice and clean set-up on your rack system. What size are the tanks? The top looks like a 20 L, but the other tanks look to be smaller than a standard 10, are they cubes? Great set-up! Take care. Jamison |
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11/27/2005, 08:22 PM
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11/28/2005, 11:34 PM
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I used to have a similat drain setup to yours. What I had done is run 2" PVC tubing and put a T section where each tank was, then simply run the vinyl tubing into the T. Wasn't a tight fit, but there really wasn't enough flow to cause any issues.
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11/29/2005, 03:00 AM
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RCS,
My plan is for a drain of 63mm at the bottom, slightly more than 2" and then each tank drain is 32mm, slightly more than an inch. It will be hard piped throughout. But I will not glue for easy maintenance. Steve |
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04/08/2006, 12:18 PM
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Update Time again.....
Yes I know some time and water has gone under the bridge. Work commitments and what not have slowed this down, but the moment of truth has arrived. I will be doing a leak test tomorrow. Returns are plumbed, drains are plumbed. Now we test the water flow. If there are no leaks then we start with the RO water on Sunday evening. Steve PS: There are loads that I am wishing that I had done so differently already.
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04/08/2006, 01:56 PM
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Steve,
Let's see some pics when you're done. Also would love to hear what you would have done different. Thanks, Kevin
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04/10/2006, 03:11 AM
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Leak Test.........
Oh well, the places where I thought there would be problems had none and the places where I was confident there would be no problems, there were loads.  Nothing major, need to remove the bulk heads and silicone them. So rather a large task ahead of me at the moment. Steve |
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04/12/2006, 09:53 PM
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Anyone have more pictures or information on teh plumbing? Im thinking of setting up a breeding station, however do not have the room for all those tanks. I can do 2 10g, a 5.5, anda 55g growout tank. What kind of filters...do all the tanks need to be networked together (for filtration) etc...
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04/13/2006, 02:21 AM
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James,
There are several threads open that have this information for you and a lot more. Do a search for systems under the breeders section. If you do not find anything let me know and I will link them here for you. Steve |
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04/13/2006, 02:20 PM
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Here you go.
This one has links to some of the others. Breeders Show your setups There are some links here too. No one shows their breeding setups New Breeding setup log These are a few that I have subscribed to. Hope this helps. Steve |
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04/13/2006, 03:02 PM
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Thank you spk.
So i bought a 46G tank from this older couple, and after three weeks the clowns have begun to spawn. The couple told me that they have laid eggs before, so i knew it was a mating pair. Plus they have their own anenome lol. So essentially im trying to figure out how to build a really cheap breeding station. Obvioulsy i would max out on the number of fish i can deal with pretty quickly, which is okay until im sure this is a venture that i want to continue. |
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04/14/2006, 04:54 AM
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James,
I think the best route for you, may be to follow what Kathy55g started out with. She only had a couple of tanks, but it would be best to have a look at some of her posts and drop her a PM. It is very frustrating sometimes, when you have done everything that you can and then still things do not work. So you nned to hang in there for a while before deciding not to continue. Good luck and looking forward to see what you do. Steve |
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04/15/2006, 04:40 AM
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Update Time again.......
Ok, after the last leak test, all the tank bulk heads have been siliconed in place, and I discovered that the drain pipe was leaking, so all of these have been glued together Was not really keen on that idea, but anyway.... So now we wait for a while and then leak test again. Hopefully this time there will not be a problem, then it can be filled with salt water and what have you. Quite a few people are giving up marines in the area, and I may just be able to get some mature sand to seed the system with, I hope. That way we may just be able to start a bit sooner. But I will not rush things too much Happy Easter. Steve |
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04/16/2006, 05:03 AM
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Nother Update......
I have the system now running on 9 tanks. It will run with fresh water till later this evening and then I will start adding the salt. Whilst the pipes are being flushed, I have begun to make RO water. ~300gal is a lot of water to make. So perhaps by Tuesday I can have things up an running with salt water too. Yipeeeee Wathc this post. Steve |
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