R-3 Posted October 31, 2006 Share Posted October 31, 2006 Good progress Miles!! Looks good. I need to get some black acrylic (which I just gotta got to PDX to get) and build a overflow and I can get going. Proud to be a T5 user again! Lets see those lights on there. Later Ryan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
impur Posted October 31, 2006 Author Share Posted October 31, 2006 I'll put em on tonight and snap a pic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
impur Posted November 7, 2006 Author Share Posted November 7, 2006 For days I slaved to make enough new salt water to fill my new tank. I filled garbage cans, buckets, jugs and anything that could hold water. I worked hard on the tank. I washed the sand. Over and over is washed it but it was not enough. Silt still ruled over the light. As the fresh RO/DI water mixed with new Oceanic salt to become the lifeblood of my reef, I began to ponder how to keep things clean in my new larger tank. I notice how detrius pooled under rocks that sit on the sand. PVC was used in half my 29gal and worked well. Then Nyles came up with a brilliant plan. Yes this could work!! I could cut it up on my miter saw and use it in squares. But it was too large for my miter saw. I tried side cutters next. That worked, buy my hands quickly became tired. Surely I had to have a dremel bit suited for this. Yes! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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impur Posted November 7, 2006 Author Share Posted November 7, 2006 NO LEAKS (clap) (dancing) (rock2) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael7979 Posted November 7, 2006 Share Posted November 7, 2006 O' brother you got me thinking now!!! Looks great!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nyles Posted November 7, 2006 Share Posted November 7, 2006 Nice one... now if you had a tablesaw... you could have made little rock lifts like I was thinking... Oh well, hey if you want I can drag the table saw by again this weekend.. then you can cut those racks down smaller into 4 pegs instead of those 12-16 peg sizes. Then they will be adjustable and movable. Let me know! But Im broke so you will own me a beer... LOL. Really though it looks great, cant wait to see the end result. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R-3 Posted November 7, 2006 Share Posted November 7, 2006 Lookin better Miles. Glad to see no leaks! Im gonna try to do some plumbing tonight and maybe wet-test tomorrow! Getting closer. Later Ryan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
impur Posted November 7, 2006 Author Share Posted November 7, 2006 Yah i think they will work great as they are though. That is where i want my rocks, perfect fit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
impur Posted November 7, 2006 Author Share Posted November 7, 2006 Oh and the MJmod has been running completely silent all night Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nyles Posted November 7, 2006 Share Posted November 7, 2006 Mine are getting a little noisy, I think its coming from the carbon shaft rattling in the air tubing. I will figure it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
impur Posted November 7, 2006 Author Share Posted November 7, 2006 You use that nylon washer? That helped a lot i think. It started to make some noise at first so i turned the shroud little by little till it stopped. Must have been slightly off center. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nyles Posted November 7, 2006 Share Posted November 7, 2006 yup, the shaft is rattling in the airline near the prop. It comes and goes.. I may even superglue the end shut and drill a tiny hole for the carbon to go through, thus removing the play. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
impur Posted November 7, 2006 Author Share Posted November 7, 2006 Yah thats a good idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nyles Posted November 7, 2006 Share Posted November 7, 2006 I ran out of glue.. again. So I will do it thursday. LOL.. always something. Hopefully I will come home with a few nice pieces tomorrow... you need anything? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
impur Posted November 7, 2006 Author Share Posted November 7, 2006 No thanks. Maybe if it were a week from now, but where things are at right now i have my hands full. Thanks for the offer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
impur Posted November 8, 2006 Author Share Posted November 8, 2006 Ugh. I got home, turned on the CL (i didn't run it cuz i wasn't completely sure it would not leak = scared), and started to put some corals into buckets to acclimate. After checking the bulkheads about 30 times over the course of an hour, i decided i had better check one more time before any corals actually got into the tank and i started transferring water. Sure enough, 3 of the top 4 were leaking. They are leaking where my threaded street els screw into them. Now it did not leak a drop for 2 days when i had it running before. But i got to thinking. Some how its squeezing water out of the threads, I wrapped the threads in teflon so how? I think it might be because of the reducers on the other side of the bulkhead restricting the flow and creating some pressure inside the bulkhead. Its not a fast leak, its like 1 drop every 1 or 2 minutes and i'm sure it would fill with saltcreep in time. But i just can't live with imperfection so as i cussed and stomped around preparing to drain the tank, i remembered how i fixed the exact same problem on the intake. Lots and lots of silicon So i smothered the connection spot with silicon. I mean if water gets thru this silicon it will officially be a modern miracle. If this doesn't work....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael7979 Posted November 8, 2006 Share Posted November 8, 2006 It will..........be positive!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
impur Posted November 8, 2006 Author Share Posted November 8, 2006 Ok so i'm gonna head to Jerry's tonight and change out the loclines. I don't like the idea of that back pressure there and just to be safe i'm gonna see about making some of those uber expensive returns, the name escapes me now. Anyway, its essentially a few sched 80 45* elbows. I'll get some pics tonight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nyles Posted November 9, 2006 Share Posted November 9, 2006 Omni-Flex.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
impur Posted November 9, 2006 Author Share Posted November 9, 2006 Yah omniflex. I'm gonna build 4 of them for the cost of 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
impur Posted November 10, 2006 Author Share Posted November 10, 2006 Ok removed the loclines and fired up the CL. No leaks at all Seems to do a good job of chaotic flow throughout the tank with no directional parts on the inside of the bulkheads. So thats good. But this Panworld pump sounds like a jetliner preparing for takeoff. I can hear it in every single room of my 1525 sq ft house. I can hear it outside even. This just will not do. I'm about 2 inches from selling the new tank and just keeping the 29gal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vanz Posted November 10, 2006 Share Posted November 10, 2006 What about soundproofing the pump? Just a quick search led me to this site: http://www.extremesoundproofing.com/Projects/Compressors/compressors.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nyles Posted November 10, 2006 Share Posted November 10, 2006 Grab a fish cooler box and mod it.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
impur Posted November 10, 2006 Author Share Posted November 10, 2006 I tried wrapping it in some foam and it did not help at all. Its got this high pitched hum that resonates throughout the house. In fact i can hear it better standing 15 feet away from the tank than i can when i'm 2 feet from it. It also might be cavitating a little. It sounds like there is air in the impeller sometimes. Not bad, but i can hear it a little. It doesn't look like any MB are in the tank though. I'm considering 2 things now. 1) selling the pump, buying a dart and plumbing the intake over the back of the tank. 2) selling the pump for a bonified quiet pump. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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