spayne Posted June 28, 2006 Share Posted June 28, 2006 Truth be told, you guys won't be seeing me much in the equipment area. Jay is the one with the passion for plumbing and mixing electricity with water. Although you can be sure when I get my 350 gallon sump for my 20L, I will post that in here! (laugh) So here's Jay's closed loop. Ryan at "Advanced" helped a ton with the planning of this. From where to drill the holes to how to cut a hole in the wall and not have the roof cave in on us! Here's a diagram. And by the way, it is not being run by a Dolphin 8800 anymore. There is such a thing as TOO MUCH FLOW!!! We lost a orange shoulder tang thanks to the shock and horror of the tsunami from the Dolphin slamming him into the front of the tank. Stupid pump. Jay still needs to get rid of the blasted thing, too! Now originally, the 240 was drilled... but it was drilled in the bottom which scared the hell out of us. Again, Ryan saved the day and gave us advice on how to patch the holes as well as gave us acrylic to do it with! Here's when it was all nice and pretty. Drilled with bulkheads in: And an inside shot: Now here is a shot of the plumbing. You can see one issue Jay has. Well, a couple. For one, there is a loft in the garage that has become known as the skull cracker when you're not paying attention. So it makes for difficult access into the tank. The other issue is, the PVC sticks out quite a ways from the back of the tank. So not only do you have to watch your head, you have to skillfully balance yourself on the ladder and lean way over onto the top of the tank to get to anything. And since I'm vertically challenged, I don't assist with tank maintenance. Now, don't think I'm complaining. This is all stuff Jay has said. Personally, I'm impressed that he got it to work! Here's a better example of how far the PVC sticks out. Jay does plan to tear the plumbing apart eventually and redo this. And another: The other thing... we don't have front access from inside the house. We wanted to capture the "living picture" vibe without putting in cabinetary to take away from that effect. The problem with that is, it's not very maintenance friendly. We would have far less coralline overtaking the front of the tank if we had front access. Putting in new frags would be a heck of a lot easier, too. Sadly, the header is right above the tank. So for us to make front access, we would have to remove the header and saw out another chunk of the wall... with the tank in place of course... and move it up higher to allow for this. Jay has talked to Ryan about it, but I'm not entirely certain if this is going to happen. So that is the saga of the closed loop on the 240. And yeah, Jay had trouble getting that one bulkhead to seal. I told him to use duct tape, because that fixes everything, but he wouldn't listen to me. I'm sure Jay will both be surprised that I posted this (but I wanted to get something in this forum) and will add his insights... or correct me where I botched relaying his vision of plumbing to you! Stacy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nyles Posted June 28, 2006 Share Posted June 28, 2006 OK... Since I have been there and seen it let me ask a question... What if I had a friend thats a licensed contractor come out and cut the upper storage area short (you would have to have 4x4 supports to the ground) and then you would have room for the MH and be able to move them higher. You would lose some storage but heck thats the least of worries. Second for easier access I would consider a decorative facaude on the front that has an opening from the living room for easy access. ITs not as clean is whats in the living room now but if its done right to match your existing trim colors and patterns it would look like it belongs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nyles Posted June 28, 2006 Share Posted June 28, 2006 Also cutting the overhead beam would be easy "IF" this is not a support beam for the living area, and just the storage area ONLY. If the beam goes into the living room.... well.... good luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nu2reef-n Posted June 30, 2006 Share Posted June 30, 2006 Do you have any gurgling from the overflows? How many G.P.H. are you running for your return? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chief Posted June 30, 2006 Share Posted June 30, 2006 I would say about 1200 gph. Only time they gurgle is when the screens get clogged. It gives me an audible reminder to clean them. Jay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barelycuda Posted June 30, 2006 Share Posted June 30, 2006 Hey Jay, I like the electrical work... Cuda Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chief Posted June 30, 2006 Share Posted June 30, 2006 I told you I needed to fix that. DOH! Jay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spayne Posted June 30, 2006 Author Share Posted June 30, 2006 What... it's all up to code... right? :eek: (scary) (laugh) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barelycuda Posted June 30, 2006 Share Posted June 30, 2006 Maybe in a third world country. Cuda Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spayne Posted June 30, 2006 Author Share Posted June 30, 2006 Maybe in a third world country. rofl So this means if his electrical work does indeed set the house on fire one day, I can legitimately hold it over his head for the rest of my (or his) life. Well, I suppose that is contingent upon whether or not we make it out of the fire! (laugh) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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