racefan Posted November 6, 2011 Share Posted November 6, 2011 I took my BC29 & tore it down & re did it. It was getting overgrown. I don't have any tank before & after shots but I have after pics of the sump setup. I had wannareef build me a sump (beautiful job by the way, hated to hide it!) then I drilled the back for a 3/4" bulkhead & made a external durso. I really screwed up trying to paint it black DOH! (at least it's hidden from view) since the back is not real thick glass I made a gusset for the bulkhead hole to reinforce it. Probably not needed but what the heck, kept me entertained(laugh). On the pump return, I tee'd the line & put a gate valve so that if I needed to throttle the pump back I can open the valve & just return water to the sump with no strain on the pump (read that on Melvsreef.com) then when I want to do a water change I just rotate the 90 degree so it points straight out attach the pipe to it & open the gate valve & the water goes into the bucket(read that on RC) I replaced the sand so I'm just waiting to see if I have a mini cycle before bringing the critters from the Q/T tank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C0lin Posted November 6, 2011 Share Posted November 6, 2011 That water change method ingenious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nate213 Posted November 6, 2011 Share Posted November 6, 2011 That water change method ingenious. Nice. Wish I had thought of that before I glued my drain line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racefan Posted November 6, 2011 Author Share Posted November 6, 2011 Nice. Wish I had thought of that before I glued my drain line. I wish I could say I was ingenious enough to think of it. I read it on a guys build thread on Reef Central. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stylaster Posted November 7, 2011 Share Posted November 7, 2011 Great job Mike, looks good I like the quick water change tap on my 120 too, makes life so much easier! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acuraguy55 Posted November 11, 2011 Share Posted November 11, 2011 thats a sick power strip. where do you get those from? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racefan Posted November 11, 2011 Author Share Posted November 11, 2011 thats a sick power strip. where do you get those from? I got mine from these guys. http://www.cyberguys.com/product-details/?productid=32820 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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