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Sweet thanks! I was actually going to use a tool I have or a spoon I hear works.. But we will see haha

30 minutes said it was fine... And googled it and people had success with that. 24 hours to fully cure... But just fine after 30... Another question, since I'm waiting for stuff to come in th mail anyways, I was going to put some silicone around the seals... I have like a $150 gift card to homedepot... So I was going to get it there and use caulking gun... Is this safe to use? I heard some people have had success with it. http://www.homedepot.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?storeId=10051&langId=-1&catalogId=10053&productId=100091111&R=100091111

So ordering a Coralife dual timer strip..... And a box of salt... The last things I need to finish the build... I just did my plumbing with hat christies red hot blue glue... I'm wondering when can I fill tank again for freshwater leak test?

Awesome thanks!!

Yes I get it now.... How does it check valve get clogged? It's on my return line... Water is being pumped through it... I don't know how algae or anything could get into it... What would clog it?

I'm sorry to hear that as well... I'm sure I can get ahold of him soon.. When I called, they said he would be in on Wednesday... I will just wait until then.. That's ok.. Thank you

I've called seahorse a few times..

Ok thanks...

What is his user name? Or if you see this woody could you pm me please. I have a few questions for you Thank you

How do you do a siphon break incase power gets shut off?

Just got the sca 302 in the mail..it's alil dirty... A couple scrapes and chips here or there... Definately looks like it was hand made... Overall it came in one piece so I'm happy.

Looking for a pump around 900 gph if anyone has one? The one I'm using now I thought has more gph.. It's only rated at 600 gh.

Regarding the center brace. I see old 75 gallon tanks with no center brace. Just trim. Why is center brace so important on my tank? I fixed it... But still hesitant about it.. I think it I fine though...

I was going to use 29 originally... But tank came with a 20.. And I have a crack 29 and it looks way too big... Stand is only 28" high... Tank is sitting full right now. Turned off pump to test everything in case of power outage. Overflow water filled sump with no overflowing!! Only problem was the return line s below overflow box so that water would overflow sump.... Figured this out I think. I'm going to see if I can put a one way valve on it.. So it pumps out but water will not drain our return and if that works, everything is fine. I will let tank sit with water for a week or so to check for problems. Then it's coming into the house.

Filling tank today... In garage With hose.

Will a 40b fit? I want to do that... But that sale is not till summer... I will run it with 20g untill then then upgrade

center brace seems to be pretty sturdy.. that gorilla glue is some strong stuff but i will see if i can put some bolts or screws through it as well. as for the stand pipes, i would like to do them but i think the fittings above and below the bulkheads in the overflow are glued in... so they would have to be cut and get new bulkheads and plumbing around them... i didnt really wanna mess with it... im going to try running it without the valves or stand pipes... probably wont work and will overflow sump when pump shuts off... but im going to see what happens anyways in the garage haha... my other idea was adding an overflow on my sump.. so when it was about to overflow when pump is shut off, it drains to a 5 or ten gallon tank right next to it. thoughts on this? sounds pretty cool and would be very easy.

Fixed center brace with acrylic strips top and bottom and gorilla glue pics of inside overflow to follow... they not loading right now...

ok plumbing done... for now... until i find problems lol nothing is glued yet. pics to follow

Thanks! I think I might have to go to the stand pipes... The stand pipes I'm running in my 125 get that sucking.. So I like idea without them lol but idk if it'll work. I cut two stripes of acrylic and put them top and bottom of center brave and glued them and clamped them with gorilla glue and it seems pretty sturdy... We'll see how it goes.. I'm water testing tonight.

Ok thanks... I'm going to test run it without ball valves now in garage.. But if it's too loud or something I will run and get some.. I have not glued anything yet.. My concern was that since there was not stand pipes in my overflow box, just bulkheads, the water on top of overflow line and water in overflow box would drain and my sump has lots of baffles so water level will already be high... It's a 20 long.. I'm worried when pump is shut off, sump will overflow. Thanks

Bump for some answers to my questions... Just glued strips to center brace to fix it... Still a crack in the front though..

got used standard 75 the other day pretty cheap.. i will be downsizing my 125 into this. I had no clue what tank really looked like until it got delivered to me by my uncle.. he picked it up for me. tank was very very very dirty... thick algae caked everywhere... the overflow box is setup using both holes as drains..not using stand pipes.. just nubs with strainers.. i've had a tank setup like this before and liked it.. we will see... the return is drilled into the back corner.. it had a diy return line on it.. i took that off. took tank and sump out to the front yard yesterday in the rain and ran the hose over it and scrubbed for an hour or so... everything looks way better... The seals look alil thinner than i would like... look alil frayed in places.. but i've had a similar tank with thinning seals that held just fine.. thinking about adding another layer of silicone on top of those seals.. let me know what you think. also while inspecting, i found the center brace is broken in half right down the middle... i have some acrylic strips i was going to cut and use some gorilla glue to fix the brake... i've read some mixed reviews on gorilla glue being fish safe.. i've used it once before on a filter that was cracked... worked just fine.. but im not really worried since it will not be submerged in water. still working on getting glass lids for it... has big bulky light fixture. has built in fans... 2 actinic vho's, and 2- 400 watt MH's... i was told all bulbs are less then 3 months old.. kinda an ugly fixture but hopefully i can build a canopy to hide it. also the drains had ball valves on them that were old and didnt turn well.. so i removed them and i was just going to run the drains without ball valves... the return still has good ball valve on it... is there any problem not running ball valves on drains? the only problem i would think would be if my sump couldn't handle the amount being drained... its a 20 long sump. pump is a quiet one 6000 i believe. just ordered a sca-302 skimmer for this as well so we will see how that does... i think that is about it.. pics to come.... Some questions.. the ball valves on drains* crack in trim* seen in pics crack in brace* seals ok or no? adding top layer of silicone going to do anything?* thanks