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  1. The rimless tanks are pretty sweet! [emoji3] Keep posted Scott (spectra) keeps talking about selling his new one that he just made an amazing stand for! Sorry for Hijacking your thread Holly!

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    Ahh good info that setup that he has is sweet too. Thank you and sorry for hijacking the thread as well.

     

     

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  2. They turned out great the moment the wings hit the table everyone went silent and they destroyed the wings. Sometimes the best compliment to the chef is when you guests can even talk to tell you they like them

     

     

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  3. Just learned of a new meal to make which was pretty good. They are called a fatty. You make a bacon weave then lay down a layer of ground sausage on top of the bacon then add any fillings that you'd like on top of the sausage. I used cream cheese, cheddar cheese, onions and bell peppers you then roll it all up like a big roll sushi making sure to press the ground pork together to seal in the other goodies. Toss it on your smoker at 225 and smoke until your internal temp is at 165 takes about 3 hours. Once you're done you'll thank me.

     

    Side note for any of you that are just starting out. Invest in a thermapen thermometer. The 2 most important thing with smoking is controlling your temperature in the smoker and pulling your food at the desired internal temperature, this can't be judged by time alone as all cuts of meet are slightly different. Yes this gadget will cost you $100. Think of how much money worth of meat you'll put on your grill. 5 degrees of internal temp in some cuts is the difference between delicious, rubber or salmonella.

     

     

     

     

     

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  4. I got a lot done over the last week and I forgot to post my photos. So here's a recap of the last week.

     

    Got my pump in and it was time to plumb the tank. I decided to keep the Durso because I wanted a clean look and didn't want to run any plumbing out of the stand. So far it's extremely quiet the only noise that I can here come from the sump

     

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    Next I grabbed some sand from an existing tank and laid in all of my rock work. It's kind of hard to tell from the photo but I was able to make lots of caves I also moved over some filter pads from two existing tanks to seed my tank with some bacteria.

     

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  5. Very nice set up! I have a few questions if you don't mind. What equipment will you keep in the sump other than the heater? Will you use filter socks? I have been kicking around the idea of a freshwater tank and am wondering what the benefit is to using a sump with freshwater. Will you be using any pumps in the tank or just rely on flow through the sump?

    So far just heaters will be house in the sump. In the main chamber I will set up a refugium I'm going to need to put in a little research into some good plants. Once the tank is set up I am going to check the flow of the water I am sure that I will need some additional flow besides the return due to the big rocks

     

     

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  6. In my head before I put all the pieces under my tank I wanted to have put in lots of unions and use 45 degree instead of 90s. As well toss in gate valves on the lines. Well after looking at how tight everything is I think I'm going to have to run my drain with a 90 right at the tank - union - gate valve - 90 - sump. The pump can probably line directly below the return line so I was thinking to try and fit the pump - union - gate valve - Union - tank.

     

    The return I'm not so worried about because there won't be any change of direction and I think I can have the unions in a place where I can remove the plumbing if need be. The drain I'm not so sure on. With the room available The only way I can image removing the plumbing later on is to cut it all out and start over.

     

    Suggestions are welcomed

     

    Also I tossed a Union into the picture to help show scale

     

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  7. With all this rock I know I will have some dead spots in the tank. Is there a coloring agent, food coloring, that I can put into the water to help me see flow that also won't harm my fish and can be removed with some carbon

     

     

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  8. As long as everything goes as planned I should get water in this weekend. Just painted the inside of the stand so that it's more bright when I get the rope lights in b599929117e18952cbdba5ce1a4c03e0.jpg I didn't like the idea of seeing white when I opened the door so I kept that part black.

     

     

    I bought some rocks today so that I could create my aquascape

     

    Top view

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    Front view

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    Back view

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    The right side of the tank will be viewed the least amount so I'm not as worried how it looks. If I didn't have the wall in the way I'm sure it would look real cool.

     

     

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  9. I think it works. I'm not positive on it though, because I haven't checked them out much. When deciding which way I was going to go, my research led me to the two I listed. Whether the durso is silent (which would be great if it was, I just don't know) it still leaves you with no emergency drain. What happens if that clogs? Yikes! If anything I'd run the durso and use the other line as an emergency stand pipe and run the return over the back. I'd be terrified to run only one pipe outta my DT.

     

    Why must you cast such terrible doubt hahaha. That makes really good sense though. I will have to kick the idea around a bit i was wanting all the side to not show plumbing since its visible from all four. perhaps i can run some pumps and my neighbors will just have to deal with the eyesore of seeing some extra plumbing.

     

     

    if i understand the herbie correctly i will need to lower my original intake pipe and take off the top so that it is allowed to take as much water as possble. Then i run that pipe to a valve where i tinker with the opening to match the GPH of the downspout to the return. I want to dial the valve just right so that the water rises to the second return and allows a very small amount of water to enter it as well.

     

    The other area that i need to think about is i only have one spot on my sump for a return. on the main return could i have it go bulkhead valve then connect to a Y and on the emergency return just plumb it directly into the Y. Would i heard the gargle of the water at the y junction 3 feet below through my emergency line?

  10. Please do yourself a HUGE favor. Use a gate valve for your downward flow. I've never used those ball valves for a sump, but from what I've heard, they can be a nightmare. Treat yourself to an extra fifteen bucks and buy a gate valve. Your setup and future adjustments will literally be a snap. If you go the ball valve route, setting and adjusting will prove very difficult. Just my opinion after reading through many posts.

     

    I was going to look and see if i can find some. After playing with these ball valves they seem pretty still and i imagine that after a year of use it just gets worse. I wasn't planning on restricting my downward flow at all, is there a reason why you would. The tank that i bought is designed to work best at 700 GPH im not quite sure how Iim going to measure that once i get my pump on. I was thinking i would start at half open and open it up a bit more after timed intervals until i get to a point where i feel the tank is happy.

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