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  1. K

    Plumbing Ideas for a Room Divider

    Stand just came in the house today, tank arrives tomorrow. I'll try to take a few pics soon, still lookin at around 2 weeks till water. stay tuned........... :rolleyes:
  2. K

    Plumbing Ideas for a Room Divider

    YGM Mike!! :) :) :) :)
  3. K

    Plumbing Ideas for a Room Divider

    The cylinder idea is cool, implementation cost worries me a little. Do they make 8" acrylic in black? I havent ever seen that before. The coast to coast, I dont know. If I undestand you correctly it would go down the center of the tank directly under the lights? Would kill your access ways...
  4. K

    Plumbing Ideas for a Room Divider

    Okay the curve ball I alluded to is here. What if we lost the overflow/return that we were previously going to use for loop return. In my mind its on the right side. I think that wall is coming down for full three sided viewing. The other wall remains in place. [5" wide]. Sorry and agian...
  5. K

    Plumbing Ideas for a Room Divider

    Still got your pencil out? First I apologize Mike, been a busy few weeks. -When I tore down the sheet rock on the wall I found a bunch of unexpected wiring, so I'm working on that. -I have a deposit with the folks at Innovative and to my knowledge I'm "in line" :) -The pumps are secured...
  6. K

    Plumbing Ideas for a Room Divider

    Yeah its the exact same concept. Even with the "ducts" I'm proposing. Are you getting a visual on that? To me its an awesome idea. Wouldnt even have a visible bulkhead in the tank. Only thing that concerns me is access to these ports, and the bulkhead that leads to them. I would have to use...
  7. K

    Plumbing Ideas for a Room Divider

    you gotta remember this is a divider so there is no way to plumb anything from above withou going through an overflow or the btm of the tank. Jeff what do you think I'd gain from that? Open to ideas....... I'm really considering building ducts from acrylic into the sides of the overflows [For...
  8. K

    Plumbing Ideas for a Room Divider

    Okay got the xtra ampmaster secured. Will run two on loops and one for return. Working on the Oceansmotions. Are they only available from the manufacturer? Ive seen a price for $279 but on their website it says $309.
  9. K

    Plumbing Ideas for a Room Divider

    Thanks again Mike, take your time. We have a month or so to come up with something. I told Brian about the end "returns" but kept it kinda vaugue for now untill we come up with specifics. I have a two inch perimeter [square tubing] to take into consideration there. The island overflows will be...
  10. K

    Plumbing Ideas for a Room Divider

    Sorry for all the lengthy delays, killin me at work. I do indeed have two Am3k's for the loops but I still need a return pump. Preferably low voltage, enough to turn the tank over 4-5 times. I think I'd like to go forward with your plans, primarily because it will be so clean. Lotsa flow no...
  11. K

    Plumbing Ideas for a Room Divider

    Okay I'm sold Mike. Any detail you can add to the drawing is welcome. Stand is welded and tearing down the wall next week. Just in a money pit right now. OceansMotions are killin me the most. Have you heard how the Sequence Dart performs. Loud? I hear not. With all the flow in the tank, if I...
  12. K

    Plumbing Ideas for a Room Divider

    Sorry for the delay Mike, I'm working the night shift this week and its hectic out here right now. The only thing I'm hesitant about is adding the extra closed loop for all the extra pump noise. I know the flow is needed but I may have to re-think my thoughts on my streams.... The planning...
  13. K

    Plumbing Ideas for a Room Divider

    The acrylic part is no problem, I have help on this end [Got a friend who made my sump and new stand]. Or better yet maybe we can involve the Innovative guys to get it absolutely to spec. As I'm still in the planning phase w/them. The idea of using the ends that will be hidden by the wall to...
  14. K

    Plumbing Ideas for a Room Divider

    Pretty close at this point.. Are you thinking PLC.? Youre 100% correct on the returns. Unless we oversize the overflows...
  15. K

    Plumbing Ideas for a Room Divider

    The vision I had when I first starting thinking about it was kinda like two atolls of rock around the overflows with maybe some rock low to the floor in between; lots of swimming space in between and around. You will see through the center of the tank to the other room. Virtually nothing proped...
  16. K

    Plumbing Ideas for a Room Divider

    No more DSB for me. Light gravel or Light sand for aesthetics. SpS/LPS lotsa flow but I want to stay away from streams [got those now and not happy with look]. Considering an ocean motion for CL. All equipment below tank. 41" tall welded stand with wood veneer. So it should be roomy.
  17. K

    Plumbing Ideas for a Room Divider

    Hi everyone, I'm planning a 400 gallon acrylic tank [Innovative is tops on my list right now to build it.] I'm having some problems coming up with some creative plumbing/water return schemes and looking for ideas. I'm going to try to describe the layout and my preliminary ideas....... Tank...
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