Spinner
Reef
Thank you i have been reading different threads and agree about many craftsman here at RF. I am looking forward to learning some new things here and will share my ideas freely.
300 gallon TRUVU CUSTOM
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Spinner
Reef
This is my smallest refugium backpack DSR 50 design it has a skimming first champer along with gravity drain. I showed them on my old web site with air stone skimmer, 250gph pump, nice shape piece of live rock, sand, small piece macro algae, and a pair peppermint shrimp. Lighting was from DT.
* DSR 50 design is 17 years old.
Hope you enjoyed a blast from the past
* DSR 50 design is 17 years old.
Hope you enjoyed a blast from the past
Spinner
Reef
This is my muti elevation sand bed and pvc structure to be covered by my rock work.
It even has skylights
I will use 4 to 5 mm rock size in raised sand beds so water can move throught them. I used doubled egg crate and double fiber glass window screen to hold sand and rock weight.
I will only use 2" 1.5 to 2.5 mm of sand in tank as i have a 100 gallon remote DSB.
It even has skylights
I will use 4 to 5 mm rock size in raised sand beds so water can move throught them. I used doubled egg crate and double fiber glass window screen to hold sand and rock weight.
I will only use 2" 1.5 to 2.5 mm of sand in tank as i have a 100 gallon remote DSB.
Peppie
Well-known member
Great idea of the raised sand bed, I like it. You got me thinking....
Spinner
Reef
Got you thinking then i did my job!lol
Here is my old 750 gallon tank with raised rock structure using 3" acrylic tubes and doubled egg creat to hold 2,000 lbs of branch rock off sand bed.
NOTE the reflection of the frag tanks on the right side of picture.......the year 1994. It was my LPS coral that Albert J. Thiel propagated at MACNA X, i believe it was the first time most hobbiest ever saw that done to an LPS coral. Also shown is NNR sand bed with 600lbs live sand.
Sorry picture quality is not that good, this was just starting to add corals after cycle.
Some more pictures of raised bed structures.
then i did my job!lol Here is my old 750 gallon tank with raised rock structure using 3" acrylic tubes and doubled egg creat to hold 2,000 lbs of branch rock off sand bed.
NOTE the reflection of the frag tanks on the right side of picture.......the year 1994. It was my LPS coral that Albert J. Thiel propagated at MACNA X, i believe it was the first time most hobbiest ever saw that done to an LPS coral. Also shown is NNR sand bed with 600lbs live sand.
Sorry picture quality is not that good, this was just starting to add corals after cycle.
Some more pictures of raised bed structures.
kpiotrowski
Kevin
Can NOT wait to see this all come together. love the diy stuff but am limited to jig saw and a drill lol.
Spinner
Reef
Starting to dry fit feeds for close loop pumps now finished i will remove for painting. As you may have guessed by now my system is color coded and once finished you will be able to see what goes to what * Sight glass between pump inlets was removed to prevent scratches.
Also some final pvc structure pictures sorry about dirty front pane don't want to wipe until filled.
* Sight glass between pump inlets was removed to prevent scratches. Also some final pvc structure pictures sorry about dirty front pane don't want to wipe until filled.
1guydude
Well-known member
+1 about the skilled craftsman here! So all ur sand/cc and rock is going on that structure? hmm... i say cc cuz ur old school from the sounds of it. Awsome how that stuff u posted is from 15+ yrs ago. I though it was all undergravel ans such. Ill b watching
Spinner
Reef
Hello,
More stuff getting closer I finished dry fitting and painting my pump feed for my close loop along with painting parts needed to build my return pump manifold that will feed the top (4) inlets. Also finished my screens for my reactors(have changed them a few time) i like these.
More stuff getting closer
I finished dry fitting and painting my pump feed for my close loop along with painting parts needed to build my return pump manifold that will feed the top (4) inlets. Also finished my screens for my reactors(have changed them a few time) i like these.
Peppie
Well-known member
Do you have a discount card For Krylon Paint????
I like the different colors.
Would like to see a full pic of the reactor.
How are you going to cover the structure for you raised coral beds?
I like the different colors.
Would like to see a full pic of the reactor.
How are you going to cover the structure for you raised coral beds?
kpiotrowski
Kevin
I hate to see what happens when a little excess glue spills on your pipe. must drive you nuts!
looks GREAT!!!
looks GREAT!!!
Spinner
Reef
Yeah $ 4.99 cash card each time i buy a can or two well maybe 20
Been painting my builds for 20 years alot more work but sure looks nice when finished. I will be using black spa flex on some parts should look killer(don't tell Bill lol). I will cover pvc structure using 5 rock columns drilled to go around uprights, then silicon rubble/5mm sand around sand bed edges and finish off using branch rock. Once finished should not be able to see pvc that's the plan anyway
I will take some pictures and post asap
reefman069
want more mini maxi
every thing looks great. keep up the hard work. keep posting pictures.
Spinner
Reef
Yeah i am a detail minded person(AAA)JK I am a building contractor so i deal with lot's of details all the time, so it kinda goes into everything You know what fingernails on a chalk board does to some people that's how glue drips or primer runs do for me....lmao
One of the reasons i started doing refugiums was i wanted what was under the DT to be just as nice to look at and watch.
My last two cents on this is way does 90% of reefers spend thousands of dollars on the best of everything and then throws together the plumbing. It's not even a thought to do customized plumbing so it is at the same quality as all the equipment.....kinda funny
And that is why they make 51 flavors It's a fine line between Detail and ..........Krazy/:
The back purple valve 1 of 4 (color of return plumbing) with 1" black spa flex, while the front blue valve 1 of 8(color of close loop plumbing) with 1" black spa flex.
You know what fingernails on a chalk board does to some people that's how glue drips or primer runs do for me....lmao One of the reasons i started doing refugiums was i wanted what was under the DT to be just as nice to look at and watch.
My last two cents on this is way does 90% of reefers spend thousands of dollars on the best of everything and then throws together the plumbing. It's not even a thought to do customized plumbing so it is at the same quality as all the equipment.....kinda funny
And that is why they make 51 flavors
It's a fine line between Detail and ..........Krazy/:The back purple valve 1 of 4 (color of return plumbing) with 1" black spa flex, while the front blue valve 1 of 8(color of close loop plumbing) with 1" black spa flex.
Peppie
Well-known member
Spinner, You do realize you are supposed to use those rattle cans in a WELL ventilated area... Did maybe sometime in the past you forgot to open a window??? LOL
It is looking good.. Details are everything!!!! Seen or not seen
It is looking good.. Details are everything!!!! Seen or not seen
Spinner
Reef
I spray of paint on a fitting and two sprays on the rag i am holding up to my nose...................lol
Spinner
Reef
Here is a couple of pick's of my 6' x 1 1/2" manifold that is feeding the open part of my build. The Dart pump sits 5' lower than the manifold which is feeding (4) 1" inlets with (1) on each of the back ends of DT and (2) flowing straght down.
It is dry fitted, now to take apart, paint wait (7) day's then glue.
* Manifold show white flex pvc(first time ever using) will be using BLACK at final install.
It is dry fitted, now to take apart, paint wait (7) day's then glue.
* Manifold show white flex pvc(first time ever using) will be using BLACK at final install.
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Spinner
Reef
Wasn't really digging the spa flex so i made a few changes, now a couple of unions and off to paint.
Peppie
Well-known member
Now Now, sometimes function will out way looks LOL
It is a hard balancing act to pull off sometimes. If you can handle the flow loss, the 90s look better, But the spaflex will help the flow rate. Will any body see it????
It is a hard balancing act to pull off sometimes. If you can handle the flow loss, the 90s look better, But the spaflex will help the flow rate. Will any body see it????
Spinner
Reef
Yeah not that worried about lost flow with the 90s. My lighting will hide the manifold from the front and that stuff is the part i like about my system built to work and play with.
