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Starting the next product on my tank is the ocean motion 8 way system with a sequence dart pump.

 

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my do-it-yourself strainer intake made out of 2 inch pvc.

 

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the ocean motion mounted on the pump,PVC unions were used on the output of the valve and between the pump and valve.

 

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I ran the two front center pipes under the tank frame supports I drilled some holes in the support and ran the tie wraps through the holes and a around the pipe to hold it in place.

the two front outer pipes were tie wrapped to the outer frame edge in the same manner.

 

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on the back of the tank I ran a 3/4 pine board along the top tank frame this was used to hold in place the rear outlet pipes I used 1-1/4 electrical conduit straps to anchor down the pipes to the pine board.

 

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a shot of the plumbing from behind the tank.

 

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the ocean motion valve and pump were mounted in the cabinet this was the only place I could make it work far is room went.

 

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here is a shot of the tank looking up into it. and going to try to get a better pic later.

 

[Angelscrx]

All I can say is WOW! That looks great.

 

[NaH2O]

Holy Cow! Looks awesome - great work!

 

[Ohgee]

Holly ____ man, absolutely fantastic!!!!! Looks like the plumbing for the Ocean Motion was a little challenging in teh space you had.

Great Job So far.

 

[CarlaW]

Really nice work Mark. Have you got it running yet?
You had to be able to get into some weird positions, I'm sure, because there ain't much room in there!!

 

[mkpaulson]

Thanks everybody, it was a little bit of a challenging you need to be fairly good at plumbing.
Charlie I was definitely sore by the end of the night, being in the cabinet and with two open containers and Pvc solvent and cleaner was a little eye watering to say the least.

the system is up and runing the only thing I would done different was go with a bigger pump. I think the barracuda would have been a better choice over the dart.

 

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I upgraded my protein skimmer to a my reef recreations MR-4R recirculating beckett here is a few pics.

 

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I am using a blue line 55 pump

 

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skimmer up and running and I'm very impressed with the foam production.

 

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skimmer cup just after three days of running a new skimmer.

 

[NaH2O]

Awesome Mark! Glad to see you went ahead with the skimmer. Have you noticed a difference with the tank yet?

 

[Maxx]

That thing is a beast!
Got any recent full tank shots to post up as well?

Nick

 

[mkpaulson]

Awesome Mark! Glad to see you went ahead with the skimmer. Have you noticed a difference with the tank yet?

I had this skimmer up and running for one and a half weeks but I have noticed a big difference in the skimmate production already.
This is a pic of my life reef skimmer after one week, about one quarter cup of skimmate.

this is a pic of the skimmate I drained from my new mrc skimmer after one week.