My New Baby 180

[salmonslayer]

Well here we go. Adding a new 180 to my 125 system in the garage. I have a 150 in the house and anyone that has two seperate systems knows what a pain it is to manage. My gole is to tie two tanks into one system and take down the 150 in the house ( happy wife ).





Tank in the house


the new 180. Drilling 10 holes for OM 8 way and returns

 

[danno14]

Once it's drilled....you should give it to me

 

[salmonslayer]

Trade you for your boat and a place to park it. Need help cleaning up that mess to the right of tank in first pic ( elec)

 

[OmarD]

What fun! --- My wife would be long gone if she even saw these pics.

 

[thumperss]

better get to drilling

 

[Krish]

Looks like a fun project! I watched my friend drill one hole through glass and it seemed like it took forever! I can't imagine 8! Good luck with it!

 

[spongebob lover]

nice dood .

 

[salmonslayer]

Krish, you hit it dead nuts. It takes about 15min a hole which means its going to take a week or so LOL. The problem I have is just before the bit pops thru I get some small chips around the hole. I could try to score the other side. I plan on the use of silacon around the bulkheads.

 

[salmonslayer]

YYYAAAHHHOOOOOOOO. All 10 holes are done. Just waiting for bulkheads. Holes went real fast after I found out you drill a pilot hole first then the holesaw flys on thru. Just a test to see if it would work, to bad i didn't find out till after my 5th hole. I drilled the last five holes in the time it took to drill two and a half holes the other way.

 

[Dr. Dee]

Now thats sweet yeah that take a lot of n-tts to do,good job

 

[DisturbedReefer]

Looking good! Looking forward to the system with that "new" OM and Barracuda

 

[thumperss]

yes yahooo nice job talk tomarow

 

[SRV]

Done yet?

Tracy, Got water in it yet, I thught you'd be done by now. Hurry up so you can help he with mine.

 

[west]

what a nice set-up. a project worth taking time over to get it right.

 

[Herefishyfishy]

Tracy, the holes were supposed to be through the back!:lol:

 

[danno14]

Sorry all, fishing season opened today; we won't be hearing from Tracy for a while.....unless he got skunked!

 

[thumperss]

lol that is funny dan but kinda true.
Brandon

 

[salmonslayer]

Updated Photos

Some update shots

Installed bulkheads

Stand pipes and returns


Next step is to place it on counter top. Plumb it to the pump and OM then add 70gal sump. Getting closer Yahoo

 

[thumperss]

Nice Job
Brandon

 

[DisturbedReefer]

Hey, where did all that space come from in the garage? Bet your wife wasn't so happy when she realized it was only done for room to get the tank done:lol: