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A Little Overboard!
So if you read my moving post I ended up having to take a full month to get my tanks back up and running due to work and my shoulder giving me some issues still. The good side of that long drawn out time is that I managed to make some improvements to what I had before and so far they seem to be paying off.
In my old apartment I did not have room on one wall for all of the tanks in the town home I only have room on one wall which has resulted in much better and simpler plumbing and it is noticeable with the amount of flow I am getting compared to before. I have reduced my number of pumps by feeding the skimmers with the output from the overflow on one tank and the main pump output on the other reducing my power consumption and heat introduction into the tanks, I now am having to run a heater though where before I did not :-(
I made a platform for all of the plumbing, pumps and ballast in between the 180 and 90 gallon tanks it will soon be covered and double as a window seat (heated lol) I decided this direction as I was tired of trying to get to pumps and valves that were crammed into tight spaces under the tanks.
I tore the facing off of the 180's stand I will be making the window seat and stand match since they are all as one long run in the living room.
Anyhow here are some pics of whats been done I still need to build a platform for the ballasts, clean up the cords and add the cooling fans then of course build the window seat but at least it is all back up and running again.
In my old apartment I did not have room on one wall for all of the tanks in the town home I only have room on one wall which has resulted in much better and simpler plumbing and it is noticeable with the amount of flow I am getting compared to before. I have reduced my number of pumps by feeding the skimmers with the output from the overflow on one tank and the main pump output on the other reducing my power consumption and heat introduction into the tanks, I now am having to run a heater though where before I did not :-(
I made a platform for all of the plumbing, pumps and ballast in between the 180 and 90 gallon tanks it will soon be covered and double as a window seat (heated lol) I decided this direction as I was tired of trying to get to pumps and valves that were crammed into tight spaces under the tanks.
I tore the facing off of the 180's stand I will be making the window seat and stand match since they are all as one long run in the living room.
Anyhow here are some pics of whats been done I still need to build a platform for the ballasts, clean up the cords and add the cooling fans then of course build the window seat but at least it is all back up and running again.