Ducati's 360 view 650 gallon system from miracles

[tomtoothdoc]

hey andre,
nice set up. saw the video. sending pm.
-tom

 

[Brando457]

if the vortech dry side is in the overflow won't it get wet?!?

 

[tomtoothdoc]

if the vortech dry side is in the overflow won't it get wet?!?

yes.....so he sold them to me.

 

[bbreef240]

dam tommy ..you buy everything up on mr ...lol

 

[rkaragozler]

Ducati that is 1 awsome setup, good luck and please keep us posted.

 

[ducati335i]

oksy, so I put in a clown fish last night, hes well for now and a couple frags,. they are good too... Now i do have a lot of tuning to do and a little plumbing as well.. Tom is def helping me out a ton!! thanx man... I will keep the sand, and monitor it closely. If I start to not like it or its a problem I will slowly replace it... If I can do monthly water changes and cleaning of the gravel/sand I'll be happy.. The sand isn't too large in particle size.. I'll make sure to take more pix and vids... Its exciting to see the clown in there!

 

[johnnycap]

richard yang

Hey I know rich too!!!! What's up fuzzier..lmao.if u read this rich I hope u develop ich on your little Korean Johnson! Stay away from this crook!!!!!! :irked:

 

[ducati335i]

Hey I know rich too!!!! What's up fuzzier..lmao.if u read this rich I hope u develop ich on your little Korean Johnson! Stay away from this crook!!!!!! :irked:

lmao!!!!! whats up cuz!

 

[JARRETT SHARK]

lets see some new pics!!!

 

[ducati335i]

here are some more pix

Added 3 fish on saturday, My clown, chromis and a midas blennie.. All doing well.. I put a coupke ricordia frags and zoanthis frags as well... Lighting (t5s) are not the correct color.. They should be blue, another mistake I have to take care of:duh:

I really am terrible at these pics... Im hoping to do a big water change soon, then add a few sps pieces and fish after they are qt'd of course):shhh:

I have to:
re support the stand
add more rock to the sump
Add cheato/light/sand
fix filter socks
take out bio balls
add to ball valves for emergency shut off
fix my slop sink which worker broke (purple epoxy was found in the pump and shorted it somehow)
Cover the stand in some kind of stone(to be done late winter/spring)

 

[ducati335i]

a few more:bablefish

 

[R27]

Looks great.

 

[Lpino]

Looks great. I hope you post more pics soon!!

 

[Turbovr3six]

Love it!! 4 viewable sides is sweet!


Just food for thought though, if your return pump fails(due to power outage, whatever), is your siphon break high enough to not overflow your sump(s)? I know there is a check valve on it, but I've heard about numerous ones failing. Especially if your powerheads are on a battery backup and are on some sort of "wave" or "random" flow, that check valve bounces like a 64 Impala in Compton:lol:

 

[ducati335i]

hey, i did try it already and it pours out about 5 gallons.. so i def need to take care of this somehow.... i still need to add more lr in the sump, maybe this will help, but i hope to have a program that alerts me asap when the system is down... i really need to get a backup pump as well, this one was already acting funny

Love it!! 4 viewable sides is sweet!


Just food for thought though, if your return pump fails(due to power outage, whatever), is your siphon break high enough to not overflow your sump(s)? I know there is a check valve on it, but I've heard about numerous ones failing. Especially if your powerheads are on a battery backup and are on some sort of "wave" or "random" flow, that check valve bounces like a 64 Impala in Compton:lol:

 

[Mangas50]

love the set up man looks great keep up the good work

 

[Turbovr3six]

hey, i did try it already and it pours out about 5 gallons.. so i def need to take care of this somehow.... i still need to add more lr in the sump, maybe this will help, but i hope to have a program that alerts me asap when the system is down... i really need to get a backup pump as well, this one was already acting funny

Adding more LR to the sump will make for less water volume during a failure. Not saying you shouldn't do it though because it will help with filtration. Maybe you could add a float switch right above the sumps water level when running. Have the pump for the float switch large enough to pump water out quick enough into an "emergency overflow" type tank, or sewer type drain.

If you plan it right it might even help making water changes easier. Just turn off the pump to replicate an overflow and let the water pump its self out.

Just throwing an idea out there, as I can picture it in my head, but can really explain it in detail enough with words :lol:

But again, the tank is Sahweeeeet!

 

[ducati335i]

Adding more LR to the sump will make for less water volume during a failure. Not saying you shouldn't do it though because it will help with filtration. Maybe you could add a float switch right above the sumps water level when running. Have the pump for the float switch large enough to pump water out quick enough into an "emergency overflow" type tank, or sewer type drain.

If you plan it right it might even help making water changes easier. Just turn off the pump to replicate an overflow and let the water pump its self out.

Just throwing an idea out there, as I can picture it in my head, but can really explain it in detail enough with words :lol:

But again, the tank is Sahweeeeet!

I see what you are saying..... It actually sounds like a great idea... The reason I say more LR is so If I have a little less total water volume, then those extra 5-10 gallons wont over flow if im not around to shut anything off... The display tank only drains down to the eductors, but then again, that means 25% of the tank will have no water... and if sps is sticking out and im not home, yikes!..... so, i am making ball valves to correct that problem (right under the tank 5 ft away, this way i can shut the valves and kee p more water in the main tank) .. unless of course I have automatic ball valves.. but way too lazy to do anything like that! haha

 

[mellotang]

The reason your tank drains to the penductors is because your install guy didn't put your check valve straight up and down. The check valve is to prevent syphon from return line. It has a little flap that opens when water pushes through and closes when there is no flow. If it is not vertical, the flap can not shut completely therefor syphon will start, which will only stop when your return lines are exposed to air. A vertical check valve will prevent all of this.

Also... More rock in sump will only make problem worse.


I helped your cousin, maybe I can help you too!!

 

[ducati335i]

The reason your tank drains to the penductors is because your install guy didn't put your check valve straight up and down. The check valve is to prevent syphon from return line. It has a little flap that opens when water pushes through and closes when there is no flow. If it is not vertical, the flap can not shut completely therefor syphon will start, which will only stop when your return lines are exposed to air. A vertical check valve will prevent all of this.

Also... More rock in sump will only make problem worse.


I helped your cousin, maybe I can help you too!!

ya, i know.. my install guy is completely ignorant and a fake...I could write a page about him... I really should have done it all myself.. He did put a check valve above the pump, but we really need one under the tank, which I will have to install.. (i fired the installer guy after all the BS I have been through and money wasted)
I plan is to replace some LR where the bio balls were? Why would that be a problem? Im lost?