DIY Plywood Tank, Sump, Frag Tank.......

[ravi197699]

Tank

Thank you...

Nice Job!

 

[dubs]

Ravi I tip my hat to u this build by far is way outside the box but my sort of thing I really love seen people do things a little different and still accomplished greatness .....There is a lot of renegading going on in this build I like

 

[ravi197699]

tank

Thank you so much... I like challenging things and this is the most riskiest DIY project so far.. But I am happy with the results, cost and final product...

Ravi I tip my hat to u this build by far is way outside the box but my sort of thing I really love seen people do things a little different and still accomplished greatness .....There is a lot of renegading going on in this build I like

 

[ravi197699]

Made some progress

Yesterday I had few hours to spare so I installed my Algae Scrubber that I put together with plywood as well and same method to seal the inside of the scrubber and outside i used waterproof mold resist white paint. I have installed 3/4" bulkhead for input and 1" bulkhead for drain. I will be using cheap 48" t5 fixture that I bought from Lowes. This fixture has 2 tube lights and they are day like 6500k. We made this scrubber so that this light can sit on top of the left and right sides easily and light won't escape from top. Light will be 4" above mesh that i will use to grow GHA. I will be filling the sumps tomorrow and then once they are full I will turn on the entire system including frag tank and algae scrubber and post pictures and document the results of the outcome...until then stay tuned....

 

[masterswimmer]

Just curious, why do you have the drain on the bottom of the algae scrubber? If there's a power outage the entire algae scrubber will empty into the sump, including the GHA. As a matter of fact, the GHA will likely flow into the sump during normal operation. Why not skim the discharge off the surface of the algae scrubber and have it flow to the sump that way?

Russ

 

[masterswimmer]

One last Q, why is the slope of the algae scrubber so severe? All you'd really need is about 1/4" drop per 1' of length. If the scrubber is 4' long, you'd only need about 1" drop.

Russ

 

[Dace]

Tank - 210 gal
2 sumps - 75 gal each
Frag tank - 55 gal

Total - 340 without sand or rock...

Amazing build. I think your a little off on your total volume though. From what you posted it should be
415 total gallons

 

[ravi197699]

alage scrubber

Thanks for your comment. This algae scrubber is horizontal scrubber and screen will be laying flat on the base of the scrubber and water will go over the scrubber and it will be submerged at least 1" water. I never had issues in the past that algae go though the drains to the sump so I am hoping for same result in this as well.

Just curious, why do you have the drain on the bottom of the algae scrubber? If there's a power outage the entire algae scrubber will empty into the sump, including the GHA. As a matter of fact, the GHA will likely flow into the sump during normal operation. Why not skim the discharge off the surface of the algae scrubber and have it flow to the sump that way?

Russ

 

[ravi197699]

Tank

You are correct I might be off. Total you showed is correct..

Thanks,

Rav

Amazing build. I think your a little off on your total volume though. From what you posted it should be
415 total gallons

 

[jwisson]

Looks Good. Cant wait to get the entire system running.

 

[ravi197699]

tank

Thanks James for all your help, I couldn't have done it without you, Tomorrow full system will be running with freshwater and if I don't see any issues then I will be draining the tank and start washing the sand...

Looks Good. Cant wait to get the entire system running.

 

[ravi197699]

Ok so this weekend and I filled the entire system will tap water just to test and see how things are and I got positive results, no leaks, Tank, sumps, frag tanks are holding water fine and drain pipe is handling water flow from tank just fine and there is plenty of room in it to handle a lot more. I have two issues that I am facing right now one is pump being noisy and that will resolved by sending the pump to Reeflo they have set price of 145 that takes care of everything (Seal, any plastic part that needs to be replaced, bearings) and second issue is Oceans Motions that I am using with that pump. I don't think it turns when the pump comes on and that could be due to pressure. Yesterday I have started working on the led fixture and all Led's are mounted on the heat sink and I will upload pictures this evening. Still a lot of pictures to come.....

 

[ravi197699]

led pictures

Here are the pictures of the light fixture. I made pretty good progress Sunday and all the led's are mounted on the heat sink..... more pictures to come

 

[STHILL]

Everything looks great ...very nice job!!

 

[ravi197699]

tank

Thanks STHILL, its very slow progress but I am sure I will get there....

Everything looks great ...very nice job!!

 

[goisles1]

where'd you get the heatsink? I love the channels!

 

[ravi197699]

Heatsink

I got this heat sink from Heatsink USA. Very nice people and this is one piece Heatsink that is 41" long

where'd you get the heatsink? I love the channels!

 

[lnevo]

Nice work Rav that thing is gonna be BRITE!!!

 

[ravi197699]

Light

Thanks man, I did not want to have any dead spots and lack of color. This is going to go on 30" deep tank I am hoping for great sunrise and sunset effects out of this light...

Nice work Rav that thing is gonna be BRITE!!!

 

[vio]

Super, u move fast.lol