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150 Gallon Lee Mar tank plumbed and filling

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JABlacher
, 06-28-2010 at 03:06 AM (4123 Views)
Alright, so after having to wait 5 weeks my new 150 gallon tank arrived and moved it in over the coarse of this weekend. Plumbed it almost entirely (except for the reactor and some minor top off hoses, and just a bit more organizing of some wires still needing work.




Here is the final plumbing with a single durso, as well as an emergency pipe in case the durso were to get clogged.



And now the long drawn out process of waiting for my RODI system to fill this thing. Not to mention waiting for the water murkiness from the sand to clear out.

More to come...

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Updated 06-28-2010 at 03:58 AM by melev

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  1. Hat39406's Avatar
    I love that size tank! Have you seen Jessy's tank? Check it out! I will have a 150 one day I hope. Your tank is going to look awesome when ya finish everything. I like the way you used PVC on the sump lights. Is that some kind of check valve leaving the sump pump?
  2. yiyi67's Avatar
    Everything looks good! Almost like you've been planning it for the past couple of months! Have fun waiting for the water to clear up what really worked well for me was throwing some filter pad in the baffles of the sump that way water is forced through it. You can also put some in one of your media reactors but you wont be able to push as much water through it.
  3. JABlacher's Avatar
    One day at a time Hat, you have a 75 gallon that needs your attention now. And yes, that is a flapper valve style check valve right after the pump. No metal to corrode unlike the spring style ones. Melev is the one to thank for the PVC idea on the sump lights though. Just duplicated his designed for the most part.

    Changed out the wall outlet for a waterproof box, which was more than a smart change! (Thanks for the suggestion Ryan)

    Surprisingly enough there is actually a decent amount of rock in the tank in the picture but you literally can't see it through the haze.
  4. melev's Avatar
    How's the tank looking now? That sump area is way too clean.
  5. JABlacher's Avatar
    Well, the tank still needs to de-cloud as of now. Seems everything I do just makes it cloudy again as soon as it clears up. Turned the Vortech's on last night (on low) and of course as I expected I can't see a thing this morning.

    Placed sponges in the baffles of the sump and filter floss in my media reactor for now to try to remove some of the floating particles. Have a temporary skimmer running right now as well to clear out what it can as well.

    After the mess that took place under my 55 gallon tank with hoses and wires everywhere, I had two goals for this one. Easy of access to everything, and organization. And to just have a bitchin fish tank.

    I'll post more pics as things start to take form.....
  6. yiyi67's Avatar
    The only advice I can give you Jason is to not add a sand sifting goby for as long as possible! My damn diamond goby feels it his mission in life to keep my tank from being clear!
  7. JABlacher's Avatar
    Yeah, I realize it's just going to take some patience waiting for it to clear. I hate those damn gobies as they feel its their mission to move all the sand from one side of the tank to the one place you don't want it to be.