Coors and Power Tools Build 60 cube

[jetchris]

decided to bust out the overflow, i hate these things! They take up to much space!
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[jeff_mcphail]

Nice!

 

[FutureInterest]

chrisjet;116207 wrote: thanks eric, ill keep that in mind

thanks Jin and Loren for the compliment on the wood working and Jin once the light rack is done i bet you will change your tune biznitch and thanks again for the dinner it was good seeing you, your wife, ouling and oulings bride.

Loren i did caulk the joints on the bottom board since a leak is inevitable!

Man I thought Ja-Ja was flying in from Germany and would appreciate some fine Chinese food. She was instead coming in from Shanghai, so even the best Chinese restaurant in the Atlanta area, which that was... would pale in comparison to the food she had before flying over here. Oh well.

Anyways, nice job with the overflow. I like the look of it, but I can't help but think overflows are useful .

 

[linda lee]

chrisjet;116210 wrote: decided to bust out the overflow, i hate these things! They take up to much space!

Coors Light involved in this procedure: 4.325 bottles

 

[jetchris]

First pic is of me drilling , next is the cabinet, next is a pic of all the holes and bulkheads
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[jetchris]

DIY sump with bubble diffuser, and baffles. The other 2 are plumbing pics
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[tommygunn17]

hollr' if i can help at all.

 

[jetchris]

and the MOTHER FRIKCKIN CRACK!!!!!!!! Me later that night drinking the probs away and coming up with a solution.
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[jetchris]

Now i am prob getting woody to make an acrylic cube.

 

[jaandgc]

Did you crack both sides? Did you do this while glueing the Y for the closed loop, if so were the bulkheads tight or loose.

 

[jetchris]

the bulkheads were tight? could that of made a difference Jaandc? And yes both sides are cracked big time! Yes the crack happened after I pushed in the manifold i must have pushed it in to hard.

 

[jaandgc]

I would almost be willing to bet it would not have happened if the bulkheads would have been loose, even just a little. With the amount of leverage you had even the smallest movement at the Y made big movements at the bulkhead. Keeping the bulkheads loose untill everything is glued up can help keep this from happening. If you rebuild it just like you have it remember 2 things keep them loose untill the end and only tighten enough to make the seal, with the Y if everything is not perfect you can also crack it when you tighten up the bulkheads after glueing. I would go with a single intake or soft pipe with the Y config. but that just me.

 

[jetchris]

well , if I did a single intake ,I would assume that would be to much suction and suck stuff to the grill? I figured with 2 intakes it would be considerably less suction. Your prob right about having tight bulkheads while installing that manifold , it prob was stressed to much. Great idea about keeping the bulkheads loose. Ok now I usually hand tighten then 1/4 turn with wrench. Do you think a 1/4 turn after its hand tight is to much? Also great idea with the flex tubing for the manifold - Ill have to order some of that. The next tank is going to be acrylic so i wont have to worry about it cracking, however from now on i will install pvc into a loose bulkhead. Thanks for your knowledge Jaandc.

 

[FutureInterest]

 

[jetchris]

LOL thanks Jin.

 

[FutureInterest]

Here's the fensler version :

 

[FutureInterest]

chrisjet;119015 wrote: LOL thanks Jin.

You're welcome. I figured Spirit the Apache warrior could say it better than I. Live and learn brother!

 

[jetchris]

Ok i just confirmed the order with woody on the 60g cube Hopefully i can pick it up this weekend but he says he's busy and it might not be until next week. He also honors the ARC discount.

 

[zanski]

Nice!!

 

[warloc4326]

Hey chrisjet I'm new to the atl area but not new by any means to keeping reef tanks. From your info on the cracks and their locations etc. I noticed I had seen the same thing before. When I used to work for a custom aquarium shop we were setting up some racks after we had expanded our selection (doubled in size from 80 tanks to over 160 aka. A LOT of cleaning). I was gluing together an entire row after having cut everything to specific size... got distracted by a customer for a second.. then when applying force to push the pvc into the T I had a very bad experience as i cracked the bulkhead area of not only 1 tank but 3. This was enough to convince the owner that we needed to go with the flexible pvc from then on as a little shift here or there isn't as big of an issue. I personally have used the flexible stuff on a lot of installations and would never go back to the rigid as it's too much work and everything has to be precise.

Now if I could only find a decent cabinet maker and get my tank back up...