Still in isolation and I think she started improving. Thanks for asking Adam!
Dan's 210 Build
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Time for a new sump room! Here are the first clean pics after cleaning the walls to prep for paint. There is one pic showing the reason, my sump is on the other side of the tarp. I’m going to return the paint I picked out to go with something with less color, likely the lightest grey I can get.
If only I can convince the boss that I need to cut the floor trench drain in and grind the floor now before painting....
If only I can convince the boss that I need to cut the floor trench drain in and grind the floor now before painting....
@saltwaterwannabe did you have a leak? Looks like the wood is damp.
The tanks were taken down over the past few months. I took the Cheeto fuge offline a while back and all the coral from my frag tank is in my DT atm. I would post it for sale but I am one of those Covid Phobic people
I was careless with my maintenance, splashing water everywhere. I also let a lot of salt spray escape. The concrete floors are fine, I never thought it would damage the walls that much though. I also did not leave a gap or protection where the Sheetrock meets the floor. The largest issue was water wicking up into the Sheetrock. Hiding the floor down periodically to clean up the salt spray and spills did not help either. New sump area will be bullet proof
Spell check is awesome, it makes me say thing in unique ways! Hiding = hosing.
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white stands look nice
A small amount of progress.
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Is that an intake and exhaust in the picture?
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Nice! Well thought out.
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As many of you saw and offered to help, one of my overflows cracked and was leaking heavily. I got it under control by removing one of the overflows and replacing it with two plugged bulkheads.
I am leaning towards adding a recirculating pipe where the other overflow was located. The one overflow remaining is actually handling all of the flow from my sump in the basement without issue.
All of my circulation in the tank is from a Barracuda pump in the basement with three Seaswirls in the DT on the first floor.
I am thinking that my Vectra m2 pump would serve well as a recirculating pump for my 210 and would be very easy to install under the tank. I would add a couple of 90’s and screen where the cracked overflow was. I would then get a much lower flow high head pump to replace the Barracuda pump at my basement sump. Maybe 800 ph or so.
I think this would result in much less energy consumption overall and work just as well as my current setup. Any or points to consider with this?
Below is a picture showing it to both kids at the top left where one of the overflows used to be.
I am leaning towards adding a recirculating pipe where the other overflow was located. The one overflow remaining is actually handling all of the flow from my sump in the basement without issue.
All of my circulation in the tank is from a Barracuda pump in the basement with three Seaswirls in the DT on the first floor.
I am thinking that my Vectra m2 pump would serve well as a recirculating pump for my 210 and would be very easy to install under the tank. I would add a couple of 90’s and screen where the cracked overflow was. I would then get a much lower flow high head pump to replace the Barracuda pump at my basement sump. Maybe 800 ph or so.
I think this would result in much less energy consumption overall and work just as well as my current setup. Any or points to consider with this?
Below is a picture showing it to both kids at the top left where one of the overflows used to be.
As always, spell check is AMAZING. Admittedly, I am all thumbs and cannot type on my phone well.
If you did not figure it out by now, the picture is not of my two kids but of two bulkheads near the top left with white plugs for the moment. thanks!
If you did not figure it out by now, the picture is not of my two kids but of two bulkheads near the top left with white plugs for the moment. thanks!
Sweet
Replumbing the return and supply for the new basement sump location. Should the check valve go before or after gate valves, or does it matter?
Just trying to eliminate the check valve bouncing. I am not sure if it matters either way, but am wondering if there is a preferred location.
