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kzaveri82
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 Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2012 1:30 pm Post subject: Re: An Upgrade... |
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| Awesome ..I am curious, what sort of lighting will you have for both tanks? |
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| Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2012 1:32 pm Post subject: Re: An Upgrade... |
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| kzaveri82 wrote (View Post):
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Awesome ..I am curious, what sort of lighting will you have for both tanks?
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DIY led's of 288 watt toltal. Top tank will have about 144 watts... Almost finished with the lighting, will post the pics soon... |
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Mortis
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| Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2012 6:39 pm Post subject: Re: An Upgrade... |
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Ive always wondered in an overflow based system like a marine tank with a sump how is a balance achieved between the water flowing into the sump (via gravity I guess? ) and the water flowing out via the pump into the tank ?
Does it work like this : Tank is filled till just the level of the weir sump is also filled with water. Sump pump is turned on and some extra water is added to either tank and sump and then say if the pump is sending 10 lts per min into the tank only 10 lts will overflow from the tank into the sump ?
Just thought of this today and am not sure..... |
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asak
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| Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2012 9:51 pm Post subject: Re: An Upgrade... |
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| It all depends on the volume of water the out flow pipe can handle. Weir sump level should not matter. The sump pump out put will exactly be the input. If for some reason your return is blocked beyond a certain point, you will have a flood in your house. the reason why you make a larger return than what is necessary or use a quiet over flow method like the beananimal or other such with multiple overflow pipes to prevent air entering and causing noise. Another factor, if you have a power cut and if the return is much lower then the surface water lever and you do not have syphon breaker on the return, there will be a larger volume of water entering the sump when the power is out which may result in a flood, the reason why you well need to make a hole in the return pipe above the water level to prevent this from happening. |
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nanomania
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| Posted: Mon Feb 13, 2012 8:30 pm Post subject: Re: An Upgrade... |
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| well the best way is to buy a non return valve or if you have sprayers, then point them just a bit below water level. |
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GatorX
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| Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2012 7:12 pm Post subject: Re: An Upgrade... |
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Its been a long time since I've posted any updates...was traveling all over the country..
Anyways, there has been some progress with the tank, add some some livestock and hooded up the lights and most of the equipments..
A bunch of wires cut up for the lighting...
Made a board to hold the drivers and surge guards
Currently hooked up...
The chiller
Hydor Nano
Overflow into the filter sock
Digital Temp Alarm
Probes and Sensors
The auto-top off
FTS of the Crowded Sump..
Light Rails for the middle tank
Top Tank Lighting
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Deathstar
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| Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2012 7:40 pm Post subject: Re: An Upgrade... |
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| What are the boxes in the 10th photo? |
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aquaspace
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| Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2012 8:36 pm Post subject: Re: An Upgrade... |
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| this is awesome... can you tell what are those reactors? |
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Mayur_m
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| Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2012 8:39 pm Post subject: Re: An Upgrade... |
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| some more pic of the led fixture |
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Nick993
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| Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2012 10:02 pm Post subject: Re: An Upgrade... |
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Oh man, thats one complicated setup 
i browse through 2 -3 photos and lost track!
post FTS of the Display Tank please.. |
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GatorX
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| Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2012 11:26 pm Post subject: Re: An Upgrade... |
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| aquaspace wrote (View Post):
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this is awesome... can you tell what are those reactors?
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One is for Rowaphos and the other is with Bio Pellets..
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Oh man, thats one complicated setup
i browse through 2 -3 photos and lost track!
post FTS of the Display Tank please..
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It ain't complicated..its actually quiet simple.. and also the tank requires minimal maintenance...
Will post an FTS later on... |
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nanomania
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| Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2012 8:59 pm Post subject: Re: An Upgrade... |
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| nice... can you upload a full setup shot? |
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Nick993
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| Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2012 9:56 am Post subject: Re: An Upgrade... |
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| nanomania wrote (View Post):
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nice... can you upload a full setup shot?
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har297
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| Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2012 10:52 am Post subject: Re: An Upgrade... |
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the setup is perfectly planned and executed, the amount of planning is evident in each and every step, and setup is also a very very low maintenance set up as most of it is automated like ATO, Dosing, lighting, temperature...
an excellent setup...
can you mention the brand of LED's used ? , i see meanwell drivers are used, any info on this will be helpful.
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GatorX
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| Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2012 10:30 pm Post subject: Re: An Upgrade... |
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| har297 wrote (View Post):
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the setup is perfectly planned and executed, the amount of planning is evident in each and every step, and setup is also a very very low maintenance set up as most of it is automated like ATO, Dosing, lighting, temperature...
an excellent setup...
can you mention the brand of LED's used ? , i see meanwell drivers are used, any info on this will be helpful.
Regards
Harsha
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Thanks.. Yep, those are meanwell drivers, leds are a mix of various brands.. |
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