Brand New 8 gallon bio cube

[Katrina71]

Now I want to watch Major Payne

I quote part of this all the time! "Pop that..."

 

[sfin52]

You sleeping in the new tank tonight?

Or version of the dog house ;Hilarious;Hilarious;Hilarious

 

[Katrina71]

I’m pretty excited for him, thought about just keeping it but it was perfect for him.

That is gorgeous! He will love that!!!

 

[sfin52]

Our ti in basic did too

 

[Katrina71]

Or version of the dog house ;Hilarious;Hilarious;Hilarious

Oh I'm in the doghouse for sure!!! Oh well.

 

[Katrina71]

Our ti in basic did too

You have no idea how much fun I've had with that

 

[Katrina71]

This build will have a Kraken incorporated into it!

 

[najer]

Ouch to the finger, have fun cleaning and building.

 

[Fin]

No. It's no big deal.

It would be nice to have it pointing the same direction as the rest of your fingers though.

Be sure when you build your stand to design it so you can get the sump out from under the tank, should you want to upgrade in the future, or just deep clean it at some point.

 

[Katrina71]

@Fin yes, part of the reason I'm starting from scratch on the stand.

 

[Katrina71]

The sump is nothing fancy. One day I might upgrade. Right now, basic is a nice way to learn. I can keep everything uniform by just using regular glass tanks. It helps keep my cost lower.

 

[Katrina71]

Pumps. This is new. The Biocube is pretty easy. This one I was thinking Sicce syncra 3.0. Am I on the right track? 714 gph (60DT 29 sump) What do y'all think? Or is there another pump y'all would use?

 

[sfin52]

You are going to go a little bigger I thing. You'll loose head pressure for elbows and height. 10-15* turnover is what you want of i remember right.

 

[Katrina71]

I have another plumbing question. I'd like a shut off from the DT to the sump. In the event we have an oh crap with the sump. What should I use?

 

[Katrina71]

You are going to go a little bigger I thing. You'll loose head pressure for elbows and height. 10-15* turnover is what you want of i remember right.

So the 4.0? 900+ gph?

 

[Katrina71]

I was thinking just a gate valve? Will that work?

 

[mch1984]

I have another plumbing question. I'd like a shut off from the DT to the sump. In the event we have an oh crap with the sump. What should I use?

Ball valves or gate valves depending on what type of drain you have. Do you know what kind of drain the tank is drilled for?

 

[SashimiTurtle]

Ball valve will work just fine for the return shut off. I like using the Spears gate valve to regulate the drain. They turn so smooth and are built very well.

I prefer DC return pumps. They are adjustable so you could get one slightly overpowered and turn it down to suit your tank. They also slowly ramp up when you turn them on from say, cleaning or feed mode, so they don't all of a sudden spit the full flow of water out all at once. It doesn't water hammer (big slug of water rushing thru empty pipe, you should hear 24" steel pipe hammer and shake back and forth ;Nailbiting) your plumbing and there are less micro bubbles blasted into the water on start up.

 

[Katrina71]

Ball valves or gate valves depending on what type of drain you have. Do you know what kind of drain the tank is drilled for?

I'll post pics, but I think durso

 

[Katrina71]

Ball valve will work just fine for the return shut off. I like using the Spears gate valve to regulate the drain. They turn so smooth and are built very well.

I prefer DC return pumps. They are adjustable so you could get one slightly overpowered and turn it down to suit your tank. They also slowly ramp up when you turn them on from say, cleaning or feed mode, so they don't all of a sudden spit the full flow of water out all at once. It doesn't water hammer (big slug of water rushing thru empty pipe, you should hear 24" steel pipe hammer and shake back and forth ;Nailbiting) your plumbing and there are less micro bubbles blasted into the water on start up.

Smart. Thanks Robin.