Randy's Repurpose Build

[hawkinsrgk]

What's the lowest drilled hole for? Haven't seen that before.

And you probably won't ever LOL.

The tank use to be a sump for a 180G. That hole was for the external return pump when it was a sump. The right side was a refugium, left side was for the skimmer and both sides overflowed to the center section and the return pump was connected to the hole. I have a build thread in the Huntsville forum if you want to take a closer look.

What I am going to do is connect a 1 inch bushing to the 1.5 inch bulkhead that just came in and have a 1 inch line come directly under the stand and connect that to a gate valve. Then I will put a 90 degree elbow at the end. It can then be used for water changes or filling frag bags. At first I thought about just capping the hole and not use it for anything, but I wasn't able to find a bulkhead that didn't have a hole in it.

I guess I could have gotten a threaded bulkhead and cap, that would have worked.

Thanks for asking
Randy

 

[usctrack]

That makes sense. Only other thought was closed loop but didn't see other return lines.

 

[hawkinsrgk]

Just to give a couple more updates.

I went ahead and cut new baffles out of the old baffles to make the sump. Maybe the difference is that my baffles are 3/8 and the ones on y0utube were 1/4, but these things were tricky and not that easy to snap. They made it look so easy on the internet

 

[hawkinsrgk]

I made several changes on the SWC 180 skimmer. It came with a Sicce 2500 pump and I made it use the updated 1000 pump. It fought kicking and screaming, but finally was able to make it work.

 

[hawkinsrgk]

Here is a picture of the new sump curing.

 

[hawkinsrgk]

The plumbing is almost complete. The pictures were blurry (even more than usual) so I wont post them.

Should be able to test for leaks soon.

Thanks
Randy

 

[hawkinsrgk]

Just to give an update. I had to redo the overflow and lower it by a half inch. Plumbing and leak tests are complete.

Next step is to figure what to do about lighting. Most likely will build a canopy

 

[hawkinsrgk]

Finished the build this morning and put it in place.

 

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Pleased with the way the build turned out. First time I ever took a propane torch to wood to get a particular finish.

Also, now that its done, not really sure what to do with it.

 

[Fieryfrog]

It is looking good Randy. I am interested in what you are going to do with it.

 

[hawkinsrgk]

I think I am going to try to sell it for $500

65G (48 x 18 x 17) tank with 1.5 inch external durso overflow. 1 inch return line and 1 inch drain line
30 gallon sump with 3 sections
2 lumen max 250w hqi reflectors
2 250 w Phoenix 14k bulbs. Used 4 months
Dual electronic ballast
Mag 12 return pump with new propeller
New filter sock
Swc 180 skimmer with sicce 1000 skimmer pump. Pump used 1 month before I got the big skimmer
Plumbing has unions and can be removed

 

[hawkinsrgk]

If nobody wants to buy it I will most likely make a frag tank out of it. Think I'm going to make a lid for the canopy. I think it would make the top look better and won't be that hard to make either

 

[hawkinsrgk]

Finished the top and put the first coat of clear on. Will take another pic after the second coat of clear

 

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