spspirates 150 gallon build

iReef86 · Oct 30, 2014

Sweet!

prsnlty · Oct 30, 2014

Great looking little pump!

kschweer · Oct 30, 2014

Sweet. Glad to see you got the "newer" version. Had the older one go on a skimmer and got the new one as a replacement and the build quality of the new one is much better as well as the controller.

spspirate · Oct 30, 2014

iReef86 said:
Sweet!

Thanks man. Never had a return quite like this.

spspirate · Oct 30, 2014

prsnlty said:
Great looking little pump!

I think so too. I'll see how it runs this weekend!

spspirate · Oct 30, 2014

kschweer said:
Sweet. Glad to see you got the "newer" version. Had the older one go on a skimmer and got the new one as a replacement and the build quality of the new one is much better as well as the controller.

Holding it and eye balling it looks to be well built. Im stoked about the controller. That was the selling point for me and not to mention the little power I'll save down the road. Every little bit helps.

spspirate · Oct 30, 2014

kingator · Oct 30, 2014

spspirate said:

nice pump Andy ,,,,,what are u using to plumb it will u use a 1" 1/4 union cause i believe thats the threading tahts on it , or will u use the barb that comes with it ?

spspirate · Oct 30, 2014

Thanks Israel! Not going with the barbs that came with it. Going to go rummage through my LFS's plumbing section to see what I can find.

kschweer · Oct 31, 2014

spspirate said:
Thanks Israel! Not going with the barbs that came with it. Going to go rummage through my LFS's plumbing section to see what I can find.

With my jebao I used an 1 1/4" female adapter coming off the pump. This gave me a 1 1/4" female slip connection to work off of. Worked out pretty well.

spspirate · Oct 31, 2014

I'll look into that, thanks!

kingator · Oct 31, 2014

kschweer said:
With my jebao I used an 1 1/4" female adapter coming off the pump. This gave me a 1 1/4" female slip connection to work off of. Worked out pretty well.

was the jebao metric ? cause the reef octopus is metric so regular 1 1/4 female wont work , i know i tried today lol andy keep us posted on what u use

spspirate · Oct 31, 2014

Sounds like I might have fun rigging this up

kschweer · Oct 31, 2014

kingator said:
was the jebao metric ? cause the reef octopus is metric so regular 1 1/4 female wont work , i know i tried today lol andy keep us posted on what u use

On the jebao it threaded right on. Looking at specs of the RO pump it says 1 1/4" threaded output. It's possible that the threads are not NPT threads so regular pvc threaded fittings don't match up. The one I replaced on the skimmer used the parts it came with to match up to the skimmer. I'll take a look at it Monday and see if that's the issue.

prsnlty · Nov 1, 2014

I got this one from Lowes to work along with pipe thread on the Jebao DC12000

spspirate · Nov 1, 2014

They don't make it easy do they. Looks good though!

prsnlty · Nov 1, 2014

Lol, no they sure don't

spspirate · Nov 1, 2014

I went to my LFS and to Lowes. So far a no go with reducing the outlet to a 3/4in barb.

spspirate · Nov 2, 2014

OK, founded it. 1 1/4in adapter threaded, 1 1/4in bushing slip to 3/4in threaded barb. The 1 1/4in adapter screwed in pretty well the first 3 threads then became nice and snug 5 more threads in. I did not put a true union on but can and may down the road but if I do need to work or clean the pump it can be lifted out and worked on out next to the sump.