The Miracle Tank

Dolelo96 · May 5, 2020

fishguy242 said:
@JoshH what is your elevation up there?? others welcome to share i'm at 492ft

19ft ;Woot

Dolelo96 · May 5, 2020

StatelineReefer said:
728' above sea level.

Suddenly I feel very low... but not as low as Tampa!

Again..19 ft

Dolelo96 · May 5, 2020

Fin said:
13 feet.

I’m so excited! I’m not down here alone!

Dolelo96 · May 5, 2020

fishguy242 said:
prob pretty cold seat on that too...

Not necessarily.. Alexa (with JEJ voice) is in charge of heating the seat

Scratch08 · May 5, 2020

Dolelo96 · May 5, 2020

Almost forgot, I’ve really wanted a Blue Spotted Jawfish, but didn’t want to spend the money, especially after my Whitetail. My LFS has 5 and he’s going to trade one for a frag of my wwc aoi ;Smug;Smuggrin;Happy

vetteguy53081 · May 5, 2020

Alan_J_MN · May 5, 2020

Dolelo96 said:
Almost forgot, I’ve really wanted a Blue Spotted Jawfish, but didn’t want to spend the money, especially after my Whitetail. My LFS has 5 and he’s going to trade one for a frag of my wwc aoi ;Smug;Smuggrin;Happy

That’s awesome

I so wish I had a good LFS. Only local option is Petco, then it’s an 80 mile drive.

Dolelo96 · May 5, 2020

Alan_J_MN said:
That’s awesome
I so wish I had a good LFS. Only local option is Petco, then it’s an 80 mile drive.

That stinks. Mine is amazing! Eddie has quarantined fish for me, met me at the corner Chick-fil-A to give me something I need after hours, comes to the house to check on the tank if we’re out of town..I don’t think there’s anything I’ve needed that he hasn’t helped with.

JoshH · May 5, 2020

dieselkeeper said:
@Fin That's neat how you set up the check valve. What's holding it in place? Do you have one for each return pump?

Another easier option is to run a T on the outer part of the return bulkhead and off of that T you reduce to a 1/4" threaded fitting. Then run a 1/4" RODI line off of that back to your overflow, you can place a valve on the line and tune the flow to just barely a trickle. Ran it for two years, never failed, never cleaned. I'll be setting up the same thing on my new tank.

Alan_J_MN · May 5, 2020

Dolelo96 said:
That stinks. Mine is amazing! Eddie has quarantined fish for me, met me at the corner Chick-fil-A to give me something I need after hours, comes to the house to check on the tank if we’re out of town..I don’t think there’s anything I’ve needed that he hasn’t helped with.

He meets you on the corner for something you need after hours

. He sounds like your ————- ( fill in the blank)

Dolelo96 · May 5, 2020

Alan_J_MN said:
He meets you on the corner for something you need after hours . He sounds like your ————- ( fill in the blank)

He’d be a broke one

Alan_J_MN · May 5, 2020

Dolelo96 said:
He’d be a broke one

Dolelo... “what ya got”
Dealer...”you’ll like this”
Dolelo... “nah.. leathers are not my thing”
Dealer... “what about this Pectinia?”
Dolelo... “ooooohhhh”

fishguy242 · May 5, 2020

Dolelo96 said:
He’d be a broke one

at least you would be safe with @JoshH n @najer stalking you...LOL

Fin · May 5, 2020

dieselkeeper said:
@Fin That's neat how you set up the check valve. What's holding it in place? Do you have one for each return pump?

Yes, there are two of them. I was copying Melev's set up, but he was not using two separate pumps. He just T'd his two returns and put a reverse check valve in the center of the two returns. There is just a T at each SeaSwirl and pipe to the check valves. My returns are pretty deep, so I definitely need something that will stop the flow. There are other ways to do it, I just wanted to try this one.