Upgrading my tank by 1200%

[jason.kennedy.98478]

So I was informed by the Mario brothers press secretary that they no longer do plumbing so they can focus on their professional gocart career :mad: so I hope my piping doesn't leak. Anyway here it is all doped up and clamped.

Just gotta wait a couple hours for it to cure to I can do a water test. Also should I glue stand pipes?

 

[rtparty]

The tank is on the stand!!!! ;Stig;Singing;Woot

Time to do some plumbing. I will also be changing out the herbie overflow piping the tank came with for a durso overflow setup.

I think you have this backwards...you went from a durso to a herbie

 

[jason.kennedy.98478]

I think you have this backwards...you went from a durso to a herbie

Umm so I did

 

[rtparty]

Umm so I did

I was like why would you go from a Herbie to a durso? Then saw your pics.

I wish I could have found a brand new 120g for about $500. Everyone around me wanted $700 or so and I couldn't justify it. So I spent $200 and had a guy buff out all the scratches in the front glass. Sides are still kind of beat up but I'll compromise

 

[jason.kennedy.98478]

I was like why would you go from a Herbie to a durso? Then saw your pics.

I wish I could have found a brand new 120g for about $500. Everyone around me wanted $700 or so and I couldn't justify it. So I spent $200 and had a guy buff out all the scratches in the front glass. Sides are still kind of beat up but I'll compromise

Yeah it was a good deal, marineland was running a sale when I bought it

 

[Albertan_Reef]

I was like why would you go from a Herbie to a durso? Then saw your pics.

I wish I could have found a brand new 120g for about $500. Everyone around me wanted $700 or so and I couldn't justify it. So I spent $200 and had a guy buff out all the scratches in the front glass. Sides are still kind of beat up but I'll compromise

I paid $730 for my new 180 , they wanted $350 for the 120 but it’s to small for me. It took for ever to find that deal tho.

 

[Albertan_Reef]

Tank looks good! You’ll love the real estate of the 120. I wish I would’ve went reef ready with my 180, but the synergy over flow is definitely nice as well.

 

[jason.kennedy.98478]

WATER!!!!!

 

[hafer12]

WATER!!!!!

Dude, invest in a couple brute trash cans, 1/2" flex hose and a maxi jet 1200. Save ur back! Let the pump carry the water up there!

 

[jason.kennedy.98478]

Dude, invest in a couple brute trash cans, 1/2" flex hose and a maxi jet 1200. Save ur back! Let the pump carry the water up there!

I have what I need coming from BRS to fill the tank from my RO/DI system. More just making sure the bulkheads don't leak and being able to say the tank is wet

 

[hafer12]

I have what I need coming from BRS to fill the tank from my RO/DI system. More just making sure the bulkheads don't leak and being able to say the tank is wet

I had a hard time believing, the man building this amazing tank, was filling her up with 5g buckets! Killer thread

 

[jason.kennedy.98478]

I had a hard time believing, the man building this amazing tank, was filling her up with 5g buckets! Killer thread

Thanks glad you're enjoying it

I did end up filling the overflow with water to check the bulkhead seals. No leaks overnight. And to check level, it's level front to back and left to right

 

[jason.kennedy.98478]

So for all you bucket haters out there, this post is for you

 

[jason.kennedy.98478]

Well after all that I only got about 100 gallons out of my RO/DI system before the DI resin got nuked. Ordered the specrtapure max cap di cartridge to see if I get better performance until I can get my system set up properly

 

[jason.kennedy.98478]

And now I gotta wait until Tuesday for my new DI resin to get here. Really need to start regenerating it

 

[Mark Gray]

WATER!!!!!

If you were closer I got pumps and brute trash cans you could borrow

 

[jason.kennedy.98478]

If you were closer I got pumps and brute trash cans you could borrow

The bucket was for entertainment purposes only

 

[Mark Gray]

The bucket was for entertainment purposes only

And I will admit it was entertaining

 

[jason.kennedy.98478]

Back in business and making good water. This new filter is also a lot bigger than the old one. It's a 10"x4" cartridge where the old one was 10x2.5

 

[jason.kennedy.98478]

Getting closer to being full, and on a positive note it seems the water district changed their water source as the TDS from the tap is half what it was.

Filling this thing is takin for-ev-er