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rons 70 gal upgrade

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rgarofalo

I am upgrading from my 20 gal to a new 70 gal tank.
Here is a picture of my 20
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I built the stand for the 70 out of 1" tubular steel, then skinned it with 1/2" plywood. The top and bottom of the stand are 3/4" ply. I then used fiberglass shower liner and glued that to all of the walls and lips. I made 4 doors the front is a double door and one on each side for easy access.
Here are some pictures of the stand

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As you can see in the pictures I also put in the baffles in the sump and drilled it for an external return pump
I am using a Ehiem 1262 as a return

Some of the equipment for this tank is
2 Phosban reactors
ETSS sump buddy 40 protien skimmer
Vortech mp40 with battery backup
Mag 7 for the skimmer
4" filter socks

By the way I am upgrading to an 70 gal Tech tank
 
Phyl

Phyl

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Looking forward to seeing those pictures! If you have updated links you'd like me to replace the broken ones with I'd be happy to!
 
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rgarofalo

Thank you
It took a while and i forgot to take pictures during construction
so mad about forgetting to take the pictures :mad:


The flex hose on the Drain can that be cut ant the end glued back on or if I cut it I won't be able to get it on? I don't like the loop it makes.
 
JRWOHLER

JRWOHLER

Welcome to tht Tech Club. Great stand.

The hose will not be a problem if you like the sound of a public toilet with flushing sound (personal experience :-[). Otherwise straighten it out.

Looking forward to the rest of the build.
 
Phyl

Phyl

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I needed loops in mine to keep it quiet. If it is quiet, I would leave it alone. If it ain't broke...
 
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ReeferNets

Thats is one awsome set up Ron. Nice Vortech!

Dont make any bad comments about his tank or he will get medievel on you!!
;)




Profanity removed. Please keep it clean!
 
JRWOHLER

JRWOHLER

Phyl said:
I needed loops in mine to keep it quiet. If it is quiet, I would leave it alone. If it ain't broke...
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Go figure mine flushed like clockwork. FYI it took me few months to get flow, drains, etc in line so that it was quiet. I have mine in the family room so wanted it quiet. I found that the durso pipes are pretty deep so if you want the water coming into the overflow to be quiet you cannot run a lot of GPH because you get a waterfall sound. Now the loudest sound I have is the sicce pump on the skimmer sucking air. Not too bad.
 
JRWOHLER

JRWOHLER

I have an in sump Mag12...I dialed it back some and I am in the process of splitting the return to go through the TLF reactor that I have. I gave up GPH for quieter overflow. But hate to totally waste the pump so am using it for the TLF.  I will let you know how it goes.  I got everything and plan on plumbing it this weekend.
James

PS I have the 120 so duel overflows.
 
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rgarofalo

Cool thanks for the noise info
I shall see when I start it up to test after the 24th

Thanks for the nice comments on the stand
I couldn't have done it without the boards to get ideas
That how I decided on 3 openings to make everything accsessable

I will have all the electronics mounted to the back of the stand with a good old American Di power strip
I think I'm stuck until the lights come in because the power supplies will be on the back of the stand
 
Hawkeye

Hawkeye

I dunno...did you check the TDS of that water before you put it in? ;)

I'm not a fan of the loop either - you could order some flex pvc instead.
 
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rgarofalo

Im makeing brackets for my electronics on the back of the stand today, hopfully this week I will weld togeather the rack for the solaris power supplies
 
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