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Got water? How did the plumbing go last night?

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Got water? How did the plumbing go last night?

 

 

It's filling now. Had ~30g in when I came to work this morning.

 

I didn't get the plumbing done. No glue remember. I cut all the parts, did a dry fit, cleaned the new skimmer and watched Cindy Crosby and her boyfriends get whooped then went to bed.

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It's filling now. Had ~30g in when I came to work this morning.

 

I didn't get the plumbing done. No glue remember. I cut all the parts, did a dry fit, cleaned the new skimmer and watched Cindy Crosby and her boyfriends get whooped then went to bed.

Schweet, that means there were no leaks.

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Update time.

 

Life has been getting in the way of me setting up my new tank. It has been baby steps between work, kids, Stanley Cup playoffs and sleep.

 

The tank is now in place:

 

Before:

 

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Mid way:

 

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In Place:

 

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Looking good Rik. I see that you opted not to install the black cover for the overflow? How did you finally take care of the slight bowing in the middle of the stand? Things look spot-on leveled ;)

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Looking good Rik. I see that you opted not to install the black cover for the overflow? How did you finally take care of the slight bowing in the middle of the stand? Things look spot-on leveled ;)

 

 

The overflow cover needs to be moded to fit over the standpipe. The stand was re-shimmed and tweaked by Chewy.

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Make sure you have the power cord to the Vortech connected to something. If it were to loose its connection with the inside piece, it looks like it'd drop straight into the sump. Even if they are lined up perfectly, I've still had them randomly separate on me.

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Make sure you have the power cord to the Vortech connected to something. If it were to loose its connection with the inside piece, it looks like it'd drop straight into the sump. Even if they are lined up perfectly, I've still had them randomly separate on me.

 

 

It is attached, in 2 places.

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looks good...do you only have 1 drain and one return?

 

2 drains (one sealed) and 1 return. There will be 2 Vortechs in the display for flow.

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Dang, you beat me to first fill-up. Looks good though!

 

Does that drain pipe burp? You're not going to leave it like that.

 

180g will always fill faster than 4000g - what school did you go to?

 

No burping. The drains and returns all need work, I just wanted to get the flow going.

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Very nice clean look. Looking forward to seeing the progress.

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Update time.

 

I moved most of the 250 to the 135 this past w/e. No shock, but the contents of a 250g tank do not fit in to a 135g tank.

 

This:

 

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Into this:

 

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First was to do the Aquascape in the new tank (Will be redone, not 100% happy with it)

 

Front Aquascape

 

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Side Aquascape

 

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Top Down (From Front)

 

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Haha! My Capitals banner is right behind my hockey table too!

 

Yours

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Mine

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Anyway, the tank is looking really nice!

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vortech, tunze and of course a modded maxi-jet....got to love it...i hear your downgrading the skimmer...what are you going too?

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vortech, tunze and of course a modded maxi-jet....got to love it...i hear your downgrading the skimmer...what are you going too?

 

 

Not any more, I just added a wave....

 

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