DaveS December 4, 2015 Author December 4, 2015 Been a long time since the last update. The thing about spending all that time designing things in the beginning, I'm making much fewer changes later on, assuming I can resist the urge to expand. These days it's mostly about swapping out things as they break or otherwise need replacement. Last year I replaced the acrylic frag tank with glass as I got annoyed with scraping coraline. Also replaced the salt water mixing tank with a new one since it developed a pinhole leak. This year I I decided to upgrade my sump. The old one functioned perfectly fine but didn't give me much spare capacity when I shut the return pump off. I also wanted to include filter socks as part of my mechanical filtration process. I know people are split between whether socks are good or bad. I've found that I get tons of debris and stuff floating around and socks help to reduce that. I custom ordered one from Adam and picked it up the Wednesday before Thanksgiving. I spent most of Saturday after Thanksgiving ripping out my plumbing and installing it. Decided to change around some overflow plumbing while I was at it. Apparently doing plumbing under my tank is a Thanksgiving tradition for me... Here's the new sump. Note how all the water goes into the corner. This sump is super quiet! It's hard to believe how clean the new sump is!
YHSublime December 4, 2015 December 4, 2015 Looks great, Dave. I'm with you on the filter socks. I've never had cleaner water than when I ran them. Traditions are good! How about a FTS?!
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