Skimmer and Stand Question

[Spelter]

I purchased this tank and stand from another member, but he had never had it up and running. I have never had a tank this big and wanted to confirm this stand was sturdy enough for a 90 gallon. Its been filled for about 5 days now with water and 90lbs of sand, just dont water any issues down the road.

Bottom Brace

 

Top Brace

 

Inside reinforcement

[surf&turf]

Same stand my 90 is sitting on, 2 years, so far so good. Just make sure everything is level.

Edited October 5, 2012 by surf&turf

[Spelter]

Same stand my 90 is sitting on, 2 years, so far so good. Just make sure everything is level.

 

So I made sure it was precisely level. Now the tank is shimmed (shims placed evenly about 4 inches from each along along the front of the stand), but towards one side of the tank that was higher the bottom of the stand is not in contact with the floor. So it is resting on only the shims in the corners and the shims which are spaced evenly. Is this OK? I can just slide my finger under at the biggest point.

[John]

You want to shim between the stand and the floor, not between the tank and the stand...I believe this is what you have done...as long as it doesn't sway/rock when you lean against it, should be fine

[Spelter]

Yes, I shimmed between floor and tank. It is very stable still.

[Spelter]

My next questions was about the skimmer that was thrown in with the tank. First off I don't know what model it is. I think its a NWB-200 from looking online, but it would nice to confirm that. Second the skimmer was dropped and repaired with the proper acrylic cement, but I think its at a very high pressure location. Is this going to create problems in the future? Third, I think during the repair a piece was left out that screws the OTP pump to the skimmer body, am I correct? What should be done about this?

 

Skimmer

 

OTP Pump close up

 

The tube that slides into the skimmer body that is damaged (and repaired). Apparently it was broken completely off. This is why I think a missing threaded head may have been here. In between the black skimmer body and the grey flange on the tube which would connect to the OTP pump.

[BowieReefer84]

Looks to be missing the half of the union fitting that should be there. You could probably put a barb fitting on the pipe and use flex tubing to connect it to the pump? This would make the footprint larger, but if you have the room should work.

 

Edit- If it is the NWB200 a good upgrade pump would be the BB3000

http://coralvue.com/bubbleblaster/

Edited October 5, 2012 by BowieReefer84

[Spelter]

So I contacted coralvue they said with out the nut collar that is missing its going to take a do it your self project. Its 118 bucks to replace the skimmer body.

[trockafella]

I would contact whomever you bought it from. People shouldnt sell things missing parts and not tell you. Future advice, ALWAYS make sure things work before handing over money. Anytime I sell equipment I like to make sure we both observe it working, so there is no finger pointing later. Ive learned this the hard way too.

[Spelter]

It was sort of just thrown in with a 90 gallon tank, 30 gallon tank and stand and wet/dry sump. I found it hard to complain when I got it all for $200.

[zygote2k]

if you can get the rest of the union fitting, you could hacksaw the tube off and then reglue it.

[Spelter]

if you can get the rest of the union fitting, you could hacksaw the tube off and then reglue it.

 

Right now this is looking like the best solution. Will a clean cut and then repair with the weldon #16 be secure enough for this high pressure location.