I finally finished all of the plumbing for the aquarium. Joy and I tested everything with freshwater and we had no drips or leaks, which was awesome. So now I just need to start filtering and mixing some saltwater so we can get this thing filled up and ready for fish!
Aquarium and stand
Center section underneath stand (skimmer, pumps, nitrate reactor)
Left section underneath stand (chiller, calcium reactor, kalkwasser stirrer)
Right section underneath stand (carbon filter, phosphate filter)
What do you mean no leaks or drips. I seem to recall a hilarious story about that test. You’d better write a bit more. :) :) Love you! Mom
Comment by Mom — November 13, 2006 @ 9:57 pm
Do tell, do tell! :)
You are SUCH a mad scientist. :)
Comment by Becca — November 13, 2006 @ 10:02 pm
Oh, I forgot about that. When we did the test with freshwater, I just temporarily rigged up the drains because I didn’t have the final plumbing pieces ready yet. I was manning the electrical cord and I told Joy if anything leaked where she was watching, just tell me and I would pull the plug. Well, I plugged everything in and water started flowing and I thought everything was ok for about 30-45 seconds until Joy said, very calmly, “you know, there’s water going EVERYWHERE down here”. What?!? I quickly unplugged everything and ran around to take a look. Water had been falling about a foot into the sump from the drains and then splashing out everywhere. For some reason my dear, sweet wife did not consider that a leak, but it sure did get water everywhere. I just attribute that to us having owned an aquarium in the past, so Joy is used to a little water “escaping”. Anyway, I went ahead and finished up some of the drain work to get the drains to exit underwater, and that took care of the splashing.
Comment by Brad — November 26, 2006 @ 8:28 pm