135G A.G.E. Hybrid Cube

Tony_D · Mar 19, 2013

Water in the tank but the flow test is in hold...the oring is missing from my dart. Trying to source one locally.

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Tony_D · Mar 19, 2013

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Tony_D · Mar 21, 2013

Some flow testing done today... from what I was seeing with this test, I may not even need to run the Tunze in the tank! Video uploading to you tube now...

Tony_D · Mar 21, 2013

Here's the video!
[video=youtube_share;f_kGhj-eVds]http://youtu.be/f_kGhj-eVds[/video]
Closed-loop-testing - YouTube

Electrobes · Mar 21, 2013

What a fantastic build! I am definitely looking forward to more, great job!

Tony_D · Mar 22, 2013

Thanks. I'm happy with it so far.

I ran a test with the three 1" outlets and it made a huge difference in flow. It is much more rolling and no where near as turbulent. You can barely tell the water is moving to look at it, but it definitely is. Looks like I may have to put sand in to help make the choice...I am going to see if I can find a 5 way see about using four 3/4" loc lines.

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Tony_D · Mar 22, 2013

Going to hook up a Barracuda and try the three 1" outlets this weekend.

Tony_D · Mar 24, 2013

Barracuda is physically too big to fit the space I have, so a dart it is.

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revhtree · Mar 25, 2013

Great build!

Dowtish · Mar 25, 2013

Awesome deal on an awesome tank! Cool idea for shower fitting. Is there a way for you to remove it in case of clogging?

Tony_D · Mar 25, 2013

I can remove the whole thing or just the grate part.

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Tony_D · Mar 25, 2013

It's all plastic, except the retaining screw for the grate which I removed and threw away. There it a little "latch" which lets you wedge the lid in place and since there's suction, no worries about it ever coming off.

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Tony_D · Mar 25, 2013

I discovered something that I forgot... when using a steel stand, it's a MUST to put a piece of foam board between the tank and stand. Even though the pump is sitting on foam the harmonics of the pump is passed thru all the hard plumbing and into the stand ultimately which is heard as a low hum. Tolerable but I will be draining the tank to fix my mistake.