180gal Starphire New Reef Build - Work In Progress

[dima]

snaped a quick pic of my tank for reference.

That's some nice corals you have got. Wish I could have them. Never had success with sps with my nano not enough alk and ca I guess.

 

[Dr.HarlemTutu]

That's some nice corals you have got. Wish I could have them. Never had success with sps with my nano not enough alk and ca I guess.

Larger volumes of water are much more stable, which leads to success. Properly tuned reactor is important if not a must on larger tanks like yours.

By the way. The horizontal runs on your bean animal will be fine. I have 20ish feet of horizontal run on mine, I'm using spa flex but don't think elbows hurt you all that much in that application either. Build looks good!

 

[915MANG]

Great Build, Keep it

 

[Clayton Jessup]

Dr.HarlemTutu , I think your plumbing looks great I love the sump cleaning pipe! Wonderful idea!!! Only thing I would suggest is add more unions , you could never go wrong with more unions , other then that it all looks good !!

 

[dima]

Finally plumbing for tank is done. Still working on plumbing to deliver water after that can do leak test. I used silicone on all the bulkheads. Replaced main valves with gate valves. Hopefully it will all work out.

 

[renato120]

Awesome build!

 

[Ponraj A]

Beautiful built !!!!

 

[Fin]

Still working on plumbing to deliver water after that can do leak test. I used silicone on all the bulkheads.

Nice tank! Interesting way to have gotten the tank on the stand. Following along...

I did want to mention that it is not really a good idea to use silicone on bulkheads. It might be leak free now, but could become problematic in the future. Clean rubber gasket against clean glass is all that is necessary for a good seal.

 

[dima]

Nice tank! Interesting way to have gotten the tank on the stand. Following along...

I did want to mention that it is not really a good idea to use silicone on bulkheads. It might be leak free now, but could become problematic in the future. Clean rubber gasket against clean glass is all that is necessary for a good seal.

Thank you. What kind of problem can get into?

 

[Fin]

Thank you. What kind of problem can get into?

Silicone does not bond permanently to the gasket material or the PVC.

 

[dima]

Silicone does not bond permanently to the gasket material or the PVC.

But i have also tighten bulkheads thought silicone would give it an extra strength

 

[dima]

Hmm should I redo my bulkheads without silicone ?what do u guys suggest ?

 

[Dr.HarlemTutu]

Hmm should I redo my bulkheads without silicone ?what do u guys suggest ?

The bulkheads are designed to work without silicone. Did you put the silicone on the glass then the bulkhead or just around the edge. If it's between the bulkhead and glass I'd remove, clean with a raiser blade and replace.

 

[dima]

The bulkheads are designed to work without silicone. Did you put the silicone on the glass then the bulkhead or just around the edge. If it's between the bulkhead and glass I'd remove, clean with a raiser blade and replace.

yes it is in both places.

 

[dima]

The bulkheads are designed to work without silicone. Did you put the silicone on the glass then the bulkhead or just around the edge. If it's between the bulkhead and glass I'd remove, clean with a raiser blade and replace.

Just curious. I removed the first bulkhead and silicone gets off easily. Can i use the same bulkhead or better order a new one?

 

[Dr.HarlemTutu]

Just curious. I removed the first bulkhead and silicone gets off easily. Can i use the same bulkhead or better order a new one?

I'd imaging the original one would be fine. Do you have the rubber piece?

 

[dima]

I'd imaging the original one would be fine. Do you have the rubber piece?

Yes rubber looks fine also what else should i look for?

 

[Fin]

You can reuse the bulkheads, just clean the gasket and the glass really well. I would carefully use a new, sharp razor blade on the glass to remove the old silicone.

 

[dima]

Almost done with my water mixing station

 

[dima]