Eye Candy for Vectra M1 admires!

[geo]

 

[sn2per]

Sump eye-candy at its finest... Very Nice..

 

[xaflatoonx]

thats just sexy!

 

[Spiderguardnano]

Is there any reason for the L angel on the vectra pointing down? I like the idea a lot

 

[JoshH]

would mean the pump could still function with even a half inch height of water is in the return chamber. maintain's the water seal much longer than if they were just straight pipes. That's my guess. beautiful set up!

 

[xaflatoonx]

changing the media in reactors would be a pain no?
and being all hard piped - how would the user drain the first gallon or so of the new media?

 

[JoshH]

changing the media in reactors would be a pain no?
and being all hard piped - how would the user drain the first gallon or so of the new media?

No one said beautiful was easy

 

[xaflatoonx]

Lol. Good point

 

[FDAWG]

Wouldn't the elbow restrict flow on the intake side?

 

[CherryCorals]

changing the media in reactors would be a pain no?
and being all hard piped - how would the user drain the first gallon or so of the new media?

Undo the unions and those media chambers lift right out, pretty slick.

 

[geo]

Is there any reason for the L angel on the vectra pointing down? I like the idea a lot

I did this in case the pumps were too powerful and may pull air from the surface. They are removable so the user can remove them if needed.

changing the media in reactors would be a pain no?
and being all hard piped - how would the user drain the first gallon or so of the new media?

Not really it is actually very easy. Each canister is plumbed with unions. The canisters can be removed at an angle if needed so you only need 7" of clearance. Your skimmer is much harder to remove then these canisters. To drain them after adding new media can either be done at the sink OR get a matching union and connect it to the canisters output and add a couple feet of vinyl tubbing as needed.

Wouldn't the elbow restrict flow on the intake side?

Yes it would but an insignificant amount in this set up.

Thank you everyone!

 

[xaflatoonx]

can i please get more info on this sump?

dimensions?
volume?
how much does it cost? (excluding the return pump, plumbing and reactors ofcourse)

 

[xaflatoonx]

is there a lid that goes on top of the filter sock area to mute that water drop noise?

 

[ScottW]

Looks amazing

 

[geo]

can i please get more info on this sump?

dimensions?
volume?
how much does it cost? (excluding the return pump, plumbing and reactors ofcourse)

I will put the details up in my forum. I want to keep this thread topic about the Vectra M1s.

 

[xaflatoonx]

Sure. Kindly pm with a link of that please so I can follow you there

 

[vic5hands]

gotta price?

 

[sn2per]

Love this' setup... so clean...

 

[raultsu]

is that just a 90 degree elbow?

 

[USMC4Life]

How expensive are they?