Those "nicks" are called solvent popping. you didnt clean your pipes well enough before you painted them. could be oils from your hands, could be chemicals that you didnt think about.
@MsMollyLolliPop I didn't show that part. Once it is primed, unless you remove it, you will never have to do it again. Just take some airline tubing and push it through to the "U" that goes over the side of the tank (from the inlet that water will be ENTERING). Plug the bottom (this is why I added a ball valve) and just suck all the air out until it is nothing but water. Unplug (open the ball valve) and you are set.
if you put a 90 elbow on the over flow pipe where the water enters it from the tank it helps a lot with the bubbles that form in there and all that i dont have vids of it but i will soon
I used a rio 1200 powerhead for my return as I didn't need a whole lot of flow. For a 55, assuming you have about 4-5 feet of head loss, I would go with a mag drive 2 (125gph@5') or mag drive 3 (210gph@5') depending on how much flow you want. I would go less flow through the sump though (mag 3) and add some powerheads or some other form of flow to the display.
yep its DATEY MEDIUM CLEAR PVC CEMENT. its not that cpvc cement isnt strong enough, but i have found it to be too strong. see, pvc cement doesnt glue the pipes together, it melts them. cpvc pipe is harder to melt than pvc. so you use cpvc cement on cpvc pipes. pvc is WAY easier to melt than cpvc. so using cpvc on pvc pipes basically melts the pipes TOO much. and i have found that melting it too much causes a bad bond.
i hope you dont have a leak. one of the cans is marked CPVC cement. it isnt normal pvc cement, it doesnt work well AT ALL on white coldwater pvc. it is meant for hot water pvc which is bronze thats one reason that cpvc cement is orange (to blend in with the hot water pvc pipe). so if it starts to leak, re-do it with "medium clear" cement. cpvc just isnt made for the type of pvc that u are using.
Oh, thanks I didn't know that. This was my first project and the guy at Lowe's told me to use the stuff :( I haven't had any leaks as of yet but if I do I will for sure look into it. The stuff you recommend is called medium clear?
Yet another error. I am not sure what is going on. The video is about 500mb and 8 minutes long, but it just won't upload. Things seemed to upload off the Mac better with greater compression so I will give that a try. Was hoping to bypass it all since I had to do no editing, but I guess I can't be so luck.
Those "nicks" are called solvent popping. you didnt clean your pipes well enough before you painted them. could be oils from your hands, could be chemicals that you didnt think about.
34SkiLLz14Luck 1 week ago
Sand out rough it before paint. So how did this kind of over flow work out for you? Thinking of going with this type of over flow.
blazin068 2 months ago
Isn't the paint you used on your PVC going to Hurt the fish?
Duhstevemuister 5 months ago
97 cent paint sucks I know cause I do spray paint art Rustoleum is much better A quarter can would have covered the pipes
thedragonfarm 7 months ago
how do you start that overflow? i watched ur overflow vid and it confused me a bit. please explain.
MsMollyLolliPop 1 year ago
@MsMollyLolliPop I didn't show that part. Once it is primed, unless you remove it, you will never have to do it again. Just take some airline tubing and push it through to the "U" that goes over the side of the tank (from the inlet that water will be ENTERING). Plug the bottom (this is why I added a ball valve) and just suck all the air out until it is nothing but water. Unplug (open the ball valve) and you are set.
LordoftheReef 1 year ago
if you put a 90 elbow on the over flow pipe where the water enters it from the tank it helps a lot with the bubbles that form in there and all that i dont have vids of it but i will soon
alfletch93 1 year ago
haha ghetto drying method! love the sump and the video keep up the work!!
AQUAReef365 1 year ago
VERY NICE~!!
ku4mg69 1 year ago
im having trouble what size pump did u use for your sump for the return i have a 55 gallon tank saltwater and im trying to do a 10 gallon sump thanks
Darkice1291 2 years ago
I used a rio 1200 powerhead for my return as I didn't need a whole lot of flow. For a 55, assuming you have about 4-5 feet of head loss, I would go with a mag drive 2 (125gph@5') or mag drive 3 (210gph@5') depending on how much flow you want. I would go less flow through the sump though (mag 3) and add some powerheads or some other form of flow to the display.
LordoftheReef 2 years ago
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eazyone23 2 years ago
you have a boring voice but good videos and ideas.
BowHunt1229 2 years ago
LOL yeah, for some reason I get very monotone when I am describing something. Not sure why. Thanks for the comments :)
LordoftheReef 2 years ago
yep its DATEY MEDIUM CLEAR PVC CEMENT. its not that cpvc cement isnt strong enough, but i have found it to be too strong. see, pvc cement doesnt glue the pipes together, it melts them. cpvc pipe is harder to melt than pvc. so you use cpvc cement on cpvc pipes. pvc is WAY easier to melt than cpvc. so using cpvc on pvc pipes basically melts the pipes TOO much. and i have found that melting it too much causes a bad bond.
cichlidkeeper89 2 years ago
i hope you dont have a leak. one of the cans is marked CPVC cement. it isnt normal pvc cement, it doesnt work well AT ALL on white coldwater pvc. it is meant for hot water pvc which is bronze thats one reason that cpvc cement is orange (to blend in with the hot water pvc pipe). so if it starts to leak, re-do it with "medium clear" cement. cpvc just isnt made for the type of pvc that u are using.
cichlidkeeper89 2 years ago
Oh, thanks I didn't know that. This was my first project and the guy at Lowe's told me to use the stuff :( I haven't had any leaks as of yet but if I do I will for sure look into it. The stuff you recommend is called medium clear?
LordoftheReef 2 years ago
can you do an update on the tank =)
theaquareef 2 years ago
Yeah I have a video shot and it failed uploading twice. I think it is youtube. I am trying the upload again, we will see how it goes!
LordoftheReef 2 years ago
Yet another error. I am not sure what is going on. The video is about 500mb and 8 minutes long, but it just won't upload. Things seemed to upload off the Mac better with greater compression so I will give that a try. Was hoping to bypass it all since I had to do no editing, but I guess I can't be so luck.
LordoftheReef 2 years ago