gguertin's 180g In Wall Build (1 Viewer)

[scffvariable]

Don't know if I would trust the bulkheads the way they are shown there. Are you going to use a bulkhead on each tank and link them with a piece of PVC?

 

[gguertin]

I was going to but talked with a few people from RC and decided I would do a wood spacer between the tanks so it is glass/wood/glass... as long as I support the glass it should be the same as attaching my external overflow box, glass, and internal overflow box?

More pictures to come this weekend. Going to try and get water in the tank by Sunday

 

[Flounder]

Very cool! I like in-wall tanks!
Ends up looking like moving art!

 

[gguertin]

Broke my 29g tank trying to tie the sump together

Looking for a 29g if anyone has one they can get rid of for cheap...

 

[gguertin]

Got a 29g thanks Sabath!

Drilled again time to try the frag tank in line with the sump again...

 

[gguertin]

Had the scrubber up and running for about 12 hours before the 29g tank cracked now it is moved onto a 20g tank trying to keep it going and get it seeded.

 

[gguertin]

Making RO water in the tank now

 

[gguertin]

Tried seeding the scrubber with some algae from a friends scrubber... Has anyone had luck with this or any advice on speeding up the cycle process with a new system?

 

[gguertin]

Second 29g drilled and moved into place. This time I will not be using the 1 bulkhead system I tried last time... The water leaked back through the threads on the bulkhead and then out through the wood spacer in the middle. I think this would have worked if I would have put a gasket between the tanks but now I am going to take the time to try and use a bulkhead on each side with pvc in between like normal...

 

[gguertin]

The two sumps are now attached together. The left is going to be a frag tank the right will be my actual sump with the turf scrubber, heater, probes from apex, and return pump.

 

[gguertin]

Side view of bulkheads and tank

 

[gguertin]

Full pic

 

[gguertin]

Pic of external beananimal overflow tied with Glass Holes internal box

 

[gguertin]

A few updated pictures. I have been making progress but very slowly.

Here is one of the quarantine stand. I will have a 40g on top and 2 20g on the bottom 2 shelves.

Here is a picture of the outside wall all taped up

 

[mnmuskyman2011]

Looks awesome! Keep the pics coming!

 

[Gatorbait]

What are you using for flow in the tank?

 

[glenn]

looks great greg,the trim pieces should go up easier now.

 

[sabbath]

looks great greg,the trim pieces should go up easier now.

Hi Glenn good to see you on here.


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Don

 

[Fisherman7]

Looks good. I'm also doing a 180g in wall setup and I was curious how you're going to do the trim?

 

[gguertin]

I will show the trim when I do it but will likely be another month before hand. I am getting into the fun part of stocking the tank right now

The flow was with 2 tunze pumps and 2 oceanrunner return pumps... somewhere between 7-9k gpg depending on how I tune the tunze.