Advanced search

Home

Search Species Data

Dashboard

What is the MBI?

Points

AwardLevels

Breeders & Sites

Forums

•  Kathy's new growout system build.

  Change Page: < 123456 > | Showing page 3 of 6, messages 41 to 60 of 104 - powered by ASPPlayground.NET Forum Trial Version Author Message KathyL Total Posts : 2639 Scores: 13 Reward points : 1504 Joined: 6/6/2010 Location: St. Louis, MO, US Status: offline MBI: 1605 Pnts MBI Site: Marine Aquarium Societies of North America Re:Kathy's new growout system build. Monday, January 9, 2012 5:58 PM (permalink) 0 Andy, are you happy with the return plumbing (double hump gravity flow) you tried?  I may try to figure out how I can do that with a two level system.   #41 Umm_fish? Total Posts : 2835 Scores: 10 Reward points : 953 Joined: 11/4/2009 Location: Boulder, CO, US Status: offline MBI: 775 Pnts MBI Site: Marine Aquarium Society of Colorado Re:Kathy's new growout system build. Monday, January 9, 2012 6:22 PM (permalink) 0 Heck, yes. Never any problems other than snails getting stuck in the ball valves. Much easier than my other plumbing that I still have to adjust all the time. --Andy, the bucket man. "Not to know the mandolin is to argue oneself unknown...." --Clara Lanza, 1886   #42 GreshamH Total Posts : 757 Scores: 16 Reward points : 600 Joined: 4/27/2011 Location: SF Bay Area, CA Status: offline MBI: 0 Pnts MBI Site: Marine Breeding Initiative (MBI) Re:Kathy's new growout system build. Monday, January 9, 2012 6:36 PM (permalink) 0 Gotta link to your plumbing Andy?     #43 waldend Total Posts : 604 Scores: 10 Reward points : 1855 Joined: 10/5/2010 Location: Lafayette, IN, US Status: offline MBI: 310 Pnts MBI Site: Marine Breeding Initiative (MBI) Re:Kathy's new growout system build. Monday, January 9, 2012 7:05 PM (permalink) 0 Composite materials might also work nicely for damp areas. Not sure if the load properties are the same though.   #44 KathyL Total Posts : 2639 Scores: 13 Reward points : 1504 Joined: 6/6/2010 Location: St. Louis, MO, US Status: offline MBI: 1605 Pnts MBI Site: Marine Aquarium Societies of North America Re:Kathy's new growout system build. Monday, January 9, 2012 8:12 PM (permalink) 0 One more thought about paint: I have plywood on top of the surfaces for the water reservoirs.  I am using the plywood leftover from the old system.  It survived 6 years of several tank overflows, no mildew, no swelling of the wood.  I'm giving it an un-needed coat of paint just to reinforce the water repellence.   I love porch paint.     #45 president89 Total Posts : 224 Scores: 0 Reward points : 222 Joined: 6/28/2011 Location: Holbrook, MA, US Status: offline MBI: 0 Pnts MBI Site: Marine Breeding Initiative (MBI) Re:Kathy's new growout system build. Thursday, January 12, 2012 5:04 PM (permalink) 0 Great thread, can't wait to see how this turns out.   #46 KathyL Total Posts : 2639 Scores: 13 Reward points : 1504 Joined: 6/6/2010 Location: St. Louis, MO, US Status: offline MBI: 1605 Pnts MBI Site: Marine Aquarium Societies of North America Re:Kathy's new growout system build. Sunday, January 15, 2012 5:41 PM (permalink) 0 It's taken me longer to draw it than it would have taken to build it. Here is the plan for the returns. I am going to try Andy's hump style header pipe, and hope that there is enough umph to my Quiet One 3000 to fill both levels of 3/4 inch pipe.     #47 KathyL Total Posts : 2639 Scores: 13 Reward points : 1504 Joined: 6/6/2010 Location: St. Louis, MO, US Status: offline MBI: 1605 Pnts MBI Site: Marine Aquarium Societies of North America Re:Kathy's new growout system build. Sunday, January 15, 2012 5:45 PM (permalink) 0 Here's the other side:   #48 Umm_fish? Total Posts : 2835 Scores: 10 Reward points : 953 Joined: 11/4/2009 Location: Boulder, CO, US Status: offline MBI: 775 Pnts MBI Site: Marine Aquarium Society of Colorado Re:Kathy's new growout system build. Sunday, January 15, 2012 6:11 PM (permalink) 0 Gresh: Sorry that I missed your request. I can't find my good closeup picture, but here's one that shows it:     The idea is, as long as you get water coming down the drain side of your pipe, you'll always have constant pressure to each of the spigots. Essentially, just a quick-and-dirty header tank, but under pressure. --Andy, the bucket man. "Not to know the mandolin is to argue oneself unknown...." --Clara Lanza, 1886   #49 Scottt Total Posts : 113 Scores: 0 Reward points : 341 Joined: 12/12/2009 Location: , NY, US Status: offline MBI: 5 Pnts MBI Site: MarineLife Aquarium Society of Michigan Re:Kathy's new growout system build. Monday, January 16, 2012 1:51 AM (permalink) 0 Very nice drawing Kathy.  Do you think there will be any issues with suction on the vertical piping shown on the right of the picture?  If it gives you trouble, you could do a T at the top or something open to the air?   #50 KathyL Total Posts : 2639 Scores: 13 Reward points : 1504 Joined: 6/6/2010 Location: St. Louis, MO, US Status: offline MBI: 1605 Pnts MBI Site: Marine Aquarium Societies of North America Re:Kathy's new growout system build. Monday, January 16, 2012 6:46 AM (permalink) 0 Thanks Scott, that's a great idea. I hadn't thought of that.   #51 KathyL Total Posts : 2639 Scores: 13 Reward points : 1504 Joined: 6/6/2010 Location: St. Louis, MO, US Status: offline MBI: 1605 Pnts MBI Site: Marine Aquarium Societies of North America Re:Kathy's new growout system build. Monday, January 16, 2012 8:16 PM (permalink) 0 Spent a few hours drilling tanks today.  No broken ones, yay! Gotta love a drill press, putty, and a diamond bit.  Perhaps diamonds really are a woman's best friend...   I drove them to my friend's house for the drilling: Seven 20-gallon tanks fit stably in the Prius.  Love that car.   The five tanks on the bottom row have bulkheads on the back side. This allows me to place the bottom row slightly lower than the top of the sump, and ensures that I'll have enough room between rows to service them, and  I'll still be tall enough to peer over the top of the top row of tanks without a step stool.   The five tanks on the top row will have bulkheads in the bottom of the tank, because it is the cheapest way to do it.  No extra fittings to carry the water to the drain.  Just set the drain under the bulkhead.   #52 rgrking Total Posts : 712 Scores: 22 Reward points : 446 Joined: 4/8/2011 Location: Sullivan, MO, US Status: offline MBI: 305 Pnts MBI Site: Marine Aquarium Societies of North America Re:Kathy's new growout system build. Monday, January 16, 2012 8:34 PM (permalink) 0 sounds awesome! RLTW 180 Gallon Mixed Reef Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, "Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?" And I said, "Here am I. Send me!" Isaiah 6:8   #53 KathyL Total Posts : 2639 Scores: 13 Reward points : 1504 Joined: 6/6/2010 Location: St. Louis, MO, US Status: offline MBI: 1605 Pnts MBI Site: Marine Aquarium Societies of North America Re:Kathy's new growout system build. Saturday, January 21, 2012 7:12 PM (permalink) 0 OK, now the rack and the sump are positioned in the basement, and I've started putting dry tanks on it.  Everything fits the way I thought it would, but now I'm getting a little nervous.  The tanks are all 30 inches long, glass, and are only supported on the 12 inch width. I am laboring under the notion that only the corners need support, but looking down the 30 inch length of unsupported glass, is making me nervous.    Is it really true that only the corners of glass tanks need to be supported?  I can't find confirmation of this on the web.   #54 rgrking Total Posts : 712 Scores: 22 Reward points : 446 Joined: 4/8/2011 Location: Sullivan, MO, US Status: offline MBI: 305 Pnts MBI Site: Marine Aquarium Societies of North America Re:Kathy's new growout system build. Saturday, January 21, 2012 7:46 PM (permalink) 0 I think it would put to much stress on the middle of the tank. If it was something 20" or so I can see it, but 2.5ft is a lot of distance with pressure pushing down. RLTW 180 Gallon Mixed Reef Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, "Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?" And I said, "Here am I. Send me!" Isaiah 6:8   #55 mhowe9 Total Posts : 924 Scores: 2 Reward points : 2479 Joined: 12/15/2008 Location: Auburn Hills, MI, US Status: offline MBI: 120 Pnts MBI Site: MarineLife Aquarium Society of Michigan Re:Kathy's new growout system build. Saturday, January 21, 2012 8:43 PM (permalink) 0 Kathy I would put it this way, I never hurts to over build but it does hurt to underbuild.  I would put a support in the middle somewhere just to be safe   #56 Fishtal Total Posts : 5467 Scores: 37 Reward points : 2909 Joined: 8/31/2006 Location: Waterford, MI, US Status: offline MBI: 585 Pnts MBI Site: MarineLife Aquarium Society of Michigan Re:Kathy's new growout system build. Saturday, January 21, 2012 9:13 PM (permalink) 0 How about a sheet of plywood for the tanks to sit on and spread out the weight? http://www.fishtalpropagations.com/#!home/mainPage "Making captive breeding easier."   #57 JimWelsh Total Posts : 1426 Scores: 14 Reward points : 1486 Joined: 1/22/2010 Location: Angwin, CA, US Status: offline MBI: 1845 Pnts MBI Site: Marine Breeding Initiative (MBI) Re:Kathy's new growout system build. Saturday, January 21, 2012 10:23 PM (permalink) 0 Plywood will flex.   There are a handful of anecdotal references that say it's OK to do this, like this: http://www.monsterfishkee...under-the-corners-only but most references I can find insist that the tanks need to be supported all round the perimeter of the bottom.   #58 Fishtal Total Posts : 5467 Scores: 37 Reward points : 2909 Joined: 8/31/2006 Location: Waterford, MI, US Status: offline MBI: 585 Pnts MBI Site: MarineLife Aquarium Society of Michigan Re:Kathy's new growout system build. Saturday, January 21, 2012 10:32 PM (permalink) 0 I also placed styrofoam under mine. http://www.fishtalpropagations.com/#!home/mainPage "Making captive breeding easier."   #59 Scottt Total Posts : 113 Scores: 0 Reward points : 341 Joined: 12/12/2009 Location: , NY, US Status: offline MBI: 5 Pnts MBI Site: MarineLife Aquarium Society of Michigan Re:Kathy's new growout system build. Sunday, January 22, 2012 1:30 AM (permalink) 0 +1 to the styrofoam, it helps insulate, and spread out any point stresses.  I think it's really 'good' for the tank, if you have room.   #60 Online Bookmarks Sharing: Facebook Digg Google del.icio.us StumbleUpon Change Page: < 123456 > | Showing page 3 of 6, messages 41 to 60 of 104 - powered by ASPPlayground.NET Forum Trial Version

•  

  Jump to: Jump to - - - - - - - - - - [Breeding Topics] - - - - MBI Rules and Regulations - - - - FAQs - - - - Getting Started - - - - Fish Breeding - - - - - - - - Amblygobius, Gobidon (Gobies) - - - - - - - - Apogonidae (Cardinalfish) - - - - - - - - Ecsenius, Meiacanthus, Salarius (Blennies) - - - - - - - - Pomacanthidae (Angelfish) - - - - - - - - Pomacentridae (Clownfish & Damsels) - - - - - - - - Pseudochromidae (Dottybacks) - - - - - - - - Opistogathidae (Jawfish) - - - - - - - - Synchiropus (dragonets) - - - - Invert Breeding - - - - - - - - Decapoda ( Shrimps and Crabs ) - - - - - - - - Nudibranchia ( Nudibranchs ) - - - - Breeding Around the World - - - - - - - - Discussões de reprodução em Português - - - - - - - - Discusiones de cría en español - - - - - - - - Zucht Diskussionen in deutscher Sprache - - - - Culturing and Feeding - - - - Fish Breeding Journals - - - - - - - - Apogonidae (Cardinalfish) Journals - - - - - - - - Pomacentridae (Clownfish & Damsels) Journals - - - - - - - - Pseudochromidae (Dottyback) Journals - - - - - - - - Syngnathidae (Seahorse & Pipefish) Journals - - - - - - - - Gobidon, etc (Gobies) Journals - - - - - - - - Synchiropus (dragonet) Journals - - - - Invert Breeding Journals - - - - Food Culturing Journals - - - - Experiment Journals - - - - - - - - Fish and Larval Experiments - - - - - - - - Phytoplankton Experiments - - - - - - - - Zooplankton Experiments - - - - System Builds - - - - Hardware & Breeding Equipment - - - - Hybridization - - - - Co-Operatives, Courses & Projects - - - - - - - - Intro to Culturing Pelagic Copepods - - - - Disease & Quarantine [Buying and Selling] - - - - Pairs and Broodstock - - - - Captive Bred Livestock [Other Forums] - - - - Annoucements - - - - Feedback / Feature Requests - - - - Meetings & Events - - - - MBI Bug Reports - - - - Off Topic - - - - Smack Talk! - - - - Introductions - - - - MarketPlace Issues

•  

  Current active users There are 0 members and 3 guests. Icon Legend and Permission New Messages No New Messages Hot Topic w/ New Messages Hot Topic w/o New Messages Locked w/ New Messages Locked w/o New Messages Read Message Post New Thread Reply to message Post New Poll Submit Vote Post reward post Delete my own posts Delete my own threads Rate post

The MBI is a division of the MarineLife Aquarium Society of Michigan(MASM), Inc. A 501(c)3 Corporation as determined by the Internal Revenue Service of the United State of America.
You can view MASM's determination letter by following this link