Thanks Darren! We’re on the verge of being able to start moving my reef contents into it, just need to make sure the levels are stable...👍🏻 Then I just need a tank lol! 😂
@@RogueAquariums It’ll be 60”x66”x21”, calculates to 360G but actual water volume will be about 320 with displacement for rocks and sand, and reflecting finished water level. 😲
ReefGrrl, Johnny Martinez here. That system, oh so awesome, great engineering, I really love the ATO, measuring system, ( the float and the depth measuring cone. tell your Husband, awesome work. See you Saturday, take care. P.S your Corals are beautiful.
Thanks so much STR8 - we’ve made some refinements to the weight indicator after having used it but the basic principle remains. I needed something visual because the pump (and switch) is across the room, plus the trash can is opaque. My husband found the idea in a plumbing video but it was super complicated, so he modified it to suit what we needed. 👍🏻
Thanks Phil! I’m loving that I can see a year’s worth of planning finally become real. Lots more work to do but thankfully there’s no big rush so we can take our time and get it right. I’m enjoying watching your big new build! It’ll be amazing! 👍🏻👍🏻
Thanks, and yes! This weekend’s live stream will be 1 pm on Sunday the 28th - hopefully we can get some international participation when they don’t need to be awake in the middle of the night....🤔
Welcome to the world of RUclips comments saying.. "you've got a lot going on down there" and "holy sh$#".. I watched this and kept thinking so many people are going to be impressed and overwhelmed at the same time.. your husband does great work.. I love the pulley system. I can't tell you how many times I've overflowed my ato holding tank because I've forgot about it while filling it up. If you want to get more flow through the other tanks and still use strainers you will just have increase the size of the drain pipes from tank to tank. It will only be as fast as the smallest diameter pipe will allow. Cant wait to see more!
Lol thanks Jon! I find MYSELF going “holy sh$# do I really want to do this?” quite often, but, here we are....😂 The pipes are all 1 1/2” and I knew there was a chance I’d have to throttle back the pump. Now I know a bit more, what to expect when the EFlow 12s get installed and we can be ready with parts to manage the pump flow if necessary once the tank is filled up and ready. But hey - I can bet there are still some surprises ahead.....😳 Thanks for watching! I’ll let you know when we christen the Blue Carbon Bridge...
Wow, I didn't know that it required that much engineering to set up a large system like that. I don't think that I will ever get that opportunity, but I am happy with my 25 gallon tank. Great video, love your content and the ATO level is awesome!! Did I missed it in a previous episode, I will try to go back and review to see if I missed that some how.
Thanks Garry! This is the first I’ve shown of the ATO - I’ll be putting out a video about it in the next week or so, once we have it perfected. Thanks for watching! 👍🏻
My dream type of build, wish I had the means to start mine, u guys have some tweaks to work out and some corrections I seen I wish I could've saved u time before hand but I guess thats how u guys learn. 1 thing to note is u guys need some more secondary or back up drain lines in the sump also larger for that size system
Right....can you be more specific? We’ve discussed this entire layout with several reefkeepers and there have been many changes since the original design. By secondary, do you mean emergency overflows? The shallow 50 has 2, the 150 has one, the first 100 is plumbed bulkhead-to-bulkhead, and we have to wait to locate the emergency in the final 100, until the plumbing is in for the return pumps (2, external) before we drill for an emergency. 🤷♀️
What a crazy setup! While this is certainly far more advanced then anything I've plumbed I do have 2 comments for you. 1) Are you just going to run 1 return pump or have you not setup a second one? I think 2 would be a good idea if you've gone to this crazy (good crazy) level of planning. 2)You are going to want to clean that ATO container out eventually so it would be a good idea to be able to get it out. Probably not more then every other year but this is your dream build so hopefully you will be automatically topping up for many many years to come.
Thanks for stopping by Andrew! I’ll have a pair of Deltec eFlow12s, mounted externally, to run the entire system once I have the tank (pending Deltec USA providing the product to my LFS, who will be a retailer of Deltec in Canada). The Jebao is temporary, so I can run the sump and get it cycled, then move the contents of my reef into it. And I was kidding - that trash can went in between the studs, and it’ll come out again if necessary. 😁
Oh you are giving me THE worst case of FOMO right now, I miss my tanks so bad! So thanks for letting me live life vicariously through you for now. :D
Lol, yep I’ll share it warts and all! It’s a bit scary tbh....😁
you have amazing ideas! getting ready to make my first fish room soon with all systems ran off the same sump!
Such an amazing build.
Cindy, your build is really starting to take shape. Looking good. You’re taking the steps necessary. 😊
Thanks Darren! We’re on the verge of being able to start moving my reef contents into it, just need to make sure the levels are stable...👍🏻 Then I just need a tank lol! 😂
@@Reefgrrl Lol.. what size tank are you going with again?
@@RogueAquariums It’ll be 60”x66”x21”, calculates to 360G but actual water volume will be about 320 with displacement for rocks and sand, and reflecting finished water level. 😲
Good setup you’ve created there Cindy 👍
Thanks Blinky! More to come, some surprises yet I bet.....😁
Nice to see the ball valve fixed your problem!
Lol, we really wanted to avoid cutting that nice 10-ft hose but in the end it was worth it. 😁
Fascinating but mind blowing at the same time huge build hope all goes well in the future ❤
And don’t forget scary.....😳😁
Great stuff, I hope it all runs smoothly, brilliant setup, you must be so pleased 👍
Hey Alf, thank you. I’m loving it so far. there’s more water in this sump than all of the tanks I’ve ever had, put together! 😂😂
love the ping pong ball idea!! will be using that in the near future.credit to husband!
Lol he will be pleased to hear that. 👍🏻
Wow, impressive. I'm glad you know where your water is going! Great job. Looking forward to the next stage.
Noel
Thanks Noel! Next videos will cover the radiant heating, and my (non-standard) ATO setup. We’re still tweaking the ATO but so far, so good. 👍🏻
This is turning into an interesting and well thought out build.
Thanks for the feedback! We’re still doing some fine-tuning....
ReefGrrl, Johnny Martinez here. That system, oh so awesome, great engineering, I really love the ATO, measuring system, ( the float and the depth measuring cone. tell your Husband, awesome work. See you Saturday, take care. P.S your Corals are beautiful.
Thanks Johnny! See you Sunday! 👍🏻
That's awesome! I cant wait to see the entire build.
Thanks Scott! Lots of challenges - you’d know that! The tank is being built now, really looking forward to getting it. 👍🏻
Loving the process and the weight indicator is brilliant 🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾 may god continue to bless y’all
Thanks so much STR8 - we’ve made some refinements to the weight indicator after having used it but the basic principle remains. I needed something visual because the pump (and switch) is across the room, plus the trash can is opaque. My husband found the idea in a plumbing video but it was super complicated, so he modified it to suit what we needed. 👍🏻
Such a unique and creative system. I LOVE it!!!!!
Thanks Phil! I’m loving that I can see a year’s worth of planning finally become real. Lots more work to do but thankfully there’s no big rush so we can take our time and get it right. I’m enjoying watching your big new build! It’ll be amazing! 👍🏻👍🏻
Very clever! Well thought out.
Thanks Alan! Still a ways to go.....👍🏻
Very nice! I might need to give you a worm rock update!
Thanks, and yes! This weekend’s live stream will be 1 pm on Sunday the 28th - hopefully we can get some international participation when they don’t need to be awake in the middle of the night....🤔
Welcome to the world of RUclips comments saying.. "you've got a lot going on down there" and "holy sh$#".. I watched this and kept thinking so many people are going to be impressed and overwhelmed at the same time.. your husband does great work.. I love the pulley system. I can't tell you how many times I've overflowed my ato holding tank because I've forgot about it while filling it up. If you want to get more flow through the other tanks and still use strainers you will just have increase the size of the drain pipes from tank to tank. It will only be as fast as the smallest diameter pipe will allow. Cant wait to see more!
Lol thanks Jon! I find MYSELF going “holy sh$# do I really want to do this?” quite often, but, here we are....😂 The pipes are all 1 1/2” and I knew there was a chance I’d have to throttle back the pump. Now I know a bit more, what to expect when the EFlow 12s get installed and we can be ready with parts to manage the pump flow if necessary once the tank is filled up and ready. But hey - I can bet there are still some surprises ahead.....😳 Thanks for watching! I’ll let you know when we christen the Blue Carbon Bridge...
Love it!!! Awesome basement system so far!!
Lol, thanks Pelphrey!
Not going to lie the weight indicator is rather neat.
I like it too - I’ll be doing a video with more detail. 👍🏻
So awesome!
Thanks for watching!
I had the same issue with strainers. I took every other of the cross bars off and that fixed it.
We did remove some of the horizontal bars and it worked great! I think that’s the only way to adapt them....
Absolutely incredible, thank you for bringing us along on this build. ❤️
Thanks Taryn! I appreciate your support and thanks for watching. ❣️
Wow, I didn't know that it required that much engineering to set up a large system like that. I don't think that I will ever get that opportunity, but I am happy with my 25 gallon tank. Great video, love your content and the ATO level is awesome!! Did I missed it in a previous episode, I will try to go back and review to see if I missed that some how.
Thanks Garry! This is the first I’ve shown of the ATO - I’ll be putting out a video about it in the next week or so, once we have it perfected. Thanks for watching! 👍🏻
That is impressive water balancing! Now looks like you will be getting to the rock work, can't wait until that gets revealed!
Thanks Paul! I’ve been playing with rocks and cement.....😁
My dream type of build, wish I had the means to start mine, u guys have some tweaks to work out and some corrections I seen I wish I could've saved u time before hand but I guess thats how u guys learn. 1 thing to note is u guys need some more secondary or back up drain lines in the sump also larger for that size system
Right....can you be more specific? We’ve discussed this entire layout with several reefkeepers and there have been many changes since the original design.
By secondary, do you mean emergency overflows? The shallow 50 has 2, the 150 has one, the first 100 is plumbed bulkhead-to-bulkhead, and we have to wait to locate the emergency in the final 100, until the plumbing is in for the return pumps (2, external) before we drill for an emergency. 🤷♀️
What a crazy setup! While this is certainly far more advanced then anything I've plumbed I do have 2 comments for you. 1) Are you just going to run 1 return pump or have you not setup a second one? I think 2 would be a good idea if you've gone to this crazy (good crazy) level of planning. 2)You are going to want to clean that ATO container out eventually so it would be a good idea to be able to get it out. Probably not more then every other year but this is your dream build so hopefully you will be automatically topping up for many many years to come.
Thanks for stopping by Andrew! I’ll have a pair of Deltec eFlow12s, mounted externally, to run the entire system once I have the tank (pending Deltec USA providing the product to my LFS, who will be a retailer of Deltec in Canada). The Jebao is temporary, so I can run the sump and get it cycled, then move the contents of my reef into it. And I was kidding - that trash can went in between the studs, and it’ll come out again if necessary. 😁
2 question why use pvc ball valves on the cpvc and why use cpvc at all? 4:24 coming from holding tank
Ummm, it’s all pvc. It’s printed clearly on the pipe. Not sure what your point is....