Pictures of under your tank

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kunerd

Discussion Starter · Jul 9, 2007

Hello whats under your tank. I want to redue under my tank since the addition of co2, inline heater, bar reactor, on and on have all just been thrown in there at the time they were added with out any thought about ease of use. So if you can post a picture of what your tank looks like behind close doors:tongue:

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unirdna

· #2 · Jul 9, 2007

Here's mine. Nothing flashy - and I really should put a darn bungie cord around the CO2 tank. Pretty much all of the parts you mentioned you'll be using. Now, if you want to see some SICK plumbing, go take a look at scolley's "son of kahuna" thread. YIKES.

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kunerd

Discussion Starter · #3 · Jul 9, 2007

what on the top left hanging there. Is that a chiller?

unirdna

· #4 · Jul 9, 2007

That's the ballast for the 150w Metal Halide light .

MrJP

· #5 · Jul 9, 2007

"Nothing flashy - and I really should put a darn bungie cord around the CO2 tank."

I wonder why or if this is necessary? I've seen it on a few under tank pics but could never understand why it was there. I mean my co2 tank is always exactly were I left it, everytime I check! :icon_roll

Why would a co2 tank need a seat belt?

JP

crazy loaches

· #6 · Jul 9, 2007

Earthquake?

j/k

unirdna

· #7 · Jul 9, 2007

Kids and pets are the primary culprits when CO2 tanks get knocked over. I don't have any kids yet, but I have lots of nieces and nephews rummaging about. You do know what happens when liquid CO2 runs into your regulator, don't you? Besides the obvious danger from explosion (regulator explosion, that is - not the tank itself), you could also suffocate (depending on room size and ventilation).

Don't take me for a neo-worry-wort. I'm the furthest from that. Playground nazi's have taken all the fun equipment away from our kids, and then complain they they are getting too fat. I don't even wear a bike helmet because I don't ride in traffic and I find them hot and cumbersome.

But, two screws and a bungie takes $1 and 5 min. Pretty small investment for not having to worry about that catastrophy - not to mention the uphill-in-sand climb I'd have to make to convince my wife to allow me to bring a CO2 "bomb" back into the house.

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MrJP

· #8 · Jul 9, 2007

Thanks for clearing that up for me. Had no idea that thing could explode If liquid co2 ran into the regulator. It is indeed a small price to pay and I guess you better be safe than sorry.

Now back to the under tank pics...sorry i dont have one to share.

JP

LS6 Tommy

· #9 · Jul 10, 2007 (Edited)

MrJP said:
"Nothing flashy - and I really should put a darn bungie cord around the CO2 tank."

I wonder why or if this is necessary? I've seen it on a few under tank pics but could never understand why it was there. I mean my co2 tank is always exactly were I left it, everytime I check! :icon_roll

Why would a co2 tank need a seat belt?

JP

Technically speaking, all pressurized vessels that are stored standing are supposed to be chained up. BTW, here's under my stand. Notice how well secured my CO2 cylinder is. :tongue: I wanted to post yesterday, but the firewall at work won't let me access Photobucket. The wires are a little messy in the shot. I hadn't gotten them squared away yet.

Tommy <9))>>{

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kunerd

Discussion Starter · #10 · Jul 10, 2007

Dang that looks sweet. Those must be timmers wired to the juntion boxes huh. Nice idea

LS6 Tommy

· #11 · Jul 10, 2007

kunerd said:
Dang that looks sweet. Those must be timmers wired to the juntion boxes huh. Nice idea

Thanks. 1 more timer to come.:icon_lol: I want to bring my CO2 solenoid on 2 hours before the 2x96w CF's and have it shut down 1 hour before, but leave the reactor pump running long enough to diffuse the CO2 already in the reactor. Currently the CO2 & the reactor pump come on and off with the 25w Dawn/Dusk lighting, but that lets a lot of unused CO2 go out the top of the reactor at the end of the cycle.

Tommy <9))>>{

kunerd

Discussion Starter · #12 · Jul 10, 2007

so what is your lighting schedule and how many watts

LS6 Tommy

· #13 · Jul 10, 2007

kunerd said:
so what is your lighting schedule and how many watts

This is starting to smell like a hijacked thread... :icon_lol:

I have 3 stages of lighting running 4 schedules-

Event #1- White Lunar lights from 6:00 AM-10:00 AM
Event #2- (1) 25W T8 from 10:00 AM-08:00 PM (Dawn, Dusk & Full Day)
Event #3- (2) 96W CF from 2:00 PM-7:00 PM (Full Day)
Event #4- Lunar lights from 8:00 PM-11:00 PM (for night viewing)

Tommy <9))>>{

snafu

· #14 · Jul 10, 2007

MrJP said:
"Nothing flashy - and I really should put a darn bungie cord around the CO2 tank."

I wonder why or if this is necessary? I've seen it on a few under tank pics but could never understand why it was there. I mean my co2 tank is always exactly were I left it, everytime I check! :icon_roll

Why would a co2 tank need a seat belt?

JP

anyone ever seen that mythbuster episode where they bust the head off a compressed gas cylinder at over 2000psi? it went straight through a cinderblock wall. gawd, that was sweet!

kunerd

Discussion Starter · #15 · Jul 10, 2007

Can someone Hijack there own thread:smile:

LS6 Tommy said:
This is starting to smell like a hijacked thread... :icon_lol:

Tommy <9))>>{

crazy loaches

· #16 · Jul 11, 2007

snafu said:
anyone ever seen that mythbuster episode where they bust the head off a compressed gas cylinder at over 2000psi? it went straight through a cinderblock wall. gawd, that was sweet!

Havent seen it - but its on a lot of the commercials. Looked like a much larger tank though... and such a catastrophic failure would be pretty rare. There has been discussion before on co2 tank catastrophes, as I recall at least one person has had a tank overfilled and the safety burst on it. But I dont believe there has ever been any reported injuries??? Just more along the lines of having to put on some new clothes (specifically underpants :icon_surp ).

tusk

· #17 · Jul 11, 2007

Electrical is going to get a bit of a revamp. Really looking at getting a Reefkeeper II.

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kunerd

Discussion Starter · #18 · Jul 11, 2007

Thanks for the picture. Do you all find you loose flow when adding in more items and having the water go up and down constantly.

tropicalfish

· #19 · Jul 11, 2007

kunerd said:
Thanks for the picture. Do you all find you loose flow when adding in more items and having the water go up and down constantly.

It does slow the water down a bit, depending on equipment, tubing diameter, the degree of bends or curves in the tubing/piping, and the length of piping it has to go through. I haven't really figured out how much though, my tank is still in the set up (the big one).

kunerd

Discussion Starter · #20 · Aug 6, 2007

Bump come on people lets see your undersides:redface:

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