New Phosban Reactor

2quills

2quills

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Honestly...the fact that it's only a 16G tank...I seriously doubt it's tempered. Order a $15 diamond coated hole saw bit from glass holes...tell hubby to grab his drill...follow the instructions on the video they have on their site...and just do it!!!
Like you said...if it breaks it breaks...it will give you an excuse to buy something new.

I.E. most places...if they do offer to drill your tank will probably charge you like $25 a hole.
 
acrylic51

acrylic51

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They should list out what size hole, what bit is needed, but be sure to double check that it's for schedule 49 not 80. Different size holes.
 
meowzer

meowzer

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Originally Posted by acrylic51
http:///forum/post/3278981
They should list out what size hole, what bit is needed, but be sure to double check that it's for schedule 49 not 80. Different size holes.
...OMG is there always something else
 
meowzer

meowzer

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OK...glass holes also sells bulk heads.....They have slip x slip....slip x thread thread x thread thread x slip
WTH does that mean???????????
ALSO...they say nothing about schedules.....
 
2quills

2quills

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If you buy your bulkheads from them...for the 1" bulkead you'll need the 1 3/4" holesaw bit. The reason the bit is bigger than the hole on the bulkead is to accomidate the size of the bulkead itself. It's only the hole in the middle of the bulkhead that's 1".
Slip and Thread just means what type of ends it has.
Slip - basically means that you can glue a piece of pipe and essentially just push or plug the piece of pipe into it. Slip it in.
Thread/Theaded - means a piece of pipe would have to be screwed into it.
A "Union" is a plumbing fitting that allows you to seperate a piece of pipe by simply unscrewing it.
I would get 4 bulkeads that are threaded in the top/front...top or front meaning the side that will be outside the tank. Get 2 pieces of 1"pipe and figure out how long they are going to have to be to connect the two tanks. Get four 1" MPTx 1"Slip adapters. Glue the slip side of the addapters to each end of the 2 pieces of pipe...then cut the pipe in half and get two 1" Unions. Glue the each piece of pipe into the unions...now you will be able to separate the pipes in half by simply unscrewing the union. Once you have seperated them then screw each of the four pieces of pipe into your bulkheads...now slide your tanks together till the pipes match up and screw the unions together and...voi'la...you are done.
There...now wasn't that easy? :)
 
2quills

2quills

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I guess if you wanted to...would be easier maybe. Get four 1" hose barb fittings that would screw into your bulkeads and just use some flex hose to connect them. That may be a better option for ya.
 
meowzer

meowzer

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Originally Posted by 2Quills
http:///forum/post/3279008
I guess if you wanted to...would be easier maybe. Get four 1" hose barb fittings that would screw into your bulkeads and just use some flex hose to connect them. That may be a better option for ya.
That's his department....LOL...Once I decide on a skimmer, we'll get the hole or holes drilled and go from there
 
meowzer

meowzer

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THIS IS RIDICULOUS
I have not talked to "the skimmer guy" yet...BUT...NOW I am thinking.....by the time I cut holes, buy fittings, tubing and what not
why not look into an external skimemr like these
Super Reef Octopus XP2000 EXTERNAL OR
Super reef Octopus XP3000 EXTERNAL
Does anyone have any ideas about either of these????????????
I wouldn't have to do ANYTHING but hook it up....(I THINK)
 
acrylic51

acrylic51

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Originally Posted by meowzer
http:///forum/post/3279371
THIS IS RIDICULOUS
I have not talked to "the skimmer guy" yet...BUT...NOW I am thinking.....by the time I cut holes, buy fittings, tubing and what not
why not look into an external skimemr like these
Super Reef Octopus XP2000 EXTERNAL OR
Super reef Octopus XP3000 EXTERNAL
Does anyone have any ideas about either of these????????????
I wouldn't have to do ANYTHING but hook it up....(I THINK)
Now your talking!!!!!! I agree with you....an external skimmer would make life easier, and you could feed it by splitting off your drain line to the sump. You would just need to put a ball valve or better yet a gate valve in place to regulate water flow into the skimmer.
 
meowzer

meowzer

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Originally Posted by acrylic51
http:///forum/post/3279443
Now your talking!!!!!! I agree with you....an external skimmer would make life easier, and you could feed it by splitting off your drain line to the sump. You would just need to put a ball valve or better yet a gate valve in place to regulate water flow into the skimmer.

LOL....I was showing the husband yesterday.....MINUS THE PRICE PART
jokin.....not gonna say he doesn't care, BUT I do have 2 jobs...LOL...I work for me fish

I really need to decide which one though......the 3000 I would never outgrow...and if I outgrew the 2000 I'd shoot myself HAHA
ALSO...on the one site they sell a True Union ball valve for it......So I think I will also order that....this way when needed I could turn the flow off to it....
right???? I think that is what it's for...lol.....I'm telling you....I DO NOT PLUMB :)
OH.....the ball valve comes in 3/4" or 1"...so the next decision would be which one I need
I can not tell from the pic...and this may sound dumb....BUT where from the skimmer does the water go back to the sump???
 
acrylic51

acrylic51

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I think the 3000 would be a no brainer, just you don't want to go totally crazy and oversize your skimmer choice, because to big a skimmer doesn't automatically mean more efficient.
If your running the skimmer externally and depending how your plumbing the setup, the purpose of the ball valve would serve 2 purposes.....1 to regulate water flow to the skimmer and if skimmer is needed to be taken out for whatever reason would allow easy removal. Alot just really depends on how your planning to plumb. The easiest IMHO would be to split your drain line and have the skimmer sit in it's own sump, but you could also plumb the split drain line to the skimmer, and that is where the union ball valve would really come into play and you would adjust water flow to the skimmer. What size plumbing are you currently using?
 
acrylic51

acrylic51

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If you look at the riser pipe coming off the skmmer (grey pipe) you'll see a "T" in that pipe work going up on the right of the pipe???? The water exits.
 
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