I got a Midas Blenny and a 6-line wrasse today, pics tomorrow.
My third firefish has jumped to its death, so im done with them.
Tanks went through a minor cycle, and the blenny got rid of most the diatoms within a school day, well at least they disappeared.
Got the frag tank up and running, hopefully that will work well.
What i noticed is the tank evaps a lot. During the day it does half a gallon, and at night with the sump light it does a gallon, i wish i had made a bigger return area, i really need a ATO soon.
anyway pics tomorrow. for anyone that watches this thread.
why cant you drain the water a little bit, loosen the nut on the bulkhead, rotate the pipe along with bulkhead, and tighten the nut back up? Ive actually done this very thing several times without even draining the tank. Leaks a little but nothing major.
If you loosen up the holding nut on the bulkhead on the outside of the tank, you will be able to turn the bulkhead and then just retighten the holding nut.
i can try, but i dont see how that will work if its glued in... but i will check it out
unless for some reason you glued the bulkhead’s nut to the bulkhead then you can spin it. having the pvc glued to the bulkhead wont keep it from spinning.
The tank looks really nice. You did a good job. watch out for that six line as it grows. they can be very aggressive towards just about any other fish in the tank.
Thanks Ellen, thats what i read. I got the smallest one i could find, and the other fish are much bigger than him right now, im hoping that will mellow him out. right now the midas blenny and the clowns are in a power struggle. The clown pair is smaller but togther they herd him in corners, then they play ring around the powerhead. Lol they seem passive still no attacking.
I now understand your dilemma. Go out and buy a new threaded bulkhead and use a barbed connector and run black hose to sump. The way you have it right now, you have no way to seperate the plumbing from the tank. you can then use a threaded 90 elbow on the inside of your tank and the threaded barb 90 on the outside to connect black hose. Also use a clamp on the hose on the barbed connector.
I was going to do it that way but i wanted to hard plumb it all the way… I left enough room between the bulkhead and the down elbow so hat i can cut it, and then put a couple on if i need to change it
I had no clue until i looked back at the pics. You have the pvc glued on both sides of the bulkhead >LOL<
John - from the one pic it looks like you might have left enough room between the back of the bulkhead and the 90 elbow that goes down to the sump to cut it. since its a drain you would only need about 1/4" on each side to put in a coupler. the glue will hold just fine.
I agree with Joe about the strainer potentially causing you trouble. what about taking it completely off and wrapping a piece of gutter guard around the opening like they do in the tanks at DPA? Should keep the fish out, not clog as easily, and probably not be anymore of an eyesore.
Also agree with the other John. threaded fittings are the way to go. also always a good idea to strategically use compression unions. a lot of people use true-union ballvalves but in 90% of the locations a $5 compression union will serve the same purpose.
overall man good job for your first big DIY project. i would remove the word perfect from the title though because i guarentee you that you will be overhauling portions of your system inside the year! >LOL< its in a DIYer’s blood! im right in the middle of re-designing/re-building my fishroom for the umph-teen time! i believe officially its fishroom 3.1! >LOL<
Haha … Yep, i left just enough room to be able to put a coupling there if i needed to. Jon told me to, thankfully. I can try the guttergaurd thing, but i think that will take the level too low.
haha, well i cant revamp anything now, all money goes to livestock, and im going to college in 5 months.
