Turbo's AGA75

[Turbovr3six]

I recently got this tank from a family friend who had freshwater in it. I got the tank and cheap-o steel stand. I wasn't planning on keeping the tank but after a couple cold ones, the diamond hole-saw starting looking at me funny. I checked the tank to see if it was tempered, and saw that I was good to go on the sides. While looking at the bottom, I noticed a manufacturer label of AGA. I decided to drill the tank then... why?.... I have no idea. After the tank was drilled, I painted the back of the tank black, and the bottom white. Now that the tank was all cleaned out, painted, and drilled, I figured I might as well just set the thing up. The stand it came with wasn't going to cut it so I built a new one. I went over to my fathers house to build the stand there because he has more tools than I, and I figured some father-son time would be nice. We just built the frame of the stand and plan to skin it later. Once the stand was back at my house, I placed the tank on it, and put them in their resting place.

I have a frag tank that will be placed next to the 75 and they will be plumbed into the same sump. The frag tank will come later since it currently is my display and has fish and coral in it. Once the 75 is cycled, I'll transfer all the livestock into there and then move and plumb in the frag tank.

Total Equipment list:
75G DT
40B Sump
29G Top off tank
~27G Frag tank
Waterblaster 5000 Return pump
SWC Mini S skimmer
2x 6105 Streams(DT)
6212 Wavebox(DT)
2xMP10(Frag tank)
2x 20K Radium SE 250W(DT)
2x Lumanarc III reflectors(DT)
2x Lumatek 400W/250W digital ballasts(DT)

 

[Turbovr3six]

Here is the tank as of now. Todays plans is to plumb it, and baffle out the sump.

 

[pauliwalnuts]

Looking good Justin. can't wait to see how the whole thing turns out. :groupflip

 

[Turbovr3six]

Got the frame of the stand completed.

And the sump done. Left side is skimmer, middle is return, and right is fuge.

Today I plan on finishing the plumbing and supporting the floor. The room that the tank is in has a crawl space (~2'), so I'm going to brace from the floor beams to the concrete slab.

 

[Turbovr3six]

Plumbing is done and now I want to paint the pipes in the tank and behind the tank black. That's today's goal as well as putting a slit in the overflow pipe.

Here's some pictures of where I'm at now.

 

[pauliwalnuts]

Dude you're a natural, what a job.
Just one question. What is that pipe across the inside of the tank for, aside from the return ?

 

[James983]

A work of art Justin. LMK when you need cheato for your fuge.

 

[Turbovr3six]

Dude you're a natural, what a job.
Just one question. What is that pipe across the inside of the tank for, aside from the return ?

Thanks man! The pipe running from one bulkhead to the other is how the water will drain out. I slit the pipe on top so it's kind of like a coast to coast. I painted it black today so I'll post pictures of it in the tank tomorrow to better understand.

A work of art Justin. LMK when you need cheato for your fuge.

Thanks sirr, I'll PM you when I need some. Thanks. For the kind words.

 

[rkaragozler]

If you don't mind me asking how wide is the slit,

 

[pauliwalnuts]

The pipe running from one bulkhead to the other is how the water will drain out. I slit the pipe on top so it's kind of like a coast to coast. I painted it black today so I'll post pictures of it in the tank tomorrow to better understand.

Dude, I can already tell I'm going to learn some good things at the meeting. See you there buddy.

 

[Turbovr3six]

If you don't mind me asking how wide is the slit,

3/8" I think? It's as wide as the teeth on the baffle. I used the same router bit.

 

[rkaragozler]

you had mentioned you were running a waterblater 5000, i'm not sure if a 3/8 slit running across a 3-4' are is going to be sufficient, but i'm not an engineer, just my opinion

 

[Turbovr3six]

you had mentioned you were running a waterblater 5000, i'm not sure if a 3/8 slit running across a 3-4' are is going to be sufficient, but i'm not an engineer, just my opinion

I agree. Thanks for bringing it to attention. The WaterBlaster will not only be feeding the display. It is split off to feed a BRS reactor, two TLF550's, 40W UV light, refugium, and frag tank.

My previous tank was set up the same way(t'd off return), but I had Maggie Mufflers for overflows on my DT. The slit that I have cut in my pipe is roughly the same size as the one on the Maggie Mufflers, but it's much more of a drain opening with the long pipe slit.

Hope that make any sense? Haha

 

[rkaragozler]

That makes sense, wasn't sure if you were running everything off of 1 pump, with all that running you should be getting about 750-1000 gph at the display then, providing you are making a manifold at least 1" and then reducing at the ends of the line.

 

[Turbovr3six]

That makes sense, wasn't sure if you were running everything off of 1 pump, with all that running you should be getting about 750-1000 gph at the display then, providing you are making a manifold at least 1" and then reducing at the ends of the line.

Do you mean the return manifold?

I have 1" drains(x2) and the return is reduced 1"-3/4" for the DT, frag tank, and UV. 1-1/2" reduced for the reactors. And each feed has a valve to control flow.

 

[rkaragozler]

yes when you are designing your manifold always try to stay at the recommended size for your pump, and then reduce it using reducing t's to your equipment. doing this will prevent over heating to your pump.

 

[Exotic Reef]

looks like a good tank is it your first tank

 

[Turbovr3six]

looks like a good tank is it your first tank

Thanks. No this is not my first tank. The is a picture of my previous display.

 

[Turbovr3six]

Top is almost done. I just need to cut out the acrylic for the return pipes.

 

[pauliwalnuts]

Dude, what the hell. Stop it already. Lmao...