INDY DIY GUYS
- Thread starter mike dunagan
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I came to this thread, looking for DIY stand ideas and that was it for me for the rest of the night.
I got some good ideas from your stand designs for mine. I'm just going to put together something for a 35 gallon tank. I'll be using your basic ideas with a little tweaking of my own. Thanks for the ideas and keep on keepin' on!
I got some good ideas from your stand designs for mine. I'm just going to put together something for a 35 gallon tank. I'll be using your basic ideas with a little tweaking of my own. Thanks for the ideas and keep on keepin' on!
You're telling me. Probably 100 buck in valves. Suck!zennzzo;2613717; said:Man that is alot of valves...G/L
did you score the valves already?Pharaoh;2614909; said:
You're gonna LOVE this place...
http://flexpvc.com/
zennzzo;2615033; said:
Could have used that link a couple weeks ago. LOL
I think I am going to have to suck it up and go get them today. I have to get this running as I have almost completely shut down my air filtration and independent tank heaters. I need to get this rolling ASAP.
Sorry I didn't get it sooner...I had no idea you were needin' specialty stuff...Pharaoh;2615167; said:
Did you check out those manifolds and distributors??
Yeah, those would have been perfect for what I was doing. I might buy some and redo it eventually.
Using a manifold is the best way to do it...thats why most new home construction is using it to ensure that all the taps have even pressure.
Personally for Supplying the water back to the tanks I'm using a manifold with a valve and the flex PVC back up to the tank... works well and is virtually invisable from the front of the stand
I have also made a small ... Pre-manifold manifold which allows me to let the pump dump out the water into the drain via a hose (drain is in a bad place in the room and I need to move ALOT of stuff to get access so I can hard Plumb it in) and a second hose (old python hose) to water supply in the room can pump fresh water back into the system so I have very little wasted time during a water change (I can remove old water and add new at the same time or I can leave it running (making sure not to trip on the hoses) and have a constant water change system
Personally for Supplying the water back to the tanks I'm using a manifold with a valve and the flex PVC back up to the tank... works well and is virtually invisable from the front of the stand
I have also made a small ... Pre-manifold manifold which allows me to let the pump dump out the water into the drain via a hose (drain is in a bad place in the room and I need to move ALOT of stuff to get access so I can hard Plumb it in) and a second hose (old python hose) to water supply in the room can pump fresh water back into the system so I have very little wasted time during a water change (I can remove old water and add new at the same time or I can leave it running (making sure not to trip on the hoses) and have a constant water change system
I will most likely change this over before I put the drywall up ont he other side of the wall. But we'll see how well this systems works with the valves and go from there.
