show me your close loop pics!

george1098 · 05/12/2006, 03:33 PM

Hi guys, i'm doing a close loop on my new 90 gal and i'm looking for some inspiration. lets see your close loops.. any tips on what i should do for a 90 gal?

Avast Marine · 05/12/2006, 07:23 PM

This should keep you busy for a while.

rdmpe · 05/12/2006, 09:18 PM

My CL is under the sand and rocks.

dtaranath · 05/13/2006, 12:31 PM

that's clever.

humboldt reefer · 05/13/2006, 12:43 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by dandy7200
This should keep you busy for a while.

Damn now I want to rip it all out and start over.

george1098 · 05/13/2006, 01:34 PM

Thats awsome rdmpe. i'm actually following allong on your thread. I really like the idea of the rock stacks, i think i will deffinatly doing atleast one of those. how is the flow? do all the T sections reduce it at all? what pump do you have driving it?

george1098 · 05/13/2006, 01:50 PM

how are those 4 ways? are they high maintanence? or would i be better off going with an SCWD? (did i get that Acronym right?)

zapata41 · 05/13/2006, 03:01 PM

ok here is a pic of mine when i was roughing it all in prior to placing it on the stand. the bottom two bulks are for the intake, i used 1 1/2 plumbing here for future pump upgrade. then were have 4 1" bulkheads for the return on the CL. the upper two drive two penductors and the lower two are for the rock rack part of the loop. i turn the penductors off and turn the rock rack loop on and can blow out all the detritus that builds up under it. works awesome and i have no regrets about it.

george1098 · 05/13/2006, 06:02 PM

the rock loop is an interesting idea, do you do a bare bottom tank?

Blown 346 · 05/14/2006, 02:22 AM

Here is my simple over the top closed loop on my 90. It works out great.

zapata41 · 05/14/2006, 11:04 AM

yes i do run a BB tank. here is a pick of the rock racks that allow the cl to function like it does, the other plumbing parts, the Tee with the ells on the end is the inside of the tank cl plumbing.

and here is what it all looks like, i saved easily 50lb of rock by using the racks

Tim

AcroSteve · 05/14/2006, 02:32 PM

Be very careful, or you will end up with something quite complicated.

I have an 8-way on a closed loop.

The 3-way Y near the center of the pic has been replaced with a 4-way super squirt. It serves 1/2 of my return.

george1098 · 05/14/2006, 02:40 PM

nice tank, looks awsome

Avast Marine · 05/14/2006, 03:26 PM

AcroSteve, how many trips to HD was that??????

KafudaFish · 05/14/2006, 03:49 PM

Steve,
I just spent an hour at HD buying my parts and mine is simple like Blown's pic. I dropped $160 for everything. How much was yours? Just curious.

arconom · 05/14/2006, 04:41 PM

My 75 gal tank with a Reeflow Dart

5y5tem 0verload · 05/15/2006, 09:17 AM

I just finished up the pluming for the 8way off of a Sequence Hammerhead on Sat. There are 4 returns over the top(4 corners) and 4 returns on the bottom in the back of the tank(4 omni flex nozzles). I just have the nozzles stuck in there for now.. I will bring them out into the rockwork when I do the aquascaping.

prugs · 05/15/2006, 08:05 PM

I did not drill my tank. All inlets & outlets go over the back of the tank. I have a hood that hides all the plumbing.

prugs · 05/15/2006, 08:07 PM

AHHH, theres the pics.

05/12/2006, 03:33 PM	#1
george1098 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Halifax NS Canada Posts: 1,336	show me your close loop pics! Hi guys, i'm doing a close loop on my new 90 gal and i'm looking for some inspiration. lets see your close loops.. any tips on what i should do for a 90 gal? __________________ I'm not as think as you stupid i am Current Tank Info: None at the moment

05/12/2006, 07:23 PM	#2
Avast Marine RC Sponsor Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Northern VA Posts: 2,446	This should keep you busy for a while. __________________ Dan Don't rush art, you get bad art.

05/13/2006, 12:31 PM	#4
dtaranath Premium Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Reading, PA Posts: 542	that's clever. __________________ ______________________ 220g mixed reef

05/13/2006, 01:34 PM	#6
george1098 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Halifax NS Canada Posts: 1,336	Thats awsome rdmpe. i'm actually following allong on your thread. I really like the idea of the rock stacks, i think i will deffinatly doing atleast one of those. how is the flow? do all the T sections reduce it at all? what pump do you have driving it? __________________ I'm not as think as you stupid i am Current Tank Info: None at the moment

05/13/2006, 01:50 PM	#7
george1098 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Halifax NS Canada Posts: 1,336	how are those 4 ways? are they high maintanence? or would i be better off going with an SCWD? (did i get that Acronym right?) __________________ I'm not as think as you stupid i am Current Tank Info: None at the moment

05/12/2006, 09:18 PM	#3
rdmpe Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Central Florida Posts: 3,737	My CL is under the sand and rocks.

05/13/2006, 03:01 PM	#8
zapata41 Moved On Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Humboldt County, CA Posts: 2,024	ok here is a pic of mine when i was roughing it all in prior to placing it on the stand. the bottom two bulks are for the intake, i used 1 1/2 plumbing here for future pump upgrade. then were have 4 1" bulkheads for the return on the CL. the upper two drive two penductors and the lower two are for the rock rack part of the loop. i turn the penductors off and turn the rock rack loop on and can blow out all the detritus that builds up under it. works awesome and i have no regrets about it.

05/13/2006, 06:02 PM	#9
george1098 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Halifax NS Canada Posts: 1,336	the rock loop is an interesting idea, do you do a bare bottom tank? __________________ I'm not as think as you stupid i am Current Tank Info: None at the moment

05/14/2006, 02:22 AM	#10
Blown 346 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Rockford, Illinois Posts: 6,596	Here is my simple over the top closed loop on my 90. It works out great.

05/14/2006, 11:04 AM	#11
zapata41 Moved On Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Humboldt County, CA Posts: 2,024	yes i do run a BB tank. here is a pick of the rock racks that allow the cl to function like it does, the other plumbing parts, the Tee with the ells on the end is the inside of the tank cl plumbing. and here is what it all looks like, i saved easily 50lb of rock by using the racks Tim

05/14/2006, 02:32 PM	#12
AcroSteve Make my Funk a P-Funk Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Electric Avenue Posts: 5,092	Be very careful, or you will end up with something quite complicated. I have an 8-way on a closed loop. The 3-way Y near the center of the pic has been replaced with a 4-way super squirt. It serves 1/2 of my return. __________________ **************** "Work hard, rock hard, eat hard, sleep hard, grow big, wear glasses if you need 'em." -- The Webb Wilder Credo -- don't go ninjin' nobody that don't need ninjin'! Current Tank Info: 220g custom plywood. SPS heavy with Sequence Hammerhead return with 4-Way OM. Tunze 6100, 6200 and Wavebox. 5000btu DIY Chiller. Lighting is 10K mh 250W / VHO Actinic Skimer - H&S A200-2x1260

05/14/2006, 02:40 PM	#13
george1098 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Halifax NS Canada Posts: 1,336	nice tank, looks awsome __________________ I'm not as think as you stupid i am Current Tank Info: None at the moment

05/14/2006, 03:26 PM	#14
Avast Marine RC Sponsor Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Northern VA Posts: 2,446	AcroSteve, how many trips to HD was that?????? __________________ Dan Don't rush art, you get bad art.

05/14/2006, 03:49 PM	#15
KafudaFish Cyprinius carpio Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 4,496	Steve, I just spent an hour at HD buying my parts and mine is simple like Blown's pic. I dropped $160 for everything. How much was yours? Just curious.

05/14/2006, 04:41 PM	#16
arconom Premium Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Middletown, NY Posts: 2,126	My 75 gal tank with a Reeflow Dart

05/15/2006, 09:17 AM	#17
5y5tem 0verload Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Eads, TN Posts: 684	I just finished up the pluming for the 8way off of a Sequence Hammerhead on Sat. There are 4 returns over the top(4 corners) and 4 returns on the bottom in the back of the tank(4 omni flex nozzles). I just have the nozzles stuck in there for now.. I will bring them out into the rockwork when I do the aquascaping. __________________ Jeremy I know you believe you understood what you think I said, but I am not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant.

05/15/2006, 08:05 PM	#18
prugs Moving Out Join Date: May 2003 Location: San Tan Valley, AZ 85140 Posts: 4,898	I did not drill my tank. All inlets & outlets go over the back of the tank. I have a hood that hides all the plumbing. __________________ A Picture Is Worth A Thousand Words. Current Tank Info: Getting rid of the last equipment :{

05/15/2006, 08:07 PM	#19
prugs Moving Out Join Date: May 2003 Location: San Tan Valley, AZ 85140 Posts: 4,898	AHHH, theres the pics. __________________ A Picture Is Worth A Thousand Words. Current Tank Info: Getting rid of the last equipment :{