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    Quote Originally Posted by jmf3460 View Post
    haha your sump is as big as my biggest tank!! how small I am.
    Jacklyn, your 75 is larger then this. I love 75s as they are so versitle.
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    Jacklyn, your 75 is larger then this. I love 75s as they are so versitle.
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    it aint larger by much. one day I aspire to have bigger tanks full of wilds like you, but I think it will have to wait until we either finish the basement and make the floor level, or move to a different house that has a portion on a cement pad. My 1949 home is at its limit with the current tanks I have I think.
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    Quote Originally Posted by jmf3460 View Post
    it aint larger by much. one day I aspire to have bigger tanks full of wilds like you, but I think it will have to wait until we either finish the basement and make the floor level, or move to a different house that has a portion on a cement pad. My 1949 home is at its limit with the current tanks I have I think.
    Sounds like it Jacklyn. My house is on a cement slab (no basements in Florida due to a high water table) is no issues with tanks on the first floor.
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    Ok, here's the tank with the background. Not a great picture but gives you an idea.

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    I love it. Looks great. Can't wait to buy this background too. I can't get my project going until my pump is for sale. It has been out of stock for like a month already .

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    I love it. Looks great. Can't wait to buy this background too. I can't get my project going until my pump is for sale. It has been out of stock for like a month already .
    Thanks Ricardo, bummer on the pump being out of stock. I use a mag-drive 7 on my 75. Will be driving this baby with a mag-drive 9.5.
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    Thanks Ricardo, bummer on the pump being out of stock. I use a mag-drive 7 on my 75. Will be driving this baby with a mag-drive 9.5.
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    Yeah I remember your recommendation. I really like the feed mode feature because I have such a lousy memory and I like the fact that I can alter the pump rates to suite my overflow.

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    oooooooh, ahhhhhhhhhh, that background looks sweet Pat. Good job with the silicone and white bottom. I can hardly wait to see the wonderful pieces of DW and fish swimming around in there. I think that if I reincarnate to a fish, I would like to be a discus fish swimming in this tank.
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    Quote Originally Posted by jmf3460 View Post
    oooooooh, ahhhhhhhhhh, that background looks sweet Pat. Good job with the silicone and white bottom. I can hardly wait to see the wonderful pieces of DW and fish swimming around in there. I think that if I reincarnate to a fish, I would like to be a discus fish swimming in this tank.
    Ah thanks Jacklyn, there is a picture of the main driftwood piece in the first dozen posts of the thread. It's a beast.
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    Finally making progress. Lots of start and stops The tank is inside on the stand with the sump underneath. Tom and I pieced together the plumping between the tank and the sump today. I will be gluing it tomorrow. Went with hard plumbing this time so a first.
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    Plumbing picture. Tee-ed the drains together and the return is in the middle. Have unions in case some adjustments are needed in the future. The tank is pulled away from wall for easier accessibility.

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    Attachments to the sump inlets. The sump is wrapped in shower liner which will be unwrapped once the tank is in place and laid out in the stand to catch drips etc and is used as water collector for any leaks.
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    Looks sweet Pat. What pump did you go with? Mag 9?

    Click here to view my 75g Acrylic Tank w/ Bean Animal Overflow with 40g Sump Thread

    Also, click here for my 25 group of discus grow out thread


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    Yup Ricardo. You can see the barbed end in the right most picture.
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    Very nice Pat! The setup is coming along and plumbing work first rate. Can't wait to see it running ��
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    Gluing PVC is a hair raising experience and it dries way too fast. However, so far so good. The critical parts are done.
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