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it's down there about eight inches
so this is what i'll need
be sure about this aesthetically guys
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today we're going to continue with part
two of the refugium build the plumbing
setting it up testing letting it run so
let's get right into it today all right
i had to rearrange the height in here
for the tank now that it's going to be
gravity fit out the back so there it is
i had to raise it up and now i'm going
to put the bulkhead on
all right what i'm doing here guys is
i'm putting a rubber washer on both
sides
sometimes you can't find rubber washers
to fit bulkheads the right size so this
is the way i make a rubber washer
from this stuff that you can get at home
depot it's rubber washer material
and i'll show you how i do it
i'm going to put a washer on both sides
of the glass because i had a little bit
of a leak so what i do is i just trace
the outline of the other washer that i
know fits
and then i just cut it out and use this
as the second washer
i did a water test
and it leaked a little bit from the
bottom so i'm going to put double
washers rubber washers on both sides
looks good on the water test guys
no drips
anywhere
i'll probably let this sit in here 24
hours or these 12 hours about half way
up
which is a little bit more probably than
will overflow
you have to plan out your plumbing this
was difficult because i had to get
behind the cabinet so measuring things
and getting it lined up wasn't easy but
i did it so this is what i'll need
i got teflon tape this is a slip
connection so i can take the piece on
and off that's a 90 elbow a 45 this is a
threaded to one inch
and of course one inch pvc you're gonna
need some pvc primer and pvc cement and
you'll need a pvc cutter
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i wanted to mention this real quick guys
this is the tom reefer studio so for
example the way i plumb this in i
wouldn't have done this if this were out
in my living room or some real
nice display area the only people who
come in here are my wife and kids and
this is the studio it's kind of like
experimentation it's the classroom
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yellow tang is ready for the tank so
probably next week
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file fish he's been eating aptasia but
he snoops around everything he has not
eaten any zoa's or picked on any of the
kenya tree in there but he's got those
big eyes
he looks around i'm concerned about
putting him in there the pump is suction
cup to the side and even if it falls off
the return hose is taunt enough so it's
kind of just dangling there but it's got
plenty of room i may get a different
pump
this is just a palaco or something from
amazon i may get another pump same
gallon per hour that's a little more
quiet but this one is doing okay so
we'll have to see
so it's up and running
it's hooked up back here no leaks
it's pretty quiet
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another week or so i'll let this run no
leaks just let it run i may not add any
macro algae in here for a while the
reason being is that i have zero nitrate
and zero phosphate so i want to wait
until i see a little bit of nitrate i
just i've been experimenting even with
my skimmer and i'll save that for
another video
so 5 000 guys
not bad i appreciate it thanks let's
keep the trainer rolling
five thousand not bad
my son's all psyched about it but
you know i get up to about a hundred
thousand then i'll get excited
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