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Here's a shot of the other set of blinds from the living room. This is to shield the reflection of the tank (with lights on) if i'm wanting to watch a movie on the plasma...

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There's no access to the tank from the living room. Rocks and sand all go in through the bedroom :P But there's sufficient room between the tank and the bed to allow me to work :)

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Any more update? Can't wait to see water and sand :)

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No water and sand yet i'm afraid :(

Still finishing up the piping work...here's a couple of shots.

First shot of the HUGE GF check valve used for the RD 12m3 :shock:

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Here's a shot in the external overflow. Phil used the transparent piping that came with the skimmer to do the durso which looks cool :)

As a side note, i must give due credit to Phil on his work. He truly takes pride in what he does and i for one being particular about piping work am really impressed by what he's done and still doing...more pics showcasing his work in the coming days/weeks :)

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The diagram in no 1 is called a durso, founded by a guy name richard durso i believe. one of the main reasons why he came up with this design was due to the fact that in ur diagram no 2, when water flows through a straight pipe like that, it creates a very annoying flushing sound (like one u'd get when u flush the toilet bowl) and he basically was looking for a way to silence the overflow some.

By coming up with his design, i believe he was lookin at the principle of siphoning, whereby water enters thru the bottom travels up a short distance and proceeds back down, however a full siphon would possibly cause fluctuations in the overflow compartment if the rate of the water siphoning down is not the same as the rate of the water returning from the sump.

As such, a small hole was drilled at the top of the pipe to regulate the flow by introducing small amounts of air. This reduced air intake also indirectly reduces the flushing sound produced when too much air and water gets into the overflow pipe at the same time.

Please don't take my word for gold...that's my understanding of the matter and in my words only. I could be far from the truth but that's how i understand it to be. Hope i'm making sense :P

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how about the height of the pipe.

why does it have to be tall?

So that the hole on top of the durso is not submerged :)

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Water yet? :lol:

Tank 60x40x40 Optiwhite Glass Tank Sump Elos 500 w/ Tunze Overflow Protein Skimmer Skimz Kone SK1 Return Pump Hydor Seltz L30 Wavemaker Hydor K1 Illumination 150W + 2 T5 Chiller Arctica 1/5hp w/ Aquabee 1000 Water Top-up Tunze Osmolator Dosing Pumps Grotech 3-Channels Calcium Reactor Deltec PF 501 Computer Aquatronica

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Water yet? :lol:

Still no water i'm afraid.. :(

And there won't be water for another week cos i'll be back in KL from today till Thursday :P

Also incorporating a couple of safety features so that's also the cause of the delay. But on the bright side...most of the plumbing work got done yesterday...and it's lookin good. Once it's all neat and tidy...i'll present the masterpiece :)

More to come next Thursday onwards i guess ;)

Tank 66"x27"x28" - Return Pump Red Dragon 12m3 - Skimmer Deltec AP701 - Chiller Starmex - Wavemakers Wavysea - Lighting DE 6 x T5-HO

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Yeah...have lotsa updates actually...been away for the last week so gimme a couple of days to sort pics out and will post stuff up soon.

Water and rocks are already in! :)

As for the nick, southpaw is another word for left handed person ;)

Tank 66"x27"x28" - Return Pump Red Dragon 12m3 - Skimmer Deltec AP701 - Chiller Starmex - Wavemakers Wavysea - Lighting DE 6 x T5-HO

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OK...time for some long overdue updates :P

First up...the starmex compressor housing in the balcony.

Unfortunately, the unit has yet to be setup...hopefully this weekend or early next week.

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