LionFish
Reef enthusiast
- Location
- Louisville, Kentucky
1st pic reef.
chemiclean is awsome,
isnt there an urchin or seahair that will handle tha cyano.
chemiclean is awsome,
isnt there an urchin or seahair that will handle tha cyano.
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Biffy Finally Gets a Build Thread!
- Thread starter Bifferwine
- Start date
Bifferwine
Reef pro
- Location
- Lynnwood, WA and missing Tucson, AZ
Okay. Before we start the DIY ATO lesson, I want to share some inspirational words with you all that I strive to live by day to day.
Now then. Here are the reservoirs for my ATO. Two 6-gallon water jugs.
They are connected by irrigation tubing and a Y joint/thingy. You can find these parts at Lowe's/Home Depot/Ace. The outputs were also found in the irrigation section. It's just an adaptor that fits the irrigation line. Neal drilled holes in the jugs and siliconed in the adaptors.
Here is the irrigation line going to my sump. It is connected to a toilet float. Found in the plumbing department. Be sure to buy a float that is ALL plastic, no metal parts!
Here is a picture of the float in the return section of my sump.
Here is the irrigation line that was used. Oh, and that's my newest tattoo. Eight starfish going around my wrist. EAT IT, ADRASTOS!
When I need to refill the ATO, I just run the line from my RODI unit into one of the jugs. Since the two jugs are connected by the Y irrigation line, one automatically refills the other.
Since this is a gravity fed ATO, you need to be sure your jugs are positioned HIGHER than the sump.
Total cost for parts, not including the two jugs: $15.
Now then. Here are the reservoirs for my ATO. Two 6-gallon water jugs.
They are connected by irrigation tubing and a Y joint/thingy. You can find these parts at Lowe's/Home Depot/Ace. The outputs were also found in the irrigation section. It's just an adaptor that fits the irrigation line. Neal drilled holes in the jugs and siliconed in the adaptors.
Here is the irrigation line going to my sump. It is connected to a toilet float. Found in the plumbing department. Be sure to buy a float that is ALL plastic, no metal parts!
Here is a picture of the float in the return section of my sump.
Here is the irrigation line that was used. Oh, and that's my newest tattoo. Eight starfish going around my wrist. EAT IT, ADRASTOS!
When I need to refill the ATO, I just run the line from my RODI unit into one of the jugs. Since the two jugs are connected by the Y irrigation line, one automatically refills the other.
Since this is a gravity fed ATO, you need to be sure your jugs are positioned HIGHER than the sump.
Total cost for parts, not including the two jugs: $15.
as im sure you have read in another thread... no not yet. i did listen to you dont get me wrong but my tank and i are having one final showdown first ! :helm2::fechten2:
LionFish
Reef enthusiast
- Location
- Louisville, Kentucky
Here we Go,,,
Doc be warned she has Super mod powers now if that joke hits on the wrong time of the month its bye bye Doc.
Doc be warned she has Super mod powers now if that joke hits on the wrong time of the month its bye bye Doc.
Bifferwine
Reef pro
- Location
- Lynnwood, WA and missing Tucson, AZ
Funny that Doc makes that comment right after I totally showed him who's boss regarding the DIY ATO, which he insisted was way too complicated, time consuming, and expensive of an undertaking.
LionFish
Reef enthusiast
- Location
- Louisville, Kentucky
1 piont biff!
Bifferwine
Reef pro
- Location
- Lynnwood, WA and missing Tucson, AZ
Hey that's my pwnd picture! I love that one!
Bifferwine
Reef pro
- Location
- Lynnwood, WA and missing Tucson, AZ
Now Doc, why would I envy something the size of this? I mean, the pictures you sent me don't lie. This IS the correct size of the body part that I would supposedly be envying, right??? I mean, come on. I might as well be envying a baby carrot here, Doc!
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you actually took the time to take a picture of that just to win :shock:? You crack me up. first off, you may be mistaken the pics I sent for someone else, and second, the water was cold and all men will attest to shrinkage.
Since it is your thread, and I am a guest here, I will conceed the "tard war" and go to bed. Enjoy your victory while it lasts, young'un.
-Dr Marco :sfish:
Since it is your thread, and I am a guest here, I will conceed the "tard war" and go to bed. Enjoy your victory while it lasts, young'un.
-Dr Marco :sfish:
Bifferwine
Reef pro
- Location
- Lynnwood, WA and missing Tucson, AZ
Eh. I had a battery and a camera sitting around. It only seemed the natural thing to do.
Bifferwine
Reef pro
- Location
- Lynnwood, WA and missing Tucson, AZ
You're like the Tony Robbins of Living Reefs! But shorter. Believe it or not!
Bifferwine
Reef pro
- Location
- Lynnwood, WA and missing Tucson, AZ
Wity? I think you just proved your own point :)
reeffreak
Reef pro
- Location
- Clarksville,Tn
That was too funny Red!
Damn,I couldn't sleep and logged back on to see that my pics had been buried three pages back.
Biff,the ATO pics was all nice and dandy but people were waiting for full tank pics,NOT jugs of water!
Bifferwine
Reef pro
- Location
- Lynnwood, WA and missing Tucson, AZ
And I am waiting for the cyano to go away! I can't have people seeing my tank in the shape it's in! No one would ever listen to my advice again! :)
