After over a year out of reef hobby, I decided to come back. After debating with wife about the tank size, we stick with 48” long. I pickup a new CDA 140g the tank (48x24x28” high) yesterday along with a used Trigger 44 sump.
I will try that. Still need a couple 1.5”x3” (32”long) for center support the stand because the tank is heavy.Miter saw with the right blade would do the trick. I have a bandsaw that would work also. It's aluminum so almost anything will cut it.
Yes, anchor fasteners. I will try to drill the holes to reuse the anchor fasteners.Welcome back! That didn't take long
Looks like the extrusions currently use anchor fasteners. Depending on where you cut, you might need to mill in new holes for the anchor connectors or use something else like corner brackets. Like Eric said, most blades will cut aluminum but speciality ones will cut cleaner. More importantly make sure the saw cuts straight.
Ahhh good point. Contact a machine shop in SJ that works with extruded aluminum. They’ll be able to cut your bars and drill the holes you need easily.@SupraSaltyReefer I did but I am not sure it will support twice the weight vs the original setup. If I do that only one side will sit on the main front horizontal/ vertical bars and all other will sit on support cross bars.
Street Elbow will give you a lower profile and less fail points.Any suggestions on how to plump the return line from 1inch bulkhead to 2ea of 3/4inch lock line? The tank came with 1 bulkheads attached on each side of the glass overflow.
They were. The new tank I got from person who custom order from CDA but never use it.Welcome back! I thought CDA was out of business?
Street Elbow will give you a lower profile and less fail points.
The tank has drill hole for 1” return, so it must use 1” bulkhead. There are existing 3/4” bulkhead that already installed with the tank. One one each side of the overflow box.
I have the Vectra L2 pump that I will use for return pump. So I will use 1” pipe from the L2 pump to the bulkhead.
My question is, from the bulkhead in the overflow box, to get the best flow rate, what best way to do?
1/ place the reducer at the bulkhead to reduce pipe in the overflow to 3/4” then use T adapter to connect to the existing 3/4” bulkhead before use lockline to get water back to the tank.
2/ Or just use 1” pipe from the overflow box then reduce it to 3/4” at the T connector then connect to the existing 3/4” bulkhead before use lockline to get water back to the tank.