Nothing much got done on the car this weekend. I had issues with my indoor/outdoor aquarium plumbing, the broken sump lids, and my rusty steel stand on the patio tank.
And I have a sick fish. Big tumor or cyst.
This is the outdoor (or patio) system, which also filters the 125 gal indoor tank. Everything filters thru the 45gal Brute trash bin.
The brown barrel is for washing filter socks and recycling poopy fishwater onto my trees. My 5 redwoods are irrigated whenever I change water. This is the view of them from the pet cemetary but you only see two.
My patio aquarium stand was a big issue. Overloaded and rusting.
I removed a rusty lower steel rail, and dropped the sump to the concrete. That took 300 lbs off the stand. (It still supports 600 lbs.) I had to extend the plumbing 4”, and I made new styrofoam sump lids. Flow was reduced a bit so I added a third pump that I had on hand, to the sump.
I made new lids from styrofoam and white duck tape. I have much better access and they will keep out more dirt and leaves.
I made some .094” thick L braces and installed them to reinforce the stand. I sanded them before, but they aren’t painted yet.
My stand really isn’t suitable for outdoor use. I need to build a better setup. I haven’t yet decided on the design.