Pife's One fifty glass box build - Page 3

Pife · 04/08/2015, 07:03 PM

I got some rock loaded into and started filling the sump . I had 3 or 400lbs already bleached and acid washed. It sure doesn't look like much but it filled up 2, 55 gallon drums. It was a pain to carry it all down stairs but it will be cycling by the end of the week.

Photo bomb goes to my poodle, Ruger.

Hodge1995 · 04/08/2015, 08:06 PM

Looking good. What pump is that?

Pife · 04/09/2015, 04:32 AM

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Looking good. What pump is that?

It's an Iwaki 70. I hope it's enough flow for my 150. What return pump do you run on your 300?

Hodge1995 · 04/09/2015, 05:42 AM

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It's an Iwaki 70. I hope it's enough flow for my 150. What return pump do you run on your 300?

I have been running a mag 18 and a jeboa dc 12000. I just finished a sump build (my first attempt at acrylic fab) and bought a reeflo hammerhead hybrid and a super dart to see which one I wanted. The hammerhead was way overkill or so it appears in a trial run in just the sump. I think the Dart with the snapper impeller will be what I start with. I am gonna try out a manifold system. I took a video of the Reeflo pumps running in the sump and if I can ever get photobucket to cooperate I will post. I had a hard time finding any real info on them.What I have experienced is that 4000gph is not the same between the pump manufacturers for some reason. The flow is just ridiculous and they are quiet.

Pife · 04/09/2015, 09:48 AM

So I'm figuring I'll have between 800 and 1000 gph going through my display. How much do you have going through your DT? Do you think that's enough turnover? I have plenty of flow with my power heads in just curious if the turnover.

Pife · 04/09/2015, 03:27 PM

So I had a small leak in an old Bulkhead. That's what I get for trying to save a couple of bucks. I have picked up a new one and am going to install it shortly.

Hodge1995 · 04/10/2015, 12:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Pife

So I'm figuring I'll have between 800 and 1000 gph going through my display. How much do you have going through your DT? Do you think that's enough turnover? I have plenty of flow with my power heads in just curious if the turnover.

To each his own on this. I tend to like higher flow. If you have some power heads you should be fine. I haven't decided which ones I will keep yet but will likely have one or a few available if you need a bigger pump. Hammerhead hybrid gold (insane flow),jeboa dc12000,variuos mags think 9.5, 18 , 24. I have too much stuff! LOL!

Pife · 04/10/2015, 08:06 AM

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Originally Posted by Hodge1995

To each his own on this. I tend to like higher flow. If you have some power heads you should be fine. I haven't decided which ones I will keep yet but will likely have one or a few available if you need a bigger pump. Hammerhead hybrid gold (insane flow),jeboa dc12000,variuos mags think 9.5, 18 , 24. I have too much stuff! LOL!

One of my limiting factors is the amount of head I have. It should be around 14 feet.

Pife · 04/10/2015, 08:43 AM

So on my lunch break yesterday I went and bought a Bulkhead at a lfs. When I got home it was the wrong size! I ended up going to another store and finding the right size. While I was there I picked up a white tail bristle tooth tang for my DT. I also scored a frag of an awesome efflo I've been trying to get for a year.

Mr D smack · 04/10/2015, 11:30 AM

Sounds like a good evening finding a white tale

oshanickreef · 04/10/2015, 04:36 PM

Yes indeed! You should sell it and buy my chevron. It loves other fish....

Pife · 04/10/2015, 04:39 PM

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Sounds like a good evening finding a white tale

I wasn't even looking for one and someone talked new into it..... And now I just found the mimic lemon peel tang tonight that I've been wanting.

Hodge1995 · 04/10/2015, 04:52 PM

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I wasn't even looking for one and someone talked new into it..... And now I just found the mimic lemon peel tang tonight that I've been wanting.

Don't feel bad, It happens to all of us. I wasn't looking for a skimmer but bought a reef octopus diablo 250 ext. today.

Pife · 04/10/2015, 05:39 PM

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Yes indeed! You should sell it and buy my chevron. It loves other fish....

How bout no...,

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Originally Posted by Hodge1995

Don't feel bad, It happens to all of us. I wasn't looking for a skimmer but bought a reef octopus diablo 250 ext. today.

That's a nice skimmer. It's crazy how easy it is to over spend on this hobby.

Hodge1995 · 04/10/2015, 05:57 PM

It sure is .I just replummed my entire tank. New custom acrylic sump, reeflo super dart with a manifold system,new led light for the sump, and now the skimmer.It is like a snowball effect! Maybe someday I can figure out what is up with photobucket and post some pics of my own.

Mr D smack · 04/10/2015, 06:00 PM

Hows the white tail this evening?

Pife · 04/10/2015, 06:15 PM

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Hows the white tail this evening?

I don't know, I haven't been home yet. I bought more coral too..... Whoops!

Hodge1995 · 04/10/2015, 06:42 PM

WooooW!

kegogut · 04/10/2015, 07:21 PM

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I don't know, I haven't been home yet. I bought more coral too..... Whoops!

LOLZ! I think I'm gonna blackmail you. I'll tell Char thats not actually a Kole Tang unless you do favors for me!

Mr D smack · 04/10/2015, 07:28 PM

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LOLZ! I think I'm gonna blackmail you. I'll tell Char thats not actually a Kole Tang unless you do favors for me!

Pife · 04/10/2015, 07:52 PM

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LOLZ! I think I'm gonna blackmail you. I'll tell Char thats not actually a Kole Tang unless you do favors for me!

Ha......maybe it died?

kegogut · 04/10/2015, 10:14 PM

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Ha......maybe it died?

Or maybe it morphed into a Kole?

Pife · 04/13/2015, 10:27 AM

So I did something pretty stupid Friday night. I wanted to share it none the less.

I came home late Friday night and had to top off my frag tank because I don't have an ATO hooked up to it. So I grabbed the closest bucket and dumped it in. Five minutes later I see the three fish swimming all messed up. I smelled the remaining water in the bucket and it dawned on me. It was the water and vinegar solution I used for cleaning my power heads the day before. I was keeping it around to clean my skimmer over the weekend. So I immediately started removing rock to get my fish out including my new white tail tang. I was able to catch them all and add them to my other tank quite easily. As of this morning they are doing fine. They have returned to swimming normal and eating. So the catch is this never would have happened but I had been drinking and didn't have my head on straight. So don't mess with your tank if your drinking.

Hodge1995 · 04/13/2015, 01:03 PM

At least you saved them. Could have been much worse. Just add it to the long list of things not to do after a few drinks.

Pife · 04/13/2015, 02:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Hodge1995

At least you saved them. Could have been much worse. Just add it to the long list of things not to do after a few drinks.

I was really worried about the tang. The thing is a pig though.

04/08/2015, 07:03 PM	#51
Pife Registered Member Join Date: May 2013 Posts: 7,408	I got some rock loaded into and started filling the sump . I had 3 or 400lbs already bleached and acid washed. It sure doesn't look like much but it filled up 2, 55 gallon drums. It was a pain to carry it all down stairs but it will be cycling by the end of the week. Photo bomb goes to my poodle, Ruger. __________________ Brandon I'm not saying let's get rid of all the stupid people.* I'm just saying let's remove all the warning labels and let the problem work itself out. Current Tank Info: 150g DT plumbed to an 80g frag tank and 220g sump in the basement. ~6-MP40s ~ 12 ATI powered t5s ~ Reefbrites and Radions supplementing ~ Custom GEO Skimmer ~ GEO CA Reactor 6x24~ Iwaki 70 Return ~

04/08/2015, 08:06 PM	#52
Hodge1995 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Kinmundy , IL Posts: 658	Looking good. What pump is that? __________________ ~300 gallon Mixed Reef~ Current Tank Info: 300 Gallon Reef / JBJ 28 pro

04/09/2015, 09:48 AM	#55
Pife Registered Member Join Date: May 2013 Posts: 7,408	So I'm figuring I'll have between 800 and 1000 gph going through my display. How much do you have going through your DT? Do you think that's enough turnover? I have plenty of flow with my power heads in just curious if the turnover. __________________ Brandon I'm not saying let's get rid of all the stupid people.* I'm just saying let's remove all the warning labels and let the problem work itself out. Current Tank Info: 150g DT plumbed to an 80g frag tank and 220g sump in the basement. ~6-MP40s ~ 12 ATI powered t5s ~ Reefbrites and Radions supplementing ~ Custom GEO Skimmer ~ GEO CA Reactor 6x24~ Iwaki 70 Return ~

04/09/2015, 03:27 PM	#56
Pife Registered Member Join Date: May 2013 Posts: 7,408	So I had a small leak in an old Bulkhead. That's what I get for trying to save a couple of bucks. I have picked up a new one and am going to install it shortly. __________________ Brandon I'm not saying let's get rid of all the stupid people.* I'm just saying let's remove all the warning labels and let the problem work itself out. Current Tank Info: 150g DT plumbed to an 80g frag tank and 220g sump in the basement. ~6-MP40s ~ 12 ATI powered t5s ~ Reefbrites and Radions supplementing ~ Custom GEO Skimmer ~ GEO CA Reactor 6x24~ Iwaki 70 Return ~

04/10/2015, 08:43 AM	#59
Pife Registered Member Join Date: May 2013 Posts: 7,408	So on my lunch break yesterday I went and bought a Bulkhead at a lfs. When I got home it was the wrong size! I ended up going to another store and finding the right size. While I was there I picked up a white tail bristle tooth tang for my DT. I also scored a frag of an awesome efflo I've been trying to get for a year. __________________ Brandon I'm not saying let's get rid of all the stupid people.* I'm just saying let's remove all the warning labels and let the problem work itself out. Current Tank Info: 150g DT plumbed to an 80g frag tank and 220g sump in the basement. ~6-MP40s ~ 12 ATI powered t5s ~ Reefbrites and Radions supplementing ~ Custom GEO Skimmer ~ GEO CA Reactor 6x24~ Iwaki 70 Return ~

04/10/2015, 11:30 AM	#60
Mr D smack Registered Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Pevely Mo. Posts: 5,485	Sounds like a good evening finding a white tale __________________ aka Mr D Sack

04/10/2015, 04:36 PM	#61
oshanickreef Registered Member Join Date: May 2013 Location: Saint Louis, MO Posts: 2,367	Yes indeed! You should sell it and buy my chevron. It loves other fish.... __________________ Mixed Peaceful Reef :) ~140 Gallons of Water Non-agro fish Instagram: Oshanickreef

04/10/2015, 05:57 PM	#65
Hodge1995 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Kinmundy , IL Posts: 658	It sure is .I just replummed my entire tank. New custom acrylic sump, reeflo super dart with a manifold system,new led light for the sump, and now the skimmer.It is like a snowball effect! Maybe someday I can figure out what is up with photobucket and post some pics of my own. __________________ ~300 gallon Mixed Reef~ Current Tank Info: 300 Gallon Reef / JBJ 28 pro

04/10/2015, 06:00 PM	#66
Mr D smack Registered Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Pevely Mo. Posts: 5,485	Hows the white tail this evening? __________________ aka Mr D Sack

04/10/2015, 06:42 PM	#68
Hodge1995 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Kinmundy , IL Posts: 658	WooooW! __________________ ~300 gallon Mixed Reef~ Current Tank Info: 300 Gallon Reef / JBJ 28 pro

04/13/2015, 10:27 AM	#73
Pife Registered Member Join Date: May 2013 Posts: 7,408	So I did something pretty stupid Friday night. I wanted to share it none the less. I came home late Friday night and had to top off my frag tank because I don't have an ATO hooked up to it. So I grabbed the closest bucket and dumped it in. Five minutes later I see the three fish swimming all messed up. I smelled the remaining water in the bucket and it dawned on me. It was the water and vinegar solution I used for cleaning my power heads the day before. I was keeping it around to clean my skimmer over the weekend. So I immediately started removing rock to get my fish out including my new white tail tang. I was able to catch them all and add them to my other tank quite easily. As of this morning they are doing fine. They have returned to swimming normal and eating. So the catch is this never would have happened but I had been drinking and didn't have my head on straight. So don't mess with your tank if your drinking. __________________ Brandon I'm not saying let's get rid of all the stupid people.* I'm just saying let's remove all the warning labels and let the problem work itself out. Current Tank Info: 150g DT plumbed to an 80g frag tank and 220g sump in the basement. ~6-MP40s ~ 12 ATI powered t5s ~ Reefbrites and Radions supplementing ~ Custom GEO Skimmer ~ GEO CA Reactor 6x24~ Iwaki 70 Return ~

04/13/2015, 01:03 PM	#74
Hodge1995 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Kinmundy , IL Posts: 658	At least you saved them. Could have been much worse. Just add it to the long list of things not to do after a few drinks. __________________ ~300 gallon Mixed Reef~ Current Tank Info: 300 Gallon Reef / JBJ 28 pro