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03/19/2012, 07:14 PM | #451 |
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Thanks! I could not stop there and after sitting down for an hour let my ADD () kick in and headed back down to secure the back which I ended up going with black acrylic on. After another hour or so of organizing wires I'm really calling it quits for the night!
***As far as the ammonia, you are to keep it between 1-4 ppm (As over 4 ppm can be overwhelming to the bacteria and kill off the colony). Maybe my salifert ammonia kit was off but mine never went that high and I have far less volume than you currently! Has the tank already been cycling? You are to stop testing once you can have 1ppm of ammonia converted to nitrate in a 24 hour period which means the cycle is as complete as it can be.
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03/20/2012, 07:24 PM | #452 |
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Tonight I got the frag QT tops/bottoms welded on and hopefully can route it out tomorrow night and possibly do a water test! I also got the o-rings in for the Geo 420 Reactors and installed and they are still leaking....Anyone have any advice on the Geo Reactors? Should I lubricate the o-rings somehow?
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03/20/2012, 07:54 PM | #453 |
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I've never lubricated o-rings on any of the reactors I've had. If you want to, you can use vaseline or silicone grease but I don't think you need to.
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03/20/2012, 08:13 PM | #454 |
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I've posted in the equipment forum too. Geo's website does not provide much of anything in regards to FAQ/manuals. I thought maybe it was leaking because I placed the top on when it was wet since I had earlier tested it without the o-rings? If I don't have any luck soon I might give Jeremy at PA a ring to figure out something with them!
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03/20/2012, 08:54 PM | #455 |
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Don't use vaseline or aquaphor, it's petroleum based. Used silicone grease that stuff is awesome and reef safe
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03/21/2012, 07:10 PM | #458 |
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03/21/2012, 07:12 PM | #459 |
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Not much to report tonight as I did not make it home until later. I routed the frag QT tank and just put water in it. So far, so good and no leaks. Onto another project tomorrow night
Out in the garage by 'The Beast': Filled with water down in the basement:
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03/23/2012, 09:09 PM | #460 |
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Not a lot of progress to report past couple of days. Been cleaning up the fish room and getting the wires organized which has been a bigger feat than originally anticipated. Tonight I also did a ~40 gallon water change to help start bringing these nitrates down. In the next week hope to do following:
- Get order in with BRS for RO/DI unit to make it more efficient (Have thread opened to get advice on this for large system if anyone else has recommendations for larger systems) - Fill fish QT system and get it up and ready for fish - Put fish list together and start ordering some fish with Premium Aquatics Monday to pick up next weekend - Design where ATS will be in system and have FloydRTurbo help if my design is not up to snuff - Plumb in Frag QT system and figure out lighting....(Possibly PAR38 LED light)
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HOLY CRAP!! This is one hell of a build. My only thought is.........you going kick *** on everything else so why not go with LED'S for your lighting?
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So far plans are as follows: - Frag QT Tank - Par38 - Frag/Grow Out Tank - 2 X Apollo Reef Dimmable LED - DT - Not yet decided but some form of LED (Possibly frag fixtures if I like the coloration) ***I currently have an old fixture of mine hanging above frag tank that is MH/T5 combo. I will be taking that down to replace with LED fixture in the near future if wife does not divorce me
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03/24/2012, 12:00 AM | #463 |
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Dustin, I have some left over DIY LED parts here, I think about 12 whites and 10 royal blues and a driver, all aquastyle stuff. Was going to put it over my macro-garden, but haven't gotten around to it yet.
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03/24/2012, 05:27 PM | #471 |
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I promise the last of my phone pics have came and gone! My point and shoot I previously had just got replaced with my first DSLR. Let's hope I can start delivering some awesome pics to you in the near future but I'll have to find a way to justify a good macro lense to the wife too
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Keep up the good work Dustin!
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Awesome camera - you'll love it. Try the 'miniature' affect - it's amazing.
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