66g RIMLESS Build.

[FASTnDIRTY]

I am going to build an Upflow scrubber shortly... I bought my supplies, just need some time... I will post a build thread to keep you all posted...

[pnavarro170]

cool man, just thought the upflow would create too much salt creep and harder to light. so ill be looking forward to it. Im gonna end up redoing mine to double the flow

[Snyper19]

cool man... what SPS you got there?

[FASTnDIRTY]

I have read the issues of salt creep, but I think I have it solved for my set up... Time will tell...

[pnavarro170]

Hope to get my new design started tomorrow, still debating of just coming directly off the return, or switching pump and design.

[pnavarro170]

Originally Posted by mrcyrus

Very cool man, Im going to be putting a scrubber on my 60 cube build. I have a 15g with a crap load of macro algae in it and the hob filter has been super clean evertime I go to clean it. Its basically there for flow lol. I just dropped some sps and shrooms in there that I had extra and they are doing great even under crappy lighting. I can post a video here in a bit, got 2 female rubies in there I am a firm beliver in macro power! Have you tried the upflow scrubbers? I have read up a bit on those as well.

Post a vid for sure, macro is great, to me even more when your growing pods. still not a huge fan of upflow scrubbers, but i had thought about making a sheet go into the water and making it an upflow from the bottom and regular from the top. but then it seemed hard to clean everytime.

Originally Posted by Snyper19

cool man... what SPS you got there?

Just green digi mostly with some orange and one purple basically frags again. Got rid of alot of green also. Gonna see if it stays in the tank.

[pnavarro170]

Okay cool, got my jebao dc6000 and im actually able to run it 100% which is almost 1500gph, but still need to add durso overflow as its loud how it is. the controlabily and feed mode are awesome, not to mention the slow start up is genius.

so now my backup pump a 700gph odysea is now running my turf scrubber to get some nice flow to that, was able to raise it to get 2-3 inches of more screen out of the water and put a ball valve to turn down the flow as it was too much. seems the ehiem 330gph was not running at 100 percent anymore, just tired i guess. anyways happy with that.

Still running skimmer for the new fish additions, and will do so untill it all is stable and turf scrubber is rockin and rollin more, also ordered sock filters an a holder, plus a cheap UV filter again just to see how it works with ATS. I really want to get the water as crystal clear as i can.

Stay tuned.

[pnavarro170]

[pnavarro170]

added uv filter and filter sock, dang my water is clear. Loving it !!

[pnavarro170]

[915MANG]

Gonna look like a tree pretty soon with all the GSP. Pretty cool

[matt2939]

Hey love that rock, did you order that from somewhere?

[pnavarro170]

thanks guys, actually mike (915mang) hooked me up with the rock, and i just made the base for it. gonna see if maybe i can find another like it to have two trees down the line. lol

[Snyper19]

it looks really cool.... i like how it looks like

[pnavarro170]

Okay cleaned up this piece to see what it looked like, now with the orphek atlantik V2 light fixture on its way, i figured it deserved more than just gsp. now i have no clue what to do about the scape. I think i gotta order more dry rock and do something else now, what you guys think ??

[915MANG]

Actually I like this set up. But I'd set up a zoa garden as well

[javles]

I'm curious on how this will turn out

[pnavarro170]

Originally Posted by javles

I'm curious on how this will turn out

you and me both , lol.

[javles]

The rock on the right has my interest

[915MANG]

Post a pic of the uv, I'm thinking about getting one

[pnavarro170]

i just ordered another cheap one off of amazon this time and i threw it in the sump. 9w chinese $30 whatever it is. its suppose to work upright but i could only fit it almost horizontal almost, but it wont work if the bottom is higher than the top. so far so good. got some suction cups on it and i added some to keep it from floating up.

on another note, today i had my first good cleaning of the turf scrubber, not sure if i mentioned but i added a second light to one side and there was a good difference. So gonna look into more powerful par38s, cuz if i try to put 4 lights down there it aint gonna really work well without being a hassle.

also going for more flow, laminar gyre flow i guess its called. so not really random flow its about moving the whole tank water as a whole. basically one powerhead towards the top of the tank on one side and one on the other side towards the bottom. easier to do this with no sand. lol , technically if you can move more water this way with the same pumps. think vertex circular motion.

I also purchased some aquavitro fuel since i keep hearing good things about it. New test kit for mag, alk and cal, im rockin and rollin right now !!

[915MANG]

I bought fuel as well, hope you refrigerated it after you opened it. Easy to miss that part

[pnavarro170]

Originally Posted by 915MANG

I bought fuel as well, hope you refrigerated it after you opened it. Easy to miss that part

you know what i saw that, but i still missed 3-4 days before i refrigerated it. not sure what it can do . what would go bad ? nothing alive in there.

[pnavarro170]

Originally Posted by 915MANG

I bought fuel as well, hope you refrigerated it after you opened it. Easy to miss that part

just found some info, you do not need to refrigerate it if you plan on using it all in 2-3 months time. if you plan on keeping it closer to a year and up then you should refrigerate it.

[915MANG]

Good to know, I have mine in the fridge