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Unread 05/01/2018, 06:13 AM   #176
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Looking good congrats on getting the tank wet.
Thanks moondoggy. I will be adding a few more corals each week from my old tanks. Then once stable I will add some SPS. I have one small frag (purple Stylo) in there because it wasn't doing well in my frag tank. It's very pale right now but it looks like it may recover. We shall see..


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Unread 05/01/2018, 09:36 AM   #177
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How do you like using the 45 as return? Glued in or threaded?


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Unread 05/01/2018, 09:46 AM   #178
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How do you like using the 45 as return? Glued in or threaded?
It works well except that it does siphon more water than I'd like when I shut the pump down. They are not glued or threaded - simply stuck into the slip fitting of the bulkhead. But they are not noticeable in the tank and there is plenty of flow coming out of them. I have my DC return pump at 100% (Varios 6)


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Unread 05/01/2018, 10:58 AM   #179
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Did you drill a siphon break hole into pvc return? That would be my only come ncern with using the pvc 45 that locline can be bent up toward surface for less draw down


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Unread 05/06/2018, 07:57 PM   #180
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Did you drill a siphon break hole into pvc return? That would be my only come ncern with using the pvc 45 that locline can be bent up toward surface for less draw down
I have not drilled a hole yet. I'm not actually sure where I should drill. Any suggestions?


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Unread 05/06/2018, 09:19 PM   #181
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I can send a pic of my return tomorrow, it's a 90 elbow but could Give you some ideas.

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Unread 05/07/2018, 05:38 AM   #182
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Reef noob that would be great! It would buy me a little piece of mind.


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Unread 05/07/2018, 06:58 AM   #183
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Any place on the side of 45 coming out of bulkhead. 1/4" hole works, donce yours is pressed in you can pull out and clea hole up from pvc burrs


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Unread 05/07/2018, 07:11 AM   #184
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Any place on the side of 45 coming out of bulkhead. 1/4" hole works, donce yours is pressed in you can pull out and clea hole up from pvc burrs
How did that not get flagged!


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Unread 05/08/2018, 06:11 AM   #185
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Any place on the side of 45 coming out of bulkhead. 1/4" hole works, donce yours is pressed in you can pull out and clean hole up from pvc burrs
Yes I thought about a small hole in the side but when I look at the pipe, I am not sure that a hole would make a difference. The entire pipe is slightly below the water line, horizontal. So to break the siphon, the water level drops just below the top of the pipe opening. I need to play around with it a bit. My short term solution is to lower the water level by an inch in the return pump section, so that now, if the check valve fails again, the water level will be just below the top of the sump. The other thing I decided to do is turn off my return pump weekly as this allows the check valve to close keeping it from getting stuck as easily.


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Unread 05/20/2018, 08:25 PM   #186
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Update with pics

Tank is doing well. Here are a few photos to share. Thanks for following:

Clown Closeup

clown closeup by choerenz, on Flickr

Brain

brain late night better version by choerenz, on Flickr

Trumpet Coral

trumpet closeup by choerenz, on Flickr

Clown coming at ya

clown coming at ya by choerenz, on Flickr

Urchin on glass

urchin on glass by choerenz, on Flickr

Halloween Hermit

halloween hermit better pic by choerenz, on Flickr

Branching Hammer - newest addition

Hammer pic 2 by choerenz, on Flickr

branching hammer by choerenz, on Flickr

Acans

left acan best pic by choerenz, on Flickr


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Unread 05/21/2018, 07:32 AM   #187
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Looking Great....


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Unread 05/21/2018, 01:42 PM   #188
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The tank is looking fantastic. Are you positive that is a hammer coral? It looks more like Frog Spawn to me, I don't see the hammer shape at the ends that is characteristic of the Hammer coral.


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Unread 05/22/2018, 01:26 PM   #189
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you could be right. I had one of each for a long time and one didn't survive. SO I may have mixed them up. But looks like a frog.


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Unread 05/29/2018, 02:50 PM   #190
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Looking really good and clean

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Unread 05/29/2018, 03:14 PM   #191
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Love the brain! And yeah... that's frog spawn.


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Unread 05/30/2018, 08:57 AM   #192
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Love the brain! And yeah... that's frog spawn.
D2 - glad you have popped in on the build. There are definitely a few D2mini influences here (and maybe a few more to come). Wish I had your photography skills. I just got a version of lightroom so I'll start playing around a bit and see if I can improve things.


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Unread 06/03/2018, 12:00 PM   #193
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Update - water mixing station

I have been taking things slowly so not much has changed in the main display. I am amazed that the display has shown virtually no signs of any nuisance algae. My refugium on the other hand is a mess of slimy green stuff, clinging to the walls of the fuge (although not on the live rock I have in there) and in a small chaeto basket I have suspended in the fuge. So far so good.

Full tank shot may 28 2018 by choerenz, on Flickr

I have also had the tank up and running for a few months now and have done virtually no water changes! This is not on purpose, but I have been working on setting up my salt mixing station for automatic water changes. I'm almost there.

I covered this in an early post but the system works like this:

Water goes from the RODI unit on the wall, directly into a 35 gallon fresh water tank that sits about 6' off the floor on a stand above my frag tank (20 long).

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This tank serves 3 purposes. First, it supplies the display with RODI top off water. I put the tank as close to the ceiling as I could and the small Tunze pump can push the water about 6' up into the sump located directly above this room. The water enters the sump via a Kalk dispenser container that is located in the refugium section of my sump.

Second, it supplies the 20 gallon frag tank directly beneath it with RODI top off, delivered via a float switch. And finally, I can turn a ball valve and fill my salt water mixing tank, or fill small containers via another ball valve attachment to the plumbing leading to the mixing station.

water refill area by choerenz, on Flickr

From the bulkhead of the 35 gallon fresh water water tank, the plumbing runs to a spout just above the first of the two tanks on the left side of the room.

water storage tanks by choerenz, on Flickr

The tank on the left is a 25 gallon tank for mixing salt. I can then fill the tank on the right (55 gallon capacity) which will supply the display upstairs with salt water at about 1.5 gallons per day. I wanted to be able to mix water without affecting the stable source feeding the tank. I can add 25 gallons quickly from the RODI 35 gallon tank, leaving 10 gallons in the tank to ensure that the fresh water supply for frag and display remain unaffected.

Once I hook up the AWC via the litermeter 3, I will use the water I drain from the display to add to the frag tank. The frag tank has a nano overflow so that the water entering the 20 gallon will displace about 1.4 gallons into the sink per day. The frag tank is mainly for quarantining new frags and my hope is that the water chemistry will stay very close to the main display. This should make transfers easier once I have dipped and observed corals for some period of time.

I also set up a small fragging shelf in the room. Its a tight fit as the fish room is a small utility room off my garage, but I love that I no longer need to do any maintenance or testing in my display room. I can now test water as it it drawn down via the AWC, cut frags, etc.

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Unread 06/13/2018, 09:00 AM   #194
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Quick Update

This past weekend I hooked up the Litermeter 3 for automatic water changes. Programming the unit is simple. First you run the pumps to prime them. Then you fill a 500 ml container to determine the flow rate of each pump. Next step, I determined I wanted to change about 10% water volume per day. Based on the approximate volume of my system I targeted 1.6 gallons a day or approximately 6 liters. Then I plug in the value "6" for flow in the Litermeter 3 and start the pumps. It then makes small additions 150 times a day (about every 8 minutes)

So far its worked like clockwork. I couldn't be happier with this system. Super simple and seems dead on reliable. Here is a chart of my conductivity readings.

Conductivity by choerenz, on Flickr


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Unread 08/01/2018, 12:51 PM   #195
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Nice mixing station. I would love to be able to do automatic water changes.


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Unread 08/01/2018, 03:04 PM   #196
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I was wondering what happened to you. Tank looks awesome, agree with the work station, and all those cool toys.

Unlike me I've been fighting bubble algae for awhile...


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Unread 10/24/2018, 10:49 AM   #197
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The tank looks amazing, especially chilling in the leather chair with a glass of wine.

Tremendous attention to detail looking forward to watching it fill in buddy!


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Unread 10/25/2018, 06:11 PM   #198
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Thanks for checking in. I need to post an update with some pics! Work has been a tad crazy and getting in the way.


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