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02/16/2018, 07:57 AM | #76 |
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02/16/2018, 08:38 AM | #77 |
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Thats a really hard question to answer. Things on my list.
Fishies ; 4ea gobys - 2 mini yellow and 2 mini green ones and 5 pajama cardinals will be first. The gobys will be lost but thats ok. Something to look for. I want a jawfish or 2 and a mandrin. A mated pair of clowns. Those are for sures. The rest will come later. Corals; an assortment of plastic ones like on the show tanked hahaahahaa I like movement so things with long tentacles and stuff that waves. After the tank is about 6 months old it will be time for the anemones to go in. No bubble tips just 2 larger ones and maybe a rock one or 2. Then I will work on the SPS. oh some new fingers since I took off all the skin trying to get 30LB coral rocks into the tank thru 16" openings. Next time make openings bigger so I can get inside. |
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For a little depth. Coke can in tank and coke can out of tank. Still gets cloudy when adding water in 60 gallon batches. I think I'm about 1/2 full before it goes into the over flow.
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I have water flowing into the sump now. With a few leaks. I knew I should have siliconed all the bulkhead gaskets. Maybe tomorrow I will have enough to turn on the pumps. I don't like the sea swirl tubes sticking down into the water. I will need to shorten them and make some clear 45's . |
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How are you Sea Swirl outputs so tall? I am using a pair of 1" for my return and while I still think they are too low they are nothing like yours. I just drilled a hole into mine tonight, the elbow, to try and break siphon during power failure to limit water in sump. Didn't work exactly how I thought and I'm still getting more returned than what I wanted. I can see a larger sump here in a bit or drill my existing one to spill into an emergency reservoir or something.
Nice tank btw. My cycle is almost complete - ammonia hit .2 yesterday - didn't test today but hopefully tomorrow will be 0 so I can add some more and see if it is cleared in 24 hours. I really like your tank. Great job.
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Here is the swirls with clear tubes. Looks a lot better I think. I drilled some air gap holes just under the water line to prevent the tank from overflowing my sump. Also did some apex programing with my older apex. So you need to update the firmware to use fusion. So you d/l the installer. It need an operating system version newer than 10.6.4. So I d/l the installer on my new laptop. Oh guess what, you need a wired connection to your router. No ethernet port on new laptop. Had to use a mac mini I have for a music server. Jumping thru lots of hoops. Leg cramps. Firmware update successful. Next run on fusion. Ok something is a miss. Fusion sees everything but no settings control. Looking thru many threads. Hours later, no hair left, found answer. You need to also turn on fusion control. Perfect. Fusion makes it very easy to program all your stuff.
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Do you happen to take a picture of the drilled area? 1 or 2 holes and by any chance remember the drill bit size? I drilled mine also but doesn't seem to break the siphon completely. I'm a bit nervous because I don't have a lot of free room in my sump. I drilled one hole - thought it would be enough. I guess not.
Clear does look nice. I saved some of the rubble from the Pukani I had and was thinking about gluing some pieces to the elbows.
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I took a picture of the hole. It is a 1/4" hole in a 1-1/2" sea swirl. 2 things to watch out for. When you drill the hole make sure it is high enough so when you get drain back into the sump it does not overflow. The hole should be far enough under the water when your tank is running as not to suck air into the hole. That will cause bubbles and noise. I drilled mine about 1" below the running height of the the tank. When the tank drains down, the water level is about 1/4 inch below the edge of the overflow. When the tank is running I have 1/2 to 3/4 inch of water over the edge of the overflow. So thats how I get the 1 inch figure. I'm getting 15 gallons drain back into the sump when the pump is off plus what water is in the pipes. Also my pipe into the swirl is threaded so I can adjust the height. Right now it is screwed all the way in. I'm still playing with flow rate. Things may change a little.
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Thanks Lapin. That helps a lot. I may have drilled too low then although I am just at the top of the elbow but in the back. I believe it was a smaller hole than 1/4" though. I'll double check. Did you drill through the output plumbing of the Sea Swirl? In the picture it looks like you did. I avoided that - didn't think we are supposed two.
I really like them though, I must say. I'm probably going to have to design a different sump. This one just doesn't have the necessary reserve and I should have that just to be safe. The one requirement my better half said is no spilled water...
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Right now also trying to decide if I want to start a limited light run. The cycle has started but still not processing Nitrites to 0 yet so not sure if lighting is required. Ammonia is 0, Nitrite is 1+, and Nitrate is 20 - 50 range. The Nitrite number is what is throwing me off at the moment since I was expecting to fall next and it hasn't. I know I still have to see Nitrites process to 0 after the Ammonia so just wondering. Then starts the diatoms, then cyno probably once lighting is in effect. Then I can probably turn on skimmer and a more full lighting schedule. Btw - where did you find clear PVC? I'm using the black ones he shipped and considering adding some left over rubble to it.
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The tanks been running for a few weeks now. Nothing new with the build. Will post up a final picture when I get the sink back in to room. The build is over. Soon it will be time to do some decorating.
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This is an awesome build and going to be a great tank. Curious to follow your progress and see the end product. Good luck, fantastic start!
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Here are a few pictures. The froggy is about the size of a football
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Looks really good!
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The calcium reactor is up and stable. 1 bubble per second with a very fast drip. pH at 7.1 water output is 500 ppm. Tank pH is 8.1 and 450 ppm. hahahhahaha it looks like it is up on the wall... weird
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Watch the alk with the Calcium reactor, if you dont have any tank demand then your going to shoot your alk through the roof especially at that bubble rate. Check Alk daily to determine your demand and adjust accordingly.
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https://www.advancedaquarist.com/2016/9/aafeature Dana Riddle shows how inorganic carbon dioxide feeds corals carbon and organic carbon, like vodka, feeds bacteria.
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I have been battling cyano for a few weeks now. I dont like the look of red slime. The wife likes it. Love / hate. Next week I'm adding some macro algaes to the display. Since im not going to keep sticks I can have some without it starving. If this works I might have to come to your place and get some good stuff.
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my cyano
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Did Timfish help get your large tank moved? From what I read you don’t have rabbits or Tangs. In that event, I could help you with both utilitarian and decorative macro. It depends on your preferences. Let’s talk more about what you want your tank to be. I like a lagoon biotheme with mixed garden tank using macro. Most reef fish will forage and hunt in a thicket of macro. Nutritious biofilms cover macro surfaces feeding both pods and fish. I like Caulerpa Prolifera with a thin bladed emerald green color, it displays very well. Keep its holdfast in the substrate. It’s holdfast required me to treat rock with hydrogen peroxide.
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