Reefoholic
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I got a used Vortech MP10 Quiet Drive from eBay and I am so so happy with it! Now there are two MP10's in the tank, there is enough water circulation to move an ocean around
PS: The new quiet drive is amazingly QUIET! I am considering getting just the drive for the old one now.
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ITS ALIVE! I think there is some corraline algae
the red spot in the rock. There seems to be a green spot coming up as well. I might introduce some phosphate absorbent media in the tank today. 
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Water values today:
PH 8.2
Ammonia 1.2
Nitrite 0.5
Nitrate 2
There is nothing in the tank but the rocks curing at the moment. The skimmer is going full force making good skim.
Should I use any additives to start/fuel the cycle? Any ideas?
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yeah, I turned it on again and no drips what so ever. The ceiling is bone dry with the RODI running. I guess we will find out Monday what the real cause is.
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the plumber came and cannot find the source of the leak. they will need to open up the ceiling and that's happening this monday. we are going to monitor it for now.
would RODI create back pressure on the pipes?
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Good luck! I hope that it's an "easy" fix.
Thanks Tom! I hope so too!
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no rain, I live in DC. someone will come over to look at it this afternoon, we will know more then. I will share with you guys with pics.
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Correct! The water drained and did not come back; that is the mysterious part about it. Having said that, I did not try running water in the bathroom just not to make things worse. I would rather the plumber find that out.
It must have been pooling somewhere and the plaster finally gave in last night. I am not sure what triggered it since no one uses the guest bathroom unless we have people staying with us - we had friends stay over about a month ago.
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What was the source of the water? Ceiling leaks can be a real pain. After repairing the drywall, there's all that painting. It can go from room to room sometimes if the ceiling flows from room to room and the match isn't just right. Hope this goes quick and easy for you.
No idea what the source is. We haven't opened up the ceiling yet. However, the bathroom upstairs is bone dry so I am guessing a pipe is leaking in the ceiling?
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Never a dull moment. Last night we came home to find a leak in the ceiling coming from the second bathroom upstairs. What a joy!
I immediately put a bucket down and drained it. There was maybe 2.5gal of yellow/brown water. Below picture is towards to the tail end of it.
This morning there is a huge stain spot to the left of it and the plaster is coming off from where the leak was and it is much bigger. Not really looking forward to the dust and construction that's coming our way this weekend
Ugh!
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No. That's not necessary. It just seemed like the tube was under a lot of water before it triggered the ATO to stop. Is that typical of your Avast ATO? I don't think that mine (also an Avast ATO) has to get that deep before it triggers the ATO pump to stop.
Oh gotcha! I have not adjusted my ATO sensor yet since my old Tom's pump died on me and I am waiting on a replacement diaphragm pack, which should arrive today.
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I used to evaporate about a gallon a day from my old 90 gallon tank. That's 231 cubic inches of water per day. I'm just guessing at dimensions, but it looks like you may have dropped about an inch in a compartment that's about 5 inches by, what?, 15 inches? If that's the case, then that's 75 cubic inches or about 1/3 of a gallon. So your evaporation out of your 29 gallon tank is on par with what I used to get out of my old 90.
Is that where you always run your ATO water level sensor? It seems low.
As for the silicone hot pads, I've also successfully repurposed old neoprene mouse pads to provide isolation to reduce pump noise. They work great.
That's good to know, thanks Tom!
Should I go up more for the ATO water? My current level is about 5' below the acrylic chamber divide. Maybe I could bring it up to much closer?
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Some modifications and the skimmer now only has a hum
I bought some hot pads from Amazon and made a bottom shelf from Egg Crate and some old tubing. I layered the silicone hot pads on top of that (covering the sides too as much as I can) then put another egg crate square on top of that. Skimmer goes on top of all those. And BAMM! POW! Near silent skimmer.
One thing I realized is that my water evaporates so quickly. It was filled to the line in the pic last last and this morning see where the water line is.
Is this much evaporation EXPECTED??? What are your experiences? There seems to be no leaks anywhere.
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very handsome! great job!
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This is my current setup for reference. I'm light on corals but that'll change.
Next challenge is mixing up 65g of water 5g at a time
i hear you bro; i had to make around 40 gal in 5 gal increments and that kicked my a$$
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or your there are apps in the App Store if you have an iPhone. You can add those filters later on too.
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I am loving my AI Prime and AI Prime HD. I also have a 29 gal. Check out my topic here.
No fishes or Coral in the tank yet (cycling/curing rock), but I like the colors a lot. Also, the controls give you an insane amount of flexibility.
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Looks awesome! I would also have a lid on the overflow. it makes such a big difference when it comes to noise and keeps all the splash in.
Tagging along.
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Great purples, greens and yellows! A feast for the eyes.
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Really like the reclaimed wood look of the stand and the rockwork looks great. Excited to see how this comes along.
Re: cycling, I've always kept the lights on their normal schedule for my nanos but that's just anecdotal.
Thanks jwalsh! I think the stand turned out great, to my surprise too. I like the wood stain I chose, also who knew burlap could be so useful???
I am planning on replicating the Great Barrier reef Sunrise-Sunset schedule in December Dec 25, to be exact, one of my fav days) for my AI lights. It seems like a lot of tweaking, but I think in the end, it will be worth it.
Here is a quick look at what I am trying to do:
Rise: 5:42am Meridian: 12:17pm Set: 6:51pm
This will give me a total of around 13 hrs of light. I will also factor in the ramp up and ramp down times (twilight zones), I am replicating the civil twilight times; please see below.
Twilight - 5:18am / 7:15pm During this period, I will use more blues, reds and UV then white.
Comments are appreciated and encouraged.
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Just a quick update, the skimmer seems to have calmed down a lot. I am remembering slowly that it usually takes time for the skimmer to break in and find it mojo.
Any experience with the AI Prime schedule setup? I don't want to fry my corals, fish, etc. once they are in the tank.
Cheers!
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Setup the skimmer with a longer pvc. Muffled the sound pretty well. I also put the skimmer return in a filter sock. That seemed to have taken care of the bubbles. However the skimmer now is going a little bit crazy. Maybe it will die off??? Only time will tell. https://vimeo.com/179828417
Any suggestions?
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I shall be ready for some of the SPS frags that you would like to throw my way when my tank is ready in about couple of months
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Tom,
This is a lot to go through; when it rains it pours... Great crisis management! I hope things will get better soon. Also, I hope the tree makes it too. It is a big pain in the butt to "replace" a tree.
I don't have any extra equipment but let me know if I can help in any way.
Finished my stand for my 120 48x24
in Do It Yourself
ditto! I thought my build was going to cost around $50 and all of a sudden it cost me over $200. It was fun to build it...