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OK... shewww... I am tired. Yesterday replaced the 40g breeder with a 75g. Had to move the skimmer and raise it some. A LOT of wiring needs to be fixed. We installed a manifold, two new DC-12000 pumps (feeding the manifold). I will take some pictures tonight but, here are some updates from yesterday:

That is actually the web page version. That is what I see from my computer at home.

Thanks x3 ! LOL

OK... You are right... Take a look at these pictures then. Is that better??

So today I worked on a few things in the fish room. Silicone outside of overflow on 120 addition. Took pictures of new items. Plumbed in 120 feed system. Hooked up new EB8 and associated it to the 55g QT tank. Moved second temp probe to QT tank, instead of sump. Hooked up MP40 for QT, wanted to test it out a bit. It is only running at 50%.

I have seen people make fridges and put dosing pumps. Your feeding seems so much better than theirs. I would be willing to preorder and test it out too. I have an Apex and have plugs free.

Here is a video of the items I got on Sunday:

Yes I am going to have a float in the SW and one in the RODI That way I can tell on both. While the RODI will have a float switch to auto top it off, too, just in case. I would really like to find a good one that has a long cable and that I could put in the bottom of a 200 gallon container. This is exactly what I am going to do:

I am going to do about 10% a week. Most likely I am going to do 6 times a day about every 4 hours. Only for a bit of time will get me my ~5 gallons a day. So basically ~1.25g each cycle.

I ended up ordering the Stenner 170DM5 double head Specs: Adjustable Output (GPD): 8.5 - 170.0 RPM: 44 Motor HP: 1/30 6' power cord attached Shipping Weight is 9 pounds Dimensions are 12.7" x 6" x 5.3" Same stats as the 100 but higher GPD. I will have 350 gal roughly combined in one water system, not separate. At 10% a week that puts it at 35 a week or about 5 a day. Very easy to do with that pump. I could set the ratio up if i wanted to do a larger water change over an extended time frame instead of doing it manually too.

I did. It was good reading. Almost the same one in RC, just different wording in a few spots. I am leaning toward the Stenner. I was looking at the 5-100 gpd instead of the 3.5-65gpd one.

It is funny.... if you watch that video closely you can see the hermits get tossed off.

Some thoughts and copy from another poster. I am thinking about setting this up to do water change daily or even 4 times a day maybe... What do you think?? I am putting this here as a note to my self and to illicit other opinions and ideas. Here are some pics This is the double head Stenner pump.. (100dm4) Top head is freshwater from barrel to the top of the canopy bottom head is old water pulled from tank and then sent to a drain pipe in my attic If I set this up I can do a little water change each day and not have to worry about a weekly change and chemical changes associated with a sudden influx of NSW.

I figured I would start to make sure I put more updatres in here too, instead of just RC. SO I worked on my sump today: Water flow is left to right.... I am missing one piece of glass above the third baffle. It will be on tomorrow. If you follow the water it goes under, over, through (hard to explain) then into the large refugium section, then over and finally under to the pump(s). The second to the last baffle controls the height for the refugium section. the last baffle is only in the event that the pump is off I do not want anything floating over the baffles and into the pump area directly. The gap between each baffle is roughly 2 inches. This is the same setup I had my previous sump. It also included a cutout (third baffle) to allow the water to enter the refugium UNDER the water level. Baffle # 1 2 and 5 are 15.5 tall # 3 is 10.5 and 4.5 (4.5 is not on yet.) #4 is 13.5 #1 is 2 inches off the bottom #5 is 1.5 off the bottom This is the first three baffles, last glass marked but not in when pictures was taken) Last two baffles, the pumps will set to the right.

Welcome... the people here are nice, friendly, a bit salty, and smell like fish.... Hope you can make some of the meetings too.

Hey... leave my relatives alone!!

OK so are we going to auction this off??

Sorry to hear that. I look forward to seeing the forward progress.

Nice... would love to get a video of it to show others.

Why type is he?

Ohhhhh YES I do keep my RC thread up to date with lots of video's and pictures. I get prob 10+ private messages a week asking all sorts of questions or people wanting to see something form a certain angle. That is why they are strange sometimes. I keep trying to update my stuff in here but I forget sometimes.

I got the L4 from him. That is the largest. The new versions have all the bells and whistles that I had to pay for. If you want or need some help or ideas on getting it 'primed' shoot me a message and I will help you out.

Ohhh... I get it... I tried cheato, with good light and everything. The cheato was being out competed by the GHA. The GHA started to migrate and cover EVERYTHING. I decided to get an ATS and it was delivered in May '13 I put it to service not long after getting it. I scrubbed and scrubbed huge sections. This increased the overall water column particles. The growth increased in the ATS and the growth decreased in the tank. SO... I got a sea hare to help with the cleaning. This saved my arms and tank from me being in the tank or moving rock around. The growth kept on in the ATS and I had to start to prune and harvest out of the scrubber. I think I have a video or maybe pictures from my first cleaning some where. Maybe on my youtube channel. A properly tuned tank and fuge can be self sufficient once levels are correct and leaching or over feeding is in control. I am heavy handed when feeding sometimes, so the ATS picks up a lot of the excess too. I would recommend someone to get an ATS to help get things manageable, then keep it on the side (not absorbing as much but still wet and active) and able to be increased/turned up. What I mean by this is, instead of 8-12+ hours of light maybe bring it down to 6. This will still grow some, that will need cleaning, but more importantly leave an active growth potential media on standby.

How about Anemone and their guests. Substrate and the life within.

The ATS is very effective. You would not believe what comes off in a short time. It is growing, so I know it is pulling out of the tank. It is not a set and forget item. It has to be harvested. With one it starts out slow. Once it starts to get a good layer you really need to scrub/clean the tank, not 100%. Just enough to migrate what is being absorbed from the rock/wall to the ATS. You will then see a bloom in growth. With there being less in the water column the scrubbed/cleaned algae area will not grow back. Basically you are re-directing where it is going to grow somewhere else in a controlled condition.