Avast Power Buy

[DCReefer1964]

Does anyone else think that it is time for

Avast Power Buy #2 ? vote

 

[Rosco's Reefs]

+1

[TheyCallMeMr.703]

GroupBuy kinda'? Explain please, I believe I may have missed the first one...

[monkiboy]

GroupBuy kinda'? Explain please, I believe I may have missed the first one...

http://wamas.org/forums/topic/52972-avast-power-buy-1/

[ctenophore]

Ok, we will do something very soon.  Dan and I were actually just talking about it.

[smallreef]

Yippeeeee!

[Rosco's Reefs]

run the skimmers.  I need one

[Origami]

Hey, what do you ask think about doing another Build Party like this one?

 

http://www.wamas.org/forums/index.php?/topic/43202-AVAST-"You-Built"-Party-and-GB,-20%-off!---Open-'til-20-May

 

 

 

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[holedup82]

Hey, what do you ask think about doing another Build Party like this one?

 

http://www.wamas.org/forums/index.php?/topic/43202-AVAST-"You-Built"-Party-and-GB,-20%-off!---Open-'til-20-May

 

 

 

Sent from my phone

+1 I love this idea sad I missed the first one!

But in for whatever the guys at avast decide!!

[rtsusc83]

+1.  I can always use help in building whatever I buy!

[Mattiejay6]

Love both! I'm in mid build and can use some stuff ;-)

[sachabballi reef]

I vote for the deluxe ATO....

[zygote2k]

Hey, what do you ask think about doing another Build Party like this one?

 

http://www.wamas.org/forums/index.php?/topic/43202-AVAST-"You-Built"-Party-and-GB,-20%-off!---Open-'til-20-May

 

 

 

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How about a fastest skimmer build contest?

[Origami]

How about a fastest skimmer build contest?

Ha. I know somebody who's built a lot of their skimmers... and even modified a few.

[dandy7200]

I think Rob has put together more Cs1's than me at this point!

[AlanM]

Hardest part for me was getting the cone sealed up, but it got easier the more weldon I used. 8). I did do the slight mod on the effluent pipe bottom piece that Rob showed me to get it to sit closer in to the skimmer along the Sicce pump.

 

Oh, the other hard part was accidentally using the bubble chamber pvc in the collection cup. They are the same diameter, but one is longer. Doh!

 

Mine is now pulling out goop officially.

[Origami]

Here ya go. <<Details on the Power Buy / Build Party in conjunction with a Social at Quantum Reefs.

[YHSublime]

Mine is now pulling out goop officially.

 

Welcome aboard!

[AlanM]

What else should I buy from Avast?  I want to get in on this, but I already almost have a sump full of equipment with Avast stickers:

 

2 MR5

1 CS1 Skimmer

1 Swabbie

1 Skimmate locker

1 Deluxe ATO

 

I'd basically decided to do 2 part dosing for the LPS I have planned rather than a calcium reactor, so the seabones thing is kind of out.  The kalk stirrer looks nice, but also redundant if I'm doing 2 part.

[Origami]

Let's see... biopellet reactor and biopellets, dosing barrels for your two-part, dosing tube holder for those two-part tubes,  top-down porthole for all of those pictures that you're going to be taking, or maybe a probe holder for your pH and other probes.

 

Here's their product list on one page.

[sachabballi reef]

Let's see... biopellet reactor and biopellets, dosing barrels for your two-part, dosing tube holder for those two-part tubes,  top-down porthole for all of those pictures that you're going to be taking, or maybe a probe holder for your pH and other probes.

 

Here's their product list on one page.

 

Let's see... biopellet reactor and biopellets, dosing barrels for your two-part, dosing tube holder for those two-part tubes,  top-down porthole for all of those pictures that you're going to be taking, or maybe a probe holder for your pH and other probes.

 

Here's their product list on one page.

 

think those magnetic tube holders and dosing holders will hold on a 100 G rubbermaid?

Edited September 16, 2013 by sachabballi reef

[Origami]

think those magnetic tube holders and dosing holders will hold on a 100 G rubbermaid?

Yes, they do. I use them on mine.

[sachabballi reef]

Yes, they do. I use them on mine.

sweet...adding them both to my list

[AlanM]

Let's see... biopellet reactor and biopellets, dosing barrels for your two-part, dosing tube holder for those two-part tubes,  top-down porthole for all of those pictures that you're going to be taking, or maybe a probe holder for your pH and other probes.

 

Here's their product list on one page.

 

 

Nice.  Dosing barrels look nice for sure.  Those are a good possibility.  I have a tube holder from them for my apex probes and DI water, but it would be nice for dosing tubes once I start dosing. 

 

I already have the nozzle for the new, taller MR5 to turn it into a biopellet reactor and am using their ATB biopellets in it.  Strangely, they were real sticky and just rose in a big lump until I tilted the reactor to the side.  Now they tumble nicely.  The biopellets feed into the skimmer which drains into the locker. 

 

The smaller, older MR5 I have with some aluminum oxide phosphate beads in it that I had laying around, phosguard or something like that.  I'll put GFO and carbon in it eventually or maybe fill it with filter floss and carbon and drip teensy drops of LaCl3 into it.

[Origami]

I think that some people soak their biopellets for a day or two before putting them in the reactor. I did like you did, though, just turned the reactor up on it's side and gave it a few taps to get the beads separated.