Piper October 19, 2013 October 19, 2013 Getting a nice look to her now. Need to switch to LED's this winter and replace the cheapie powerheads. Should make it explode. Asking some of it for Christmas.
Piper October 19, 2013 Author October 19, 2013 Looks awesome man, is this another one at your place? Only have the one tank for now. Would like 3-4 more some day. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I317 using Tapatalk 2
Piper October 19, 2013 Author October 19, 2013 Funny, looking at it posted I notice stuff I wouldnt otherwise. Need to retape the background and secure the chiller powerhead. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I317 using Tapatalk 2
londonloco October 19, 2013 October 19, 2013 WOW, I can only dream my tank will look like that someday.....
Piper October 19, 2013 Author October 19, 2013 (edited) If I can do it, you can too. Good equipment gets expert results even for amateurs like me. My Achilles heel is testing. I keep letting my pH get out of shape. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I317 using Tapatalk 2 Edited October 19, 2013 by Piper
BowieReefer84 October 19, 2013 October 19, 2013 If I can do it, you can too. Good equipment gets expert results even for amateurs like me. My Achilles heel is testing. I keep letting my pH get out of shape. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I317 using Tapatalk 2 Tank looks great to me. Nice full colonies. What do you mean by saying "letting my pH get out of shape?" Too high or too low? Are you running two part or calc reactor?
Piper October 19, 2013 Author October 19, 2013 How big your tank bro? 220 with a 60 gal sump that I keep pretty well topped off. Pic attached. Messy, but that's the sump. Tank looks great to me. Nice full colonies. What do you mean by saying "letting my pH get out of shape?" Too high or too low? Are you running two part or calc reactor? More specifically I tend to let my alk get too depleted before doing anything about it. Moved from a reactor to two part recently, and that's actually helping, but mostly because the process is more interactive. I tried a doser but the lines got clogged and I found that situation more dangerous than leaving a reactor to run and not checking alk all that regularly. Finally accepting that I can't really automate that, and as a result, things are getting better. I'm more involved now rather than forgetting about it and letting my corals tell me when things are awry.
BowieReefer84 October 19, 2013 October 19, 2013 Interesting about clogged lines. I never have experienced that. Did you have the two part dripping underwater out of the tubes? I keep them well above the waterline out of the way. I am a big fan of the b-ionic. Either way, the tank looks good so I wouldn't be too upset.
Piper October 19, 2013 Author October 19, 2013 Interesting about clogged lines. I never have experienced that. Did you have the two part dripping underwater out of the tubes? I keep them well above the waterline out of the way. I am a big fan of the b-ionic. Either way, the tank looks good so I wouldn't be too upset. Got clogged way up at the pump. Up on the shelf, I didn't notice for a while and like I said don't test religiously so by the time I discovered it, I was on the verge of disaster. Lost a couple of corals and several haven't fully recovered. But we're on the right track now, calc at 450 and alk steady.
lnevo October 19, 2013 October 19, 2013 You dont have to test so often if you just look at the 2 part bottles occasionally and see that they are at the same level. Just another way to monitor when doing two part. I added graduated markings and check every few days to make sure they are in sync.
Piper October 19, 2013 Author October 19, 2013 You dont have to test so often if you just look at the 2 part bottles occasionally and see that they are at the same level. Just another way to monitor when doing two part. I added graduated markings and check every few days to make sure they are in sync. Good idea. Might try that. Clear bottles :-) Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I317 using Tapatalk 2
kjamaya October 20, 2013 October 20, 2013 Can you explain to me how your two part system works? How does it go from bottle to tank? You dont have to test so often if you just look at the 2 part bottles occasionally and see that they are at the same level. Just another way to monitor when doing two part. I added graduated markings and check every few days to make sure they are in sync.
lnevo October 20, 2013 October 20, 2013 (edited) With a peristaltic pump. I got the BRS 1.1ml/minute ones from BRS The bottles are SmartWater bottles with 2 holes drilled in the caps. One hole gets a rigid tube that is hot glued in. I then attach the flexible tubing from the pump to the end of the rigid tube. The output from the pump drips into my return chamber. The pumps are controlled by my ReefAngel which is programmed to dose by volume based on the calibrated rate of pump Edited October 20, 2013 by lnevo
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