rayn
Bluefin Believer
So I am at it again. This time a used 180 I picked up...tank, stand, canopy, sump, skimmer, pumps, UV, basically plug and play. However it needed a severe cleaning. I picked the R2R brains a bit and got it cleaned up fairly well. I was hoping for a plug and play as I have just finished setting my 120 in wall and spent all the money there, but I have a few issues I need to resolve before I consider this a fully running reef.
First, I am upgrading the skimmer. It came with a coralife skimmer, and while I inderstand there are mods that help it perform I have a warner marine K2 just sitting. I will use it instead.
Second, three of the four light ballasts on the 6-bulb Tek Light (there are two) aren't working. I think I had a total of three bulbs fire when I plugged them in. Deciding on whether to replace the ballasts or go led yet.
Third, return pumps are miss matched. One is a Rio 2100 and the other is a ????? I am not really sure where to go here, but if they work that will at least buy me some time to figure it out.
It has taken about a month or longer to get to this point, just added sand tonight and bought new plumbing for the drains and returns. Got them hooked up and wet tested the overflows, only one small leak in a bulkhead and that is fixed now.
I have ran a water line from my RO/DI and have started the long grueling process of filling without carrying buckets. By my calculations it should be full somewhere in the 70 hour period!
First, I am upgrading the skimmer. It came with a coralife skimmer, and while I inderstand there are mods that help it perform I have a warner marine K2 just sitting. I will use it instead.
Second, three of the four light ballasts on the 6-bulb Tek Light (there are two) aren't working. I think I had a total of three bulbs fire when I plugged them in. Deciding on whether to replace the ballasts or go led yet.
Third, return pumps are miss matched. One is a Rio 2100 and the other is a ????? I am not really sure where to go here, but if they work that will at least buy me some time to figure it out.
It has taken about a month or longer to get to this point, just added sand tonight and bought new plumbing for the drains and returns. Got them hooked up and wet tested the overflows, only one small leak in a bulkhead and that is fixed now.
I have ran a water line from my RO/DI and have started the long grueling process of filling without carrying buckets. By my calculations it should be full somewhere in the 70 hour period!
