Waterbox frag 175 build thread

[quickreefer]

I have 13 bags of this to do this weekend....

I’m sure if I just sat out there and constantly moved the hose it would have been a lot faster

 

[quickreefer]

The magnets on the wave maker is not strong enough to hold it on the tank

 

[quickreefer]

Welp made my first mistake like a dummy… The brute trash cans I have the water in I have two of them filled they are around 42 gallo so I went to put salt in one of them this morning 1/2 cup per gallon and I have a 2 cup measuring cup and I put 21 scoops at 2 cups…

 

[quickreefer]

Should I run the tank with the filter socks for cycling instead of the filter rollers ?

 

[quickreefer]

Welp with the sand all rinsed I decided tonight would be the night I got it in the tank and set up for final rock work.. welp that’s where the night ended got the rock out and sand In rock back in the tank changed it a little moved everything in the basement close to the entry to start pumping water up to the tank and my old pump only made it like 5 feet off to the fish store in the am to get a pump … i am not and I repeat not lugging buckets that many times up stairs and then lifting over the tank and slowely trickeling it into the tank… not happening

 

[quickreefer]

Should I run the tank with the filter socks for cycling instead of the filter rollers ?

Good idea? Or doesn’t matter ?

 

[quickreefer]

Tank being filled as we speak so excited !!!

 

[JonoH]

Good idea? Or doesn’t matter ?

Dont think it really matters to be honest - leave the socks in as it will catch any rubbish free floating.

 

[Janci]

Good idea? Or doesn’t matter ?

Good idea I think, it will save a little on fleece roll.

 

[quickreefer]

Any water box people can you tell me how high the water will go in the display it looks super low I know it needs more water but I only have room for 120 gallons to be made

 

[quickreefer]

So I got everything going and the drain is extremely extremely loud how do I fix it ? Turn the pump up down ?

 

[JonoH]

So I got everything going and the drain is extremely extremely loud how do I fix it ? Turn the pump up down ?

You might need to dial back the gate valve on the overflow to find the sweet spot - check out this post for some good info.

need advice on dialing in the overflow

I have an internal overflow box with 1 1/2"drains and a 1000gph sicce return pump in the sump. My problem is finding that sweet spot where the drain or the pump isn't sucking air. The pump is a little small for a 130gl tank, would stepping up to a 1500gph pump make finding the sweet spot easier?

www.reef2reef.com

 

[quickreefer]

That helped and the video Waterbox posted about the issue it’s a lot quieter not perfect but

 

[Janci]

it takes a while to finetune the flow in/out of the tank.
It is good to play with different pump settings, if you can do that.

 

[quickreefer]

Added the fritz turbo 900 last night and some ammonia source from algae barn

 

[quickreefer]

Did some testing just to see where we are using api and I know they are not for accuracy just to see the presence of such but

 

[Janci]

Did some testing just to see where we are using api and I know they are not for accuracy just to see the presence of such but

Ammonia is through the roof.
Bacteria will be having a feast!

 

[quickreefer]

Still have ammonia present

 

[Janci]

Still have ammonia present

But it looks like the green color is getting lighter.

 

[quickreefer]

Seems like ammonia coming down ?