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Hello All!
This is going to be a catchup thread in the beginning. I've been in this hobby a long time and I've lost a few SPS tanks. Every time I've had a failure it seems to relate to one of the following:
Alk stability issues (including dosing issues)
Power Issues
Maintenance Lapses that cause parameters to drift and go unnoticed.
Minor failure that goes unnoticed, or parts are not available.
Topoff Failure
This time I want to do things different, my goal is to address common issues by incorporating the following into my design:
Generator
Trident testing - This will alert me early of dosing problems.
DOS with Triton - this is most likely to fail off (not overdose), and will alert me when solutions are low.
Dedicated sump room, with sump in open air - This is to easily see and maintain everything and know more easily if something is wrong.
Topoff redundancy - Pump that barely keeps up (incase stuck on), Air Pressure Sensor for normal level, Optical for over/underfull, and backup float.
Multiple of EVERYTHING possible - Two Flow pumps, Two return pumps, 4 Hydra 32's and 4 T5's (instead of just 4 52's), backup of critical things (even if they are old crummy ones like an old skimmer)
Apex for monitoring and alerting, including things like flow sensors and water spill alerting.
Here's where I started. I got this 135G for a very good deal. It was a softie tank, and I got some great equipment with it:
Moving Day by Wiskey2727, on Flickr
This was a little while later after it cleared up a bit and I put a couple SPS in:
IMG_2066 by Wiskey2727, on Flickr
This is a fairly recent picture:
IMG_3996 by Wiskey2727, on Flickr
And just for fun, this is the pad I poured for my generator. The house is wired for it, and the generator runs on natural gas.
Concrete Pad by Wiskey2727, on Flickr
This is the water change station in my Fish Room. Everything in the fish room will be fairly industrial. I'm not going for a look in there, just function:
IMG_4689 by Wiskey2727, on Flickr
More to come, right now I'm building a custom canopy to match my kitchen. I want this tank to look like a cohesive part of the home.
Whiskey
This is going to be a catchup thread in the beginning. I've been in this hobby a long time and I've lost a few SPS tanks. Every time I've had a failure it seems to relate to one of the following:
Alk stability issues (including dosing issues)
Power Issues
Maintenance Lapses that cause parameters to drift and go unnoticed.
Minor failure that goes unnoticed, or parts are not available.
Topoff Failure
This time I want to do things different, my goal is to address common issues by incorporating the following into my design:
Generator
Trident testing - This will alert me early of dosing problems.
DOS with Triton - this is most likely to fail off (not overdose), and will alert me when solutions are low.
Dedicated sump room, with sump in open air - This is to easily see and maintain everything and know more easily if something is wrong.
Topoff redundancy - Pump that barely keeps up (incase stuck on), Air Pressure Sensor for normal level, Optical for over/underfull, and backup float.
Multiple of EVERYTHING possible - Two Flow pumps, Two return pumps, 4 Hydra 32's and 4 T5's (instead of just 4 52's), backup of critical things (even if they are old crummy ones like an old skimmer)
Apex for monitoring and alerting, including things like flow sensors and water spill alerting.
Here's where I started. I got this 135G for a very good deal. It was a softie tank, and I got some great equipment with it:
Moving Day by Wiskey2727, on Flickr
This was a little while later after it cleared up a bit and I put a couple SPS in:
IMG_2066 by Wiskey2727, on Flickr
This is a fairly recent picture:
IMG_3996 by Wiskey2727, on Flickr
And just for fun, this is the pad I poured for my generator. The house is wired for it, and the generator runs on natural gas.
Concrete Pad by Wiskey2727, on Flickr
This is the water change station in my Fish Room. Everything in the fish room will be fairly industrial. I'm not going for a look in there, just function:
IMG_4689 by Wiskey2727, on Flickr
More to come, right now I'm building a custom canopy to match my kitchen. I want this tank to look like a cohesive part of the home.
Whiskey