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[palvyre]

Maybe. Once it's established I can always open the valve more :)

 

[palvyre]

Aquarium full and cycling. Ammonia detectable somewhere between .25 and .50 ppm. Moving the cabinet inside tomorrow and plumbing in the skimmer and UV.

 

[Dowtish]

Mike's nasty old rock gave you instant ammonia! hahahaha

 

[gmoney243]

Just wait till he finds the copper also!! :cool:

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[palvyre]

Better not, I know where you live :p

 

[mrcoffee]

What is your CBB eating other than aptasia? I love those fish and will have one I have read about the black worm feeders that are essentially a small piece of PVC with a hole cut into it and a screw off top. you put the food in and then only the CBB can get to it to feed. What do you feed yours?

 

[palvyre]

Frozen little neck clams from Publix. I buy them live and then freeze them. I feed them on the half shell.

 

[palvyre]

Skimmer cabinet in and drain plumbed.

 

[Dowtish]

you might want to put a union on the skimmer plumbing...in case you didnt. For easy removal for cleaning, and if you want to move the cabinet to get to the side of tank etc.

 

[palvyre]

Since its the drain I didn't cement the connection coming out of the skimmer, so I can just pull it out.

 

[bknapp]

Thats a good lookin "skimmer stand" this is going to be a real nice setup once finished, hope that helped keep the wife happy!

 

[palvyre]

We bought the supplies to build another cabinet just like it for the other side for storage. Will probably finish it up in the fall.

 

[palvyre]

Sigh, I bought the RLSS 8-E skimmer and I don't know if someone had opened it before or something but the instruction manual and the o-rings that go with the waveline pump were missing. It leaked horribly, now I need go to Lowes tomorrow and buy a pair of 1 1/2 o-rings to fix the issue.

 

[bknapp]

Sigh, I bought the RLSS 8-E skimmer and I don't know if someone had opened it before or something but the instruction manual and the o-rings that go with the waveline pump were missing. It leaked horribly, now I need go to Lowes tomorrow and buy a pair of 1 1/2 o-rings to fix the issue.

That. Sucks.

 

[palvyre]

Tried all kinds of rings and washers with no luck. Finally went to a family owned hardware store on Smyrna and bought a DIY kit for rubber washers. Made my own washers and it's all together and running with no leaks. Woot.

 

[palvyre]

On a side note my ammonia test must be too old, not giving accurate results. Think it's several years old, got it from the guy I bought the 92 from.

 

[palvyre]

Skimmer running. The controls on this thing are pretty cool.

 

[palvyre]

Atomic Reef reactor also running.

 

[palvyre]

Put the live sand in the refuge.

 

[palvyre]

Learned three lessons this evening.

1. The slider on the front of my Compact Eheim 1000 pump does indeed control flow.
2. GFO won't stay in the reactor at 265 gph.
3. The small gravel vac I use on my 10 gallon works just fine on my sump.

Sigh.