I forgot about posting a new bioluminescent video. This is all activity in my refugium tank on the video. I have been able to seen similar activity spreading into the other tanks in the system which is great to see.
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I did loose a little weight. It has yet to be seen if I can keep it off long term.I do have a question Alex, have you lost weight or just buying bigger t shirts and moving the camera back?
A little more progress every week is all I need. I think the stand and the tank bottom will be the hardest part.That is certainly a huge tank on the way! Going to very cool to see it (hopefully a bit here and there along the way!) when completed.
Thanks @SltloserHey Alex, the new update us awesome! I've been following along intently as you move through this build.
I noticed in the video you were having issues with pH. Have you thought about adding plants to the sump/fuge/display tanks room? I think 6-8 fast growing plants could help to change the ratio of C02:02 quite a bit and help increase your pH.
I totally get that, until you have that dialed in it can be hard to know if it's just C02 levels or not. A monitor for that would be awesome, I would definitely be interested in what readings looked like before/after plants. To be honest I'm not sure how well bamboo would work, I would assume you would want something that has abundant or large leaves for gas exchange?Thanks @Sltloser
I considered adding some plants a few months ago but I got caught up in kalk dosing. I might need to revisit plants idea once again. I was considering a species of fast growing bamboo at one time to see if that would help increase the pH. I do need to get a CO2 monitor though so I can take some measurements as I am flying blind at this point to understand the difference between CO2 levels outside vs inside vs fishroom vs other rooms in the house.
I also picked up some snake plants to keep in the fish room to do some natural air filtering.
What corner has the leak? Top, Bottom? Do you have any pictures of how it looks before and after silicone?Alex I have a small gap at a corner in my plywood/pond armor build. I had 3 coats of pond armor and some fiberglass applied at the time I noticed the gap. The gap is maybe toothpick wide, or close enough. I liberally injected some 100% silicone into the gap, it feels solid to the touch and looks good. Was going to do two more coats of pond armor and then a long leak test. Do you think this is an appropriate fix? If not I can dig the silicone out. Any suggestions?
Top, so minimal water pressure but would not want splashes to come in contact with wood and then -> disaster down the line. It is at the angled portion, of courseWhat corner has the leak? Top, Bottom? Do you have any pictures of how it looks before and after silicone?
Sorry for the late reply. Yes if that is at the top of the tank you should be fine. On my plywood tanks for my last build when I added the top frame I used RTV on the entire top join as both pieces were coated in pond armor I used screws and RTV to hold the top frame in place.Top, so minimal water pressure but would not want splashes to come in contact with wood and then -> disaster down the line. It is at the angled portion, of course
Nice I saw your pics and wondered about that. I think this weekend I’m getting the last coats on. And following your lead to order from glass cages. I sourced a number of quotes and they were both the cheapest and fastest to reply.Sorry for the late reply. Yes if that is at the top of the tank you should be fine. On my plywood tanks for my last build when I added the top frame I used RTV on the entire top join as both pieces were coated in pond armor I used screws and RTV to hold the top frame in place.
Is this acrylic or glassSmall update today. I made some DIY frag racks this morning because I had a bunch of corals arrive from the livesale Cherry Corals had last weekend. @CherryCorals @Acro76 . I already filled the racks I made up.
Acrylic bent with a heat gun.Is this acrylic or glass