More room in the external box, uses bulkheads which are easy to source and replace if one were to go bad, and no box inside the tank itself. One thing I’m hearing is the water level will drain to the bottom lip of the internal box, not the bottom of the teeth. Because the piece that the teeth is cut into is removable to access to the box. So it’s crucial that there’s enough water room in the sump for the water to drain out of the display when the pump is stopped. Right now I’m a little nervous. Trying to do everything I can at the moment to keep the sump as low as possible in water height to account for that much water to leave the display. I should know in a few days how that’s going to go. I did not plumb any check valves into my drains but I do have them if I need them. I just dont want the maintenance headache associated with them.
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Ack. Not fun.Got a little side tracked tonight and finally got the quick connects from Jeff over at Lifereef to place a DIY CO2 scrubber on my skimmer to see if it makes any difference with my PH levels. Been running around 7.68 to 7.9 daily. Interested to see if this works and how long the media lasts. Not a fan of ever changing media and I don’t like to chase numbers but the curiosity is killing me to know if it’ll make a difference.
On another note, I need to procure flatworm exit tomorrow. Apparently they hitch hiked in on a snail purchase. From here on out, all fish, inverts, and coral will be spending time in QT. Inverts and coral will find my old biocube 32 home for a few weeks for observation and pest control.
I’ll likely just place in QT and observe and only treat if necessary.
I really don’t know yet. I have two clowns going in a basket in the frag tank with several bubble tips. I’d like to offload all but one of those bubble tips at some point. I have a yellow that will be holding up in my refugium for a little until I have all my tangs that I want available to put in the tank all at the same time. Right now I’m leaning towards a powder blue and Achilles along with the yellow and a white tail kole. I will also be adding two yellow triangle butterflies. At least two different species of Anthias in groups of three but not sure which species yet, and a green chromis that I already have. I’m looking at a black cap basselet and a flame hawk. Wrasse are pretty much out of the question for me except a cleaner because I am going bare bottom. It’s a work in progress. All I know is I am starting demo on my kitchen remodel next week and my biocube32 is in my kitchen right now so I have to break that down this weekend and move everything over to the new system. The frag tank is also going to house the sailfin I have in QT right now. Thinking of picking up a melanarius wrasse for the frag tank and putting a container of sand there for it to use. Will see if I can find one tonight at my LfS while I’m picking up flatworm exit.I'll fire the question now back to youWhat are you doing for fish ?
Interesting. So u r running a UPS to bridge the gap to when the generator kicks in. So what do you have on the UPS? Just the lights ? Or do you have a UPS on each generator powered circuit?had to order a single apex dimming module for the 3rd Reefbrite XHO blue bar and it finally arrived yesterday. Wired it all up and managed to get it all programmed for now until I can find some time to do some PAR testing and adjust the intensity of the lights. Right now the lights are sitting around 10” off the surface of the water. I still have to mount the Ecotech MP60s… just have a single one running at 80% to give water movement in the tank for now.
Using the left side of the stand to house power supplies and all my apex gear. I added a 1000w UPS to handle any power blips until the whole home generator can kick in so the electronics dont get that jolt. It’s still a work in progress until I get a PM1 module I’m waiting on yet and getting the MP60s hooked up.
Thank you for following the build and positive feedback! This is years of research and I’ve enjoyed looking through everyone else’s build threads and learning through everyone here.
