Ken's 215G Build

JGT · Jun 28, 2023

kenchilada said:
If you like how it acts on your scrap tests. I'm pretty sure for this I didn't use a sealer, and I think it was because the shaped trim acted differently with it and everything matched better without.

Yeah sometimes you gotta go with the best color blend. Plus poplar doesn't seem that soft and has a fairly tight grain. Pine for sure.

kenchilada · Jun 28, 2023

https://www.instagram.com/reel/CuDXzslIzPC/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

Achilles video

kenchilada · Jun 29, 2023

kenchilada · Jul 2, 2023

I mutilated my pretty sump today. Trying to install a Clarisea SK5000, which really does not fit. But I will make it fit. I also had to cut the acrylic on the Clarisea.

Now the problem I ran into is the thing only comes with an elbow to connect to your drain line. I don’t have clearance for that. I need a straight coupling. But the thread in the inlet bar does not seem to be NPT. I don’t know what it is yet.

kenchilada · Aug 16, 2023

Working on getting this tank ready for coral. Been dosing lanthanum the last week and it's not even making a dent in the phosphate. Rocks must be loaded with it.

MickeyCT · Oct 22, 2023

Just read your whole thread as it came up on a search while looking at canopies. Interesting read. I'm also a fan of Humble.fish.

Beautiful work you do. Wish you could build me a new canopy as mine is 19 years old and deteriorating. Great job!

kenchilada · Apr 20, 2024

MickeyCT said:
Just read your whole thread as it came up on a search while looking at canopies. Interesting read. I'm also a fan of Humble.fish.

Beautiful work you do. Wish you could build me a new canopy as mine is 19 years old and deteriorating. Great job!

Sorry I missed your comment when you posted it but thanks you for the kind words!!

kenchilada · Apr 20, 2024

kenchilada said:
Working on getting this tank ready for coral. Been dosing lanthanum the last week and it's not even making a dent in the phosphate. Rocks must be loaded with it.

I’m still working on this. Right after I started this, my mom got sick and I was away almost the whole year.

I’ve tried lanthanum again but my sailfin has a hard time with it. I’ve removed all the rock to treat outside the tank in a tub. That’s done, now about to do a 200 gallon water change tomorrow!!!!

kenchilada · Friday at 11:47 PM

Late night getting ready for the 200 gallon water change I wanted to do last week.

kenchilada · Monday at 4:41 PM

Changed 200 gallons. Phosphate lowered from 7.0ppm to 0.5ppm. Going to run a bunch of rowaphos and see how much of a dent it makes. If too slow I’ll change another 200G of water, which is probably cheaper and faster than GFO anyway.