Luis’ Waterbox LX 330.7

[Daniel@R2R Verified Admin]

Hey,

lol, @Raptor72 long overdue update. No major changes have happened since other life things have come up. But the tank is running, corals are growing, and the fish continue to beg for food.

This is how the tank looks right now:

I added a fifth light and changed the dual fans to just 1 ac infinity fan. Works great at keeping the temp between 78-79

I did make some changes under the tank, I added an 8020 bar and secured it to tank’s 8020 to mount my dosing pumps. It has worked great. I plan on getting a 3D printer to better organize this area. I want to be able to hide the “organized rat nest” of cables and create something.

I also changed the UV, I came across the 90watt from lifegard for a really good price. I thought it will fit in the left side between the tank and the wall but I was 1 inch short. I thought of different ways of getting this “missile holder” in place but ultimately I went with placing it on the side at around a 45 degree angle. It has been working fine with no hotspots. When I do disconnect the feeding pump for cleaning I do need to move the UV back and forward to get the air out. This is another rats nest.

But that’s not the last “what the heck is this guy doing?” . My ATO is automatically feed from my apex and I see having a 5 gallon container under the tank a waste of space. I purchased a table aquarium, I think is a 3 gallon from Amazon and this gets filled from my apex ATK. The Red Sea ATO collects water from here and dumps it into the tank. This has been my setup for some time but first time using the smaller container. I do have a sensor if thing decides to fail and overfill it.

To provide an update on the ac infinity pumps mentioned earlier, still going strong with no issues. I have them changing 2.5 gallons a day. They run 7 mins every hour non stop. The only time I stop them is while I mix the salt. I wish they give us more options to customize dosing.

Saltwateraquarium.com is a great place to purchase hammer corals. I had all my corals organized but the regal keeps crashing into them. I need to get BRS glue, I was using crazy glue from Lowe’s and is not strong enough.

The crew before feeding:

Beautiful tank and absolutely stunning crew of fish!!

 

[Luisn17]

@exnisstech thank you for helping me again. I want to share in case others run into the same.

For the past 1.5 weeks my overflow was going crazy, for 10 mins it would be quiet and then I will tweak it for it to be loud again. I was in this cycle over and over. I searched for overflow issue and found a post by exnisstech stating he removed the strainers since day 1 from the two main drains. I had no idea they screwed on and we could removed them. I took advantage and cleaned the overflow, removed the strainers and cranked my L2 to 70%. A level which used to cause me issues, now the tank is super quiet and I can run higher flow thru reef mat if needed.

I also find it easier to clean since I can use a wire pipe. Not sure why it comes with strainers versus open pipes??

 

[Raptor72]

I forgot that they came with strainers! Mine fluctuates periodically also and last time I popped my camera in there and noticed there were a lot of filter feeders with their tubes just clogging up the overflow. I took a flexible brush and knocked them down and it helped. I might have to look into taking those strainers out also.

 

[Luisn17]

I forgot that they came with strainers! Mine fluctuates periodically also and last time I popped my camera in there and noticed there were a lot of filter feeders with their tubes just clogging up the overflow. I took a flexible brush and knocked them down and it helped. I might have to look into taking those strainers out also.

Take them off. You will be surprised how everything flows much better. I even think cleaning is going to be much easier. I should be able to use one of the brushes with the long wire and stick down the tubes. I used to use a toothbrush and fight my way into cleaning the stainers but it was a pain. My tank has a lot of the white spot things that stick to everything, I know they are great for filtering but they are horrible.

Surprised no one has made a 3rd printed part or something to raise the emergency drain just slightly. I think it will quiet the tank down completely and force 100% of the water into the 2 main drains. In order to keep my tank quiet, I need to have some water going down the emergency drain.

 

[marcus aurelius]

Looks great. Following along

 

[Raptor72]

I went home last night and noticed my overflow being a bit noisy and grabbed that long brush and swabbed the whole overflow and it got super quiet. Those feather dusters build up over time and clog up the strainers. I'll look into pulling them out this weekend.