Looks like i'll have to add a ball valve as @d2mini has suggested too! My Midi stands in my bedroom... Noise surely is not welcoming.
Lookin' good I need to catch up.. Ha!
Lookin' good I need to catch up.. Ha!
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Haha thanks mate.Looks like i'll have to add a ball valve as @d2mini has suggested too! My Midi stands in my bedroom... Noise surely is not welcoming.
Lookin' good I need to catch up.. Ha!
Thanks mate!Looks great man!
I hard plumbed my elos. Quiet
We're Salty!
Another quick update, the tank is finally cycling and doing its thing.
I've added a litre of siporax from my mini and a small piece of live rock to help seed the bacteria.
I've still got some small jobs to do like place and run the dosing containers and tubes. Tidy up some wires etc.
Hoping to pick up the skimmer this afternoon as well so can get that bad boy in.
I was eagerly awaiting getting this new elos quiet drain operating but ran into a small road block. The actual overflow itself when set right is as quiet as can be but the water and air traveling through the drain pipe was crazy loud.
In the Elos manual it states the secret is to have a gentle curve of the drain pipe but this doesn't help at all.
A big thanks to @d2mini for helping point me in the right direction.
I've put a ball valve on the drain so it runs full of water, reducing the air coming down and it has reduced the sound significantly. It's almost silent now and the missus is happy! Haha
A pic as we stand today-
Thank you!It's looking good. Keep up the good work.
Thanks! Hopefully the display will soon start to look nice as wellThat looks really nice, great job!
I have but I'm actually not sure where to get eggcrate around here! HahaHave you thought about stacking the siporax in a eggcrate basket? I did that with mine and can imagine it gets quite a bit more flow through it.
Siporax arrived and added to the tank today. Any thoughts on how long it would take for it to build up the bacteria needed? I managed to get just under the 10l that I ordered into the fuge area.
Nice! I'll have to check yours out!Saaweeeeet! I have an Elos 120XL as well but with the old sump design. The new one looks like a nice upgrade. I just wish the sumps were bigger to better accommodate the available cabinet footprint. I can't wait to see your thriving piece of the reef. Absolutely following your journey. Best of luck and have fun!
Okay nice, i'll definitely look into stacking them, i imagine it will be therapeutic to painstakingly stack them all! HahaI got almost 10L into my sump stacking them. Makes cleaning it very easy too, when I do a water change or deep clean my sump I can just pull it out, put it in my old tank water and shake it out.
Elos club represent!
Thanks for tagging along mate!Congrats Matt nice tank, tagging along to see your setup in process
Thank you! I've been planning this in my head for a long time so it's really nice to see it become a reality!Man I love how clean that setup is!
Lets make it happen! I also noticed it seems to be a trend that a lot of elos tanks seem to have guiesmann fixtures.Okay nice, i'll definitely look into stacking them, i imagine it will be therapeutic to painstakingly stack them all! Haha
Hmm Elos club... that sounds like something that needs to happen!
Maybe an Elos Club thread!
Yes! I might start one in the next day or two if there isn't one.Lets make it happen! I also noticed it seems to be a trend that a lot of elos tanks seem to have guiesmann fixtures.