my upgrade journal/journey

[smitten with ocean life]

@Goaway come on over here and join us! youve always been so kind and helped me different times!

 

[tbrown]

@Goaway come on over here and join us! youve always been so kind and helped me different times!

She's one of my very first friends on Reef2Reef. She's such a great gal!

 

[Goaway]

I am up and over here now!

Thank you for the invite :)

 

[SaltyEarl]

nice! you got some pics?

Yes some very blue ones

 

[SaltyEarl]

 

[p1u5h13r4m24]

Nice is the plumbing all measured and cut already?

 

[smitten with ocean life]

Nice is the plumbing all measured and cut already?

yes it is. just have to finish gluing a little more than im done and read for water!

 

[smitten with ocean life]

gorgeous!! we must have more pics!!

 

[SaltyEarl]

gorgeous!! we must have more pics!!

TY

 

[p1u5h13r4m24]

yes it is. just have to finish gluing a little more than im done and read for water!

All my tanks I bought were pre plumbed. I plumbed my first tank a few weeks ago. My suggestion is make sure that before you glue you push the pipes all the way in the fittings. I had everything cut and measured perfectly. When I started to glue some parts started to come up short because even though I prefit them, I could have pushed them in more tightly. That glue sets almost instantly and once it is glued there’s no taking it apart again. Use lots of unions as well. :) good luck!

 

[smitten with ocean life]

that describes what happened to me exactly!! i double checked everything like 6 times! put it all back together over and over and one of the pipes is just a little too long . i think thats what happened. i didnt push it in the whole way when i glued it. so now i have to cut it

 

[UncommonSense]

that describes what happened to me exactly!! i double checked everything like 6 times! put it all back together over and over and one of the pipes is just a little too long . i think thats what happened. i didnt push it in the whole way when i glued it. so now i have to cut it

The secret is measuring the depth of the sockets, and adding that to the cut length… — also, chamfer your cut ends!

Then, try to rotate the pipe 1/4 turn as you are pushing it into the fitting to help ensure that it’s fully seated…

In this case; I usually just shorten the pipe and use a straight coupler if I don’t want to rebuild the entire segment of plumbing!

 

[smitten with ocean life]

hows your new set up @Remi ? everything still going good?

 

[Remi]

hows your new set up @Remi ? everything still going good?

Hi Jill, I am on holidays so I am checking only a bit morning and night with the camera. Corals seems open, I will check once I am back. Hope everything is going great on the new setup and impatient to see it full of life.

I forget, congratulations for the POTM.

 

[smitten with ocean life]

oh wow!! enjoy your time! and thank you!

 

[smitten with ocean life]

i was at the lfs store today and they had a beautiful engineer goby. thoughts? ive heard they really can mess stuff up. are they out much? i really liked it!

 

[tbrown]

i was at the lfs store today and they had a beautiful engineer goby. thoughts? ive heard they really can mess stuff up. are they out much? i really liked it!

I think @Fish Styx has 2.

 

[Fish Styx]

I think @Fish Styx has 2.

I do have two. They are consummate diggers, but I designed my aquascape with them in mind. Everything is built atop flat bottomed base rock to prevent collapse. You will have a constant haze in your WC from suspended particulate, but your sandbed will be pristine. Lol

 

[smitten with ocean life]

hmm. not sure im up to that. are they out much?

 

[smitten with ocean life]

ok. just got done changing every single filter on my rodi system. now ill remeber when i changed them since i recorded it here! i even changed the one on top that supposedly you dont hardly ever need to change. now running water thru to flush it out. how long do you guys let yours run until you feel comfortable using it?
@UncommonSense , i dont remember what all you asked about my system, but im not sure on the age. its several years old. a BRS 75 special. and i had added that top filter thing that is supposed to aid in reducing waste water.