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Day 8 of the cycle and ammonia is almost gone. Nitrite is a little higher than I would have expected at this point, but it's on the decline now. I'm guessing it will be complete by the end of the weekend.
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Fish are in and happy. Also got the Kessil h160 five light installed. Skimmer, reactors and UV are all running too. Things are humming right along with no issues. I’ll post more pics later....
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Kessil h160, carbon in the back, bio-pellets up front.
Looking at that pic reminded me that I still have some work to do on the reactor output plumbing. I mocked it up, but never actually finished it! Bio-pellets return in skimmer chamber and plumbed with an elbow to circulate that section. Carbon routes to the fuge chamber and does the same function. So far, it’s they’re both performing their functions well, just need to finalize the pipes.
Looking at that pic reminded me that I still have some work to do on the reactor output plumbing. I mocked it up, but never actually finished it! Bio-pellets return in skimmer chamber and plumbed with an elbow to circulate that section. Carbon routes to the fuge chamber and does the same function. So far, it’s they’re both performing their functions well, just need to finalize the pipes.
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Forgot to mention, I’m done with getting water from the LFS. It served us well for a long time, but with the new setup, it’s just too much water to be lugging around. The new tank is much more strategic that the other 2, so the fluctuations of the LFS water aren’t gonna cut it for this build. I ordered the BRS 7 stage RO/DI over the weekend, along with a couple of 55g holding tanks and all the various plumbing. I’ll document the mixing station build on here as well, so stay tuned for that. I have a rough idea on what I want, but waiting to get all the hardware in to make sure it all works as planned.
I’m burning through a little over 12g of RODI per week, so that was the straw that broke the camel’s back!
I’m burning through a little over 12g of RODI per week, so that was the straw that broke the camel’s back!
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I definitely can’t claim that I know what I’m doing! I learn something new almost everyday and do a ton of research on everything I plan to do before actually doing it. This forum has been a major contributor to my success so far!
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Thanks! It's slow and steady for now. Clarkii Clowns and Chromis are in and happy. I did put a couple of excess leather corals I had in there and they are doing very well. Parameters are stable so far and after almost a month of being live, nothing ugly has happened. All the filtration is operating perfectly as designed and I'm still practicing patience!
Working on the water mixing station now, just got the RODI unit hung on the wall this afternoon. Hope to finish it up over the weekend and get it running. I'll post pics when it's all done...the garage is a trainwreck at the moment!
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Got the mixing station all setup and running. Made 50 gallons of RODI water in about 7 hours, so not too shabby. Once the water shut off the float valve, the BRS RODI unit started leaking out of the exit on the Anion DI canister. After some inspection, turns out the Mur-Lok fitting has a crack in the body. Sent an email to @Bulk Reef Supply tonight and waiting on them to send a replacement part before I can get everything finished up.
7 Stage PRO Plus 150 GPD Water Saver RO/DI System - Bulk Reef Supply
50 GALLON NORWESCO WHITE VERTICAL STORAGE TANK - National Tank Outlet
Jebao DCT-6000 Marine Controllable Water Pump
300W Orlushy Heater
Stand and plumbing made from what I had laying around. It's plumbed to push from RODI to SALT tank, circulate SALT tank or pump either through a hose to the wherever I want. Hose and hose real will be added later. There are also gravity valves for filling buckets on each, with unions to allow the valves to be moved up and out of the way when not in use. I also added a bottom drain to the SALT side to evacuate remaining particulates after cleaning without removing the tank from the stand.
I'm waiting on the new Kasa power strip to come in before I mount & route the cords, but it's working just fine the way it is. No more hauling jugs back and forth to the LFS for this guy!
7 Stage PRO Plus 150 GPD Water Saver RO/DI System - Bulk Reef Supply
50 GALLON NORWESCO WHITE VERTICAL STORAGE TANK - National Tank Outlet
Jebao DCT-6000 Marine Controllable Water Pump
300W Orlushy Heater
Stand and plumbing made from what I had laying around. It's plumbed to push from RODI to SALT tank, circulate SALT tank or pump either through a hose to the wherever I want. Hose and hose real will be added later. There are also gravity valves for filling buckets on each, with unions to allow the valves to be moved up and out of the way when not in use. I also added a bottom drain to the SALT side to evacuate remaining particulates after cleaning without removing the tank from the stand.
I'm waiting on the new Kasa power strip to come in before I mount & route the cords, but it's working just fine the way it is. No more hauling jugs back and forth to the LFS for this guy!
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Got the RODI fixed and up and running. Decided to go with Brightwell Neomarine instead of Tropic Marin and loving it so far. Mixes extremely clean and will be doing the first water change with it this weekend.
Moved all the QT fish & coral to the DT last night and disassembled the QT to be moved to the garage. I’ll get that cleaned up and running in the next couple weeks.
Everything else is humming right along. Just ordered a lens for my phone, so better pics coming soon! For now, here’s a current shot. BTW, none of the coral are in their permanent spot, just moved in for now.
Moved all the QT fish & coral to the DT last night and disassembled the QT to be moved to the garage. I’ll get that cleaned up and running in the next couple weeks.
Everything else is humming right along. Just ordered a lens for my phone, so better pics coming soon! For now, here’s a current shot. BTW, none of the coral are in their permanent spot, just moved in for now.
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What you used to bouA view of the left side from the end of the tank....hard to tell the NSA in the pic, but looks pretty solid in person.
Cool, may I know how (what you used) to attach the rocks so nicely? Thanks.Initial deisgn of the aquascape is done. I still need to shore up a few of the pieces, but I think it's pretty close. Fingers crossed I don't need to change it after it gets in the tank!
Front view:
Top view:
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Left side view:
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Why does BRS recommend this? The extra thick gel super glue is a great value and is one of the easiest glues to work with. Employees at BRS choose to use the 20-gram tube for its ease of use and the ability to get every last drop out of the tube. The extra thick gel super glue is slightly...
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Hello again. I'm building out a 100 gal tank with a large sump. Do I recall you saying you're going thru about 12 gal of RO/DI water a week? I'm trying to determine my water storage and salt mixing capacities.
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It was in the beginning, but seems to have settled out over time. I have a 10g RO reservoir and it gets close to empty every week, so I would guess 9 gallons per week.
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Just logged all my test results in Excel and created a graph. I also track it in the Aquarimate app, but the charts aren't able to be overlayed with each other.
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Thank you very muchBulk Reef Supply Super Glue Gel Extra Thick and accelerator.
10 oz. Bottle BRS Extra Thick Gel Super Glue
Why does BRS recommend this? The extra thick gel super glue is a great value and is one of the easiest glues to work with. Employees at BRS choose to use the 20-gram tube for its ease of use and the ability to get every last drop out of the tube. The extra thick gel super glue is slightly...
Insta-set Super Glue Accelerator
Insta-set accelerator will help speed up the set time of any cyanoacrylate super glue. The most frustrating thing about fragging coral is the time you need to wait for the glue to set, or the frag may simply just fall over and get glue all over. With the accelerator that time spent waiting will...
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