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Happy New Years buddy
Haha. Didn't realize there's still a layer of tissues at the bottom. I snapped the top branches and stick another acro on it.
Happy new year to you too
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Nice
Happy New Years buddy
That was insane @AbsoluteZer0273 !
You are not going to put that blue roller coaster online in your tank right? LOL. Even though some of us is using lava rocks in our sump (marine tank), some lava rocks might leach something bad for your tank. Since your are building another 4" reactor, I beleive you will be using an inert bio media in it, aren't you . I am surprised you are getting result so fast with lava rocks, how long is that blue hose?. It doesn't looks like 12', or it is?
Are you building an in-sump reactor?. Very clean built, no excess glue oozing everywhere. And is that a german shepherd?.
No blue roller coaster in my tank! Just an experiment for fun. I might swap out some old tank water to get more results. It is 12’ long! I was thinking of making a longer one for fun since I have the extra materials.
I have a cubic foot of marine pure blocks and I ordered 20 lbs of ceramic rings for the 4” one I will put on my tank. It will be a “behind my sump reactor” because I have the space from my where my plumbing runs. The 90 degree fittings on the top will keep everything in the sump as it will kinda lean into the sump. I will add more pics as it progresses.
Finally that is an Akita named Kaida! She is about 120lbs and thinks she is a lap dog.
Thanks again for this great idea!
@Donovan have you thought about putting together a list of materials that you would recommend do there would be less chance of others having issues ?
I will be going with live rock, ceramic bio ball (have to order can’t find the large ones local ) and ceramic rings.
Ok sounds good. Thank you. I have not tested. I will test today and post my numbers here. Test a hour after dosing carbon. Is that correct?You can either reduce the vodka or increase the flow a bit (if effluent output is zero/near zero/or significant lower compared to display). How is your no3 level (both test)?
Your no3 test will dictate vodka amount and flow. Judging from the bacteria mass, I believe your nitrate must be above 50
Ok sounds good. Thank you. I have not tested. I will test today and post my numbers here. Test a hour after dosing carbon. Is that correct?
Last night my dosing pump tied to my Archon controller decided to fail and dumped about a pint of vodka into my reactor. Fortunately I have a float switch in the dosing container that shuts off the pump on low level. Needless to say this morning the tank smelled like a martini and there was a white slime over the glass and the water was cloudy. I assume that a water change is in order but my opinion is that the tank isn't harmed terribly by this error. I noticed the ORP dropped from about 350ppm to 277ppm which I assume would indicate that there is an overabundance of bacteria in the tank. Let me know your thoughts on any effects or things I should do to correct this and prevent damage to the tank's inhabitants. Thanks.
Love this. Thanks for sharing.
I ordered 2 gallons for my 3inch diameter 50ish inch long reactor and still had probably 3/4 of a gallon left. Maybe more. Its all i used in my reactor and it works great.I found found the following calculator. Anybody care to guess if 1 gallon of bio balls like I posted above will fill one side of the 18" reactor? The calculator says a 4" pipe 18" high is .98 gallon of volume.
https://www.calculatorsoup.com/calc...&fill_ft=0&fill_in=18&last=cyl_v&action=solve
Would the entire reactor filled with the linked bio balls work?
I ordered 2 gallons for my 3inch diameter 50ish inch long reactor and still had probably 3/4 of a gallon left. Maybe more. Its all i used in my reactor and it works great.