Red Sea REEFER 250 ALL Pre-Conditioned and most CAPTIVE-BRED Fish, SPS, Zoanthids. Slow Poke Reef. WE HAVE WATER!! start page 61.

[powers2001]

Whooaaa!!!!!! Got a new user group badge underneath my username. ;-) Spokane Coeur ‘dAlene Reefer’s Society.

 

[powers2001]

Whooaaa!!!!!! Got a new user group badge underneath my username. ;-) Spokane Coeur ‘dAlene Reefer’s Society.

Believe it or not Coeur ‘dAlene is the correct spelling for that town. It’s French as you may have guessed.

 

[powers2001]

Started plumbing. I might have to go down to one COR pump because with just one as a return you have to really dial them back. So two is probably overpowered. I think the one COR and maybe a Reef Octo Varios 2 to run the manifold is more like it. I could keep the other COR as a backup.

 

[powers2001]

Plumbing the CO2 scrubber. Dual jumbo canisters, the hose feeds my skimmer with air that has less CO2 than the ambient air. This raises the pH. My Trident sits on top of this once I get it.

 

[MERKEY]

Just found the thread and great job,

Can't wait to see you get this thing wet!

 

[powers2001]

Just found the thread and great job,

Can't wait to see you get this thing wet!

@MERKEY thanks for the comment. Don’t hold your breath it will be awhile. I will check out your build.

 

[powers2001]

 

[powers2001]

Bought some stuff. Apex Par Monitoring Kit, extension cords to the gyres, velcro cable ties, flat 90 degree extension cord with 360 degree rotation.

 

[powers2001]

Did the plumbing on my COR-20 and return standpipe.

 

[powers2001]

Contents of PMK box.

 

[powers2001]

I have an Eshopps Skim Buddy skimmate collector, an Avast Marine pressure sensitive level switch from their ATO that connects to an Apex BoB, and I put them together to make a skimmate collector that shuts off the skimmer when the collector is full and the Apex tells me about it. There was already a hole in the lid of the collector I stuck the pressure tube through and put an O-ring on either side of it to hold it there.

 

[powers2001]

I finally looked over my containers for my water change and mixing station. I wanted to see how easy they are to drill so I drilled the holes for the PMUP. Sliced through like butter. There’s two vessels and they go on top of the electronics cabinet. That’s why the electronics cabinet is a Reefer stand. It has to hold up 400 pounds of water. I stacked it up this way to utilize vertical space.

 

[samnaz]

Nice tamco tanks, always wanted them for my compact rodi/mixing station. but man they aren’t cheap. I’m actually considering some rv water storage tanks instead cause they look similar, but only $100 shipped for two 20 gallon tanks! I look forward to seeeing your setup.

 

[powers2001]

Thanks @samnaz . Yes this is a compact water station. The containers have a footprint of 12" x 12" and I plan to plumb them together with an external pump to mix the salt in and transfer water between the two.

I have to take a break from my plumbing and do my DIY hybrid light system. The ballasts for the T5's go in the electronics compartment of the 250 cabinet and before I get that compartment's cords all configured I want to get the ballasts in there or all the cords would prevent me from doing so. I seem to get going on one segment of this build and have to stop for some reason, usually to think it through, and go to a previous or new segment for awhile. Just changing gears I guess!

 

[powers2001]

Getting organized. Well.... at least trying.

Travel bag from R2R for becoming a Partner Member. Nice!

 

[powers2001]

Labeling wires for the DIY dimming T5s. From the ballast the wires go through a quick disconnect. I need to know which wires are coming out of the disconnect so I used a continuity tester as opposed to the multi meter that is like reading Greek to me. The little plastic tabs have numbers and I labeled them that way.

 

[powers2001]

Redoing some plumbing. The assembly on left should give me more room.

 

[powers2001]

Assembly for the Varios return pump. It has a bleed valve on to run at lower flow rates if I need to.

 

[powers2001]

Switching back and forth between plumbing and wiring. I’m broke until the beginning of the month but still waiting on the electronic ball valve to get here for the CO2 scrubber. Also should this week a sticker printer that plugs into the computer to do a better job of labeling.

 

[powers2001]

These are the before pictures for a before and after comparison of my organizing in the next couple weeks.

Work bench

work table

250 cabinet

bunkhouse bed