Rev's 400+ Gallon Basement Inwall

revhtree · Dec 18, 2017

HA! You all are hilarious! Thanks for the "concern." :p

I have a major update to this tank happening. I have had some major algae issues (dino) and then found out I had metal in the water via a Triton test. I decided to relaunch the tank and I currently have 400lbs of Fiji rock cooking and new sand sitting on the front porch. I plan to remove all current rock and a lot of the older sand and give it another go! The corals I currently have are doing ok at the moment.

Turbo's Aquatics · Dec 18, 2017

revhtree said:
I had metal in the water

Whaaaaaaaat?

gfox · Dec 18, 2017

revhtree said:
HA! You all are hilarious! Thanks for the "concern." :p

I have a major update to this tank happening. I have had some major algae issues (dino) and then found out I had metal in the water via a Triton test. I decided to relaunch the tank and I currently have 400lbs of Fiji rock cooking and new sand sitting on the front porch. I plan to remove all current rock and a lot of the older sand and give it another go! The corals I currently have are doing ok at the moment.

Sorry to hear that about the metal.Did you find the source?Why new sand already?

Terence · Dec 18, 2017

What kind of metal? How much showed on the ICP? And where do you think it came from?

Brew12 · Dec 18, 2017

Terence said:
What kind of metal? How much showed on the ICP? And where do you think it came from?

I'm guessing its aluminum from all the empty Yoohoo! cans. :p

Or maybe something from the heater explosion he suffered. ;Blackeye

Terence · Dec 18, 2017

Well we do not need to guess. I am sure he has more info. I hope he shares all the details so we can all learn from the experience.

redfishbluefish · Dec 18, 2017

revhtree said:
HA! You all are hilarious! Thanks for the "concern." :p.........

Phew! I was afraid Rev was going to throw the book at us! Of course I'm talking about the "Good Book" of Matthew and John.... "Judge Not Lest Ye Be Judged!"
and "Let Him Who is Without Sin Cast the First Stone."

Because how many of us haven't updated our own Member's Tank threads? :eek:. :rolleyes:

YHSublime · Dec 18, 2017

Now, call me old school, but how far back to I have to go to find a FTS?! I see you had a video, but come ooooon!

Mandelstam · Dec 18, 2017

Ok, just spent my night reading 115 pages of an amazing build thread...

- Seriously Rev, amazing tank, room, setup, all of it. Amazing! So many of us are living out our dreams through your build. Thanks for bringing us along.
- In 115 pages just one and a half FTS??????
- And now you have to start over???? Oh man, that really sucks..

chefjpaul · Dec 18, 2017

redfishbluefish said:
Because how many of us haven't updated our own Member's Tank threads? :eek:. :rolleyes:

Guilty....
December = 0 days off work, yet tank seems to be doing its best

bobman · Dec 19, 2017

When I heard the atlanta airport had a blackout I was assuming rev plugged the tank in.

MCooper · Dec 20, 2017

bobman said:
When I heard the atlanta airport had a blackout I was assuming rev plugged the tank in.

hahaha this had my laughing (which I needed at the office)

Can't wait to see an update of this beast!

mch1984 · Dec 24, 2017

Just spent 3 days reading through all this. Love the fish room! Ever figure out where the metal got introduced?

Tristren · Dec 27, 2017

Ok, for the past two days I've been minding our little one who is down with a bug. So down in the rec room laying on the floor mostly, and reading this monster thread that I somehow never saw before. (I almost said wading through but I'm up to page 60something and no water yet). It's a lot of fun so far!

But I wanted to take a pause and comment on this quote from our fearless leader that I think exemplifies the kind of clear, detailed, and helpful technical information that makes this forum so special:

[responding to why he put so many ball valves on his mixing station]

revhtree said:
They just look cool! LOL! No they have a purpose. Shut this one, open this one, water goes this way and that way, up and down!

:)

Cheers, Tony

Paul B · Dec 28, 2017

I thought I had aluminum in my water so I tested it. It said I only have one Budweiser can in there and I am sure I read someplace on the internet that your allowed two Budweiser cans to each fifty gallons.

Tristren · Dec 28, 2017

Paul B said:
I thought I had aluminum in my water so I tested it. It said I only have one Budweiser can in there and I am sure I read someplace on the internet that your allowed two Budweiser cans to each fifty gallons.

Two per 50g is only for Bud Light I think.