Or turn down that effluent 
New And Improved 84g System
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Matthew5664
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I don't have the Ca reactor running as yet. Did a a big water change (30%) and it went up to 8 on the nose however its still dropping to 7.92 at night. I only have 8W of light abouve tank so that could be the problem.
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Matthew5664
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Right………………..
I feel its time for another instalment of ‘mattys reef time’ as always this post will be mostly in picture format but I’m sure you will like all the same.
The green hair algae is over and the victor is me however the filter floss I have been using has been making things little difficult winning the war, the floss was ditched after the last lot was changed I noticed that my skimmer was nutts!!! After that discovery I have removed and replace with sponge and the war was won! The last bits are being eaten by my urchin! I know reed it aging gif you don’t believe, and if you still don’t then you can borrow him! Anyway where was I…oh yes the reaming algae are dieing away and the rock should be ready for scaping and the sand bed ready for instalment.
As you may have read a recent change of phosphate remover have lead to my fish flicking and the regal to get whitespot. So a counter measure I have got the UV in for the time being. This will be used on the water change tank when I get it done so it can double up as a QT tank.
Skimmers still doing the job since the mods and I feel some more coming on watch this space.
My right hand overflow had a leak on it and the result was some of the inside cabinet getting wet this has now been addressed and the cabinet opened with the dehumidifier intake shoved in the opening.
Reading some posted here and there lead me to try a mod for the skimmer air feed by drawing air from outside it’s colder hens denser giving grater air/water mix. Or so IO believes, please correct me3 if I’m wrong.
Return pup changed once aging for an Eheim 1060 @2280lph I feel this is more suited to the sump to tank turnover.
ACT800 doing the job however I have a little mod for it with thanks to steve@reefdreems. Will keep you all up-to-date on this one.
Last pic of the sponges change out with the filter wool. I have 3 sets and need to change them every 3 days I feel these might be ditched in a while and a more time effective method of particle removal introduced.
This is all for now, trying to source another new wave maker pump and I have the SR400 (Aquamedic) coming soon that will have to be looked at.
Keep reefin’!
I feel its time for another instalment of ‘mattys reef time’ as always this post will be mostly in picture format but I’m sure you will like all the same.
The green hair algae is over and the victor is me however the filter floss I have been using has been making things little difficult winning the war, the floss was ditched after the last lot was changed I noticed that my skimmer was nutts!!! After that discovery I have removed and replace with sponge and the war was won! The last bits are being eaten by my urchin! I know reed it aging gif you don’t believe, and if you still don’t then you can borrow him! Anyway where was I…oh yes the reaming algae are dieing away and the rock should be ready for scaping and the sand bed ready for instalment.
As you may have read a recent change of phosphate remover have lead to my fish flicking and the regal to get whitespot. So a counter measure I have got the UV in for the time being. This will be used on the water change tank when I get it done so it can double up as a QT tank.
Skimmers still doing the job since the mods and I feel some more coming on watch this space.
My right hand overflow had a leak on it and the result was some of the inside cabinet getting wet this has now been addressed and the cabinet opened with the dehumidifier intake shoved in the opening.
Reading some posted here and there lead me to try a mod for the skimmer air feed by drawing air from outside it’s colder hens denser giving grater air/water mix. Or so IO believes, please correct me3 if I’m wrong.
Return pup changed once aging for an Eheim 1060 @2280lph I feel this is more suited to the sump to tank turnover.
ACT800 doing the job however I have a little mod for it with thanks to steve@reefdreems. Will keep you all up-to-date on this one.
Last pic of the sponges change out with the filter wool. I have 3 sets and need to change them every 3 days I feel these might be ditched in a while and a more time effective method of particle removal introduced.
This is all for now, trying to source another new wave maker pump and I have the SR400 (Aquamedic) coming soon that will have to be looked at.
Keep reefin’!
Dunno about the air Matt, but the tank looks good
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Matthew5664
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Finally made some headway with the sump tower:
Framework in and levelled.
RO reservoir, still deciding on weather or not to get a larger square one and put another shelf in
Equipment shelf with Ca reactor on it.
Water change tank on the next level with 25L mixing as we speak
Fuge tank awaiting the plumbing
Last the ballasts on the top.
These have the cladding from the side of the stand on the front to stop my little boy getting in until I can make the door.
Still lots to do but slowly getting there. Should have the MH’s up and working along with the plumbing for the fuge. I can then work on mounting the 6 x 120x120mm fans for cooling.
Watch this space.
Framework in and levelled.
RO reservoir, still deciding on weather or not to get a larger square one and put another shelf in
Equipment shelf with Ca reactor on it.
Water change tank on the next level with 25L mixing as we speak
Fuge tank awaiting the plumbing
Last the ballasts on the top.
These have the cladding from the side of the stand on the front to stop my little boy getting in until I can make the door.
Still lots to do but slowly getting there. Should have the MH’s up and working along with the plumbing for the fuge. I can then work on mounting the 6 x 120x120mm fans for cooling.
Watch this space.
Wow, looks awesome matt. I like the paneling for the tower matching the tank, looks really sweet
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Matthew5664
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Thanks Ski, I had to remove it from the side of the tank stand because the tower wouldn't fit. looks good for now, just need time to get a door made.
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Matthew5664
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Today I had the day off work and between looking after the little one I got some more of the tank build done.
First of all turned the kitchen into a plumbing shop and set about getting the fuge overflow drilled and plumbed.
Made a grill for the overflow after finding that solvent weld does not work on egg crate.
Got the lighting sorted along with a power bar for the MH’s
After putting in the sump tower I placed the RH and Temp monitor above the tank to test the RH and Temp in the ‘Hood’.
Then I sorted out the flow plumbing to the fuge tank using a 2500lph pump T’ed for the Carbon/PO4 reactor. This will have two more T’s of it for the Ca reactor and NO3 reactor.
Then started on the waterchange tank, tank dump valve.
And this is how it stands now.
Stay tuned!!!!
First of all turned the kitchen into a plumbing shop and set about getting the fuge overflow drilled and plumbed.
Made a grill for the overflow after finding that solvent weld does not work on egg crate.
Got the lighting sorted along with a power bar for the MH’s
After putting in the sump tower I placed the RH and Temp monitor above the tank to test the RH and Temp in the ‘Hood’.
Then I sorted out the flow plumbing to the fuge tank using a 2500lph pump T’ed for the Carbon/PO4 reactor. This will have two more T’s of it for the Ca reactor and NO3 reactor.
Then started on the waterchange tank, tank dump valve.
And this is how it stands now.
Stay tuned!!!!
Its Franken Sump!
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Matthew5664
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LOL Nice one Ski!
Your right tho dose need a bit of tyding up. I have had some cable conduet sitting aroud for a while might start to make a go of it however have to get all equipment into place first.
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Matthew5664
Fish Herder
Right well………………..
Bit of a bumpy road I’ll explain,
Got the inlet and outlets all done for the fuge tank. In let runs from the 2500lph T’ed to the PO4 and carbon reactor. Then into the fuge all in 1” then down to 22mm into the fuge. The outlet is 32mm.
Put a union in so I can take the fuge out without having too much trouble.
Then on with the fill.
Filling………………………..
Fuller………………….
As you can see I have a slight bubble problem. Used a T on the return with a riser however this didn’t fix the problem.
Apart from that it holds water!
I have a few ideas to fix
Watch this space.
Bit of a bumpy road I’ll explain,
Got the inlet and outlets all done for the fuge tank. In let runs from the 2500lph T’ed to the PO4 and carbon reactor. Then into the fuge all in 1” then down to 22mm into the fuge. The outlet is 32mm.
Put a union in so I can take the fuge out without having too much trouble.
Then on with the fill.
Filling………………………..
Fuller………………….
As you can see I have a slight bubble problem. Used a T on the return with a riser however this didn’t fix the problem.
Apart from that it holds water!
I have a few ideas to fix
Watch this space.
@ombomb
Fish Gatherer
what's that flexible pipework you're using?
looks good
looks good
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Matthew5664
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Hi @ombomb, the flex hose is from the pond section it's all in imperial however it fits nicely onto pumps and over the metric piping I have. Also you don't get algae build up on the inside because is not see through.
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Matthew5664
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Bubbles where finally slowed down however I don’t think I’m going to get rid of them completely.
First I Tee’d the fuge line and made another main tank return
Then with the addition of a tap to control the flow
I have fewer bubbles into the main tank.
This does mean that I have less flow through the fuge however I don’t see this as a bad idea.
Not comes the question what to put in it? I’m thinking of the following configurations:
1. Just rock
2. Sand and rock
3. Sand and Cheto
4. Just Cheto
5. Just Sand
6. All three?
Any input on this would be greatly appreciated.
M
First I Tee’d the fuge line and made another main tank return
Then with the addition of a tap to control the flow
I have fewer bubbles into the main tank.
This does mean that I have less flow through the fuge however I don’t see this as a bad idea.
Not comes the question what to put in it? I’m thinking of the following configurations:
1. Just rock
2. Sand and rock
3. Sand and Cheto
4. Just Cheto
5. Just Sand
6. All three?
Any input on this would be greatly appreciated.
M
7. Rock and chaeto. Sand is a PITA to keep clean IMO.
There are a few mods out there for the ends of drains to prevent bubbles. Wish I knew where they were, but they're out there for sure. Might be time for some google action.
There are a few mods out there for the ends of drains to prevent bubbles. Wish I knew where they were, but they're out there for sure. Might be time for some google action.
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