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05/21/2010, 08:45 PM | #1226 |
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I think the light blue is too light, the black is unnatural and it does highlight particulate matter, but the dark blue is just right. I have black background but that's because I have no sump and all my equipment is black so it blends well. After staring at it for months I would definitely go a blue shade if I ever get a new tank (and a sump, oh how I'd love a sump).
My vote is dark blue. I like your new camera. I just bought a new waterproof (20ft) Pentax Optio W90 (P&S). Plan on using it snorkeling and diving on vacation in a week. Then we'll see if I can do some shooting in the tank for fun. The new pictures look good, can't wait to see more.
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05/22/2010, 04:55 AM | #1228 |
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amazing build
do you have a stocking list? fish? corals? inverts? |
05/22/2010, 07:14 AM | #1229 |
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i will be tagging along. i am building a 180 inwall but it doesnt compare to urs. great work. cant wait to see it stocked
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Sorry for the delay Alex, been crazy busy but hopefully I'll post it by Sunday for you. Not quite yet. The first fish will be my yellow tang I'm transferring from my other tank. Probably some anthias too but will mainly be a coral driven tank. Quote:
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05/22/2010, 11:01 AM | #1231 |
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no, no thread yet. i might put one together today.
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05/22/2010, 11:44 AM | #1232 |
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Coming along nicely, Brett.
Love the new DSLR... we splurged on the Nikon D300S...but it is SOOO complicated Terry bought a D300S for dummies book (which is like 500+ pages) As far as your nitrates...1.0 is all but non-existent. Ours are still at 1.0 and we put water in at the end of March! They're down from around 3.0 or so at the worst point of our cycle.
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05/23/2010, 11:42 AM | #1234 |
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UPDATE:
A few people have requested more detailed pics of the sump room but I could never get a wide enough shot to accurately detail the size of the room and how it is set up. So I decided to put together a short video... Presenting the Sump Room Tour. *Apologize in advance for the mess of wires. Not quite done with the conduit project yet. Still a lot of details to take care of.
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The "mess of wires"
You crack me up Brett - that's gotta be the cleanest sump room in the history of the hobby! I've seen messier operating rooms!
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05/25/2010, 04:39 AM | #1236 |
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Nice sump room. You need a counter and sink in there for clean up/fragging purposes..
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05/25/2010, 06:31 AM | #1237 |
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[QUOTE=drummereef;17140360]
Not quite yet. The first fish will be my yellow tang I'm transferring from my other tank. Probably some anthias too but will mainly be a coral driven tank. QUOTE] maybe you could put a single specimen of something special. like a rare angel or a gem tang would look awesome through a school of anthias |
05/25/2010, 08:52 AM | #1238 |
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Looks impressive!! Your attention to details is amazing, control freak to the max
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05/25/2010, 01:30 PM | #1239 |
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Too sweet! I hate having to jam all my crap under the cabinet. So Jealous!
Great work man.
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05/26/2010, 08:44 AM | #1240 |
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Way cool. You're definitely the envy of many a reefer right now. Nice work!
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very nice! just went through this entire thread!
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05/26/2010, 04:30 PM | #1244 |
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That is one extremely sweet setup! Any plans for underneath the RO/DI machine? A Top off reservoir/water change system seams like it would be perfect! Also, how are the plans for the refugium coming? Will it be a normal refugium or some type of cryptic zone?
Lastly, whats the thing you zoomed in on in the last few seconds? I thought it might be a humidistat or something. Spekaing of which, and sorry if you've already covered it, what was your plan for dealing with humidity and heat in the fish room?
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Yes, that was the light switch and de-humidistat on the wall in the last shot. The dehumidistat is wired to an 80cfm Panasonic DC driven bath fan located in the ceiling in the center of the room. Seems to do a nice job pulling out most of the moisture. Along with that I have a supply and return to my HVAC which is in the adjacent unfinished area of the basement. The house has a high efficiency heat pump that can operate in "dehumidify" mode so we have whole-house dehumidification year round. Don't really have a problem with heat at this point, even when I left the lights on for 6-8 hrs, as the basement stays about 68-72F year around. The HVAC supply really helps cut through any residual heat no problem. Quote:
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UPDATE:
OK guys I splurged this week. I've always wanted one of these since I had my 40g but just couldn't justify the cost at the time. Well, the new tank demands a new top off system. Tunze Osmolator 3155 - New style with magnet holders Here's a little on how I set it up. I'm still measuring how much reserve water is needed but I think I can really downsize the reservoir volume quite a bit. That should help a little with TDS creep as there would be more freshwater turnover in the reservoir. The 5 gallon bucket is temporary as I see how the system works over the next couple weeks and until I can find a more permanent reservoir. Tunze Osmolator 3155 - What's in the box With every Tunze product I've owned you have to install the rubber bumpers to the magnet holders. Rubber bumpers Tunze includes two magnet holders depending on your application. I decided to use the combination magnet for a cleaner install. The other option is to use two magnets, one for each sensor. As you can see the Osmolator uses an optical sensor (right) as the main top off control and a float switch (left) as the backup high level sensor. An audible alarm will sound if the float switch triggers the controller that there is a high level error. This is the terminal that connects the controller to the pump. More to come.....
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Now on to the plumbing...
The temporary reservoir, a 5 gallon bucket. Float valve that is plumbed to the RO/DI. My RO/DI also has an auto shut-off valve so when it senses back pressure the RO/DI unit will also shut off. Drilled a hole to accept the float valve. Float valve installed. RO/DI plumbed to the float valve. Voila! We have water. More to come.....
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And finally.....
The pump sits in the bottom of the bucket and is plumbed out the side towards the sump via the black tubing. This is how the outlet of the pump feed mounts to the sump. Haven't decided where I want to mount the controller yet so I wire tied it to the conduit for now. I think I will permanently mount it under the 4-gang receptacle with the supplied Velcro but need a day or two to decide. This is all you see in the return area of the sump, very clean and tidy. I'm also going to tidy up the wires with some split flex as you can see here also. Here's the reservoir positioned on the side of the sump. Yes, that mess of wires will be gone soon! Once I find time to finish the conduit project I can tidy up all the wires. And for the best part of this story..... THE TANK HAS CYCLED!!! Just about 4 weeks to the nose since I originally seeded the tank with live sand.
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WOOT! Time for fish :-D
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