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06/12/2012, 09:02 PM | #77 |
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great build, suscribing...
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06/12/2012, 09:33 PM | #78 |
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06/13/2012, 07:51 AM | #79 |
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Has anyone here tried these cepex ball valves? They're real smooth and seem to have much finer adjustment than the cheap ones at lowes and home depot. Plus I like that they are already integrated with the unions. I'll be leaving the little mini ball valves attached to the jumbo reactors too. Never had a problem with using those for adjustment in the past either.
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Subscribed and on-board for another amazing build.
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06/13/2012, 09:10 AM | #81 | |
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06/13/2012, 10:09 AM | #82 |
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Nice tank 'sir. Knowing the incredible build you did on the cube, this thing is going to be a masterpiece. Do you plan to go with Tampa Bay Liverock again? That stuff was beautiful.
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06/13/2012, 10:25 AM | #83 | |
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You bet! A buddy has my cube and is holding all livestock for me. So i'll be using all the old tampa bay rock and ordering more along with new sand and critters. Never setting up a tank without TBS again.
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06/13/2012, 12:19 PM | #84 | |
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Great progress so far. I like the water change setup in the garage. I will be setting up one very similar in my closet. I am trying to figure out which container to put above the other, i.e. fresh above salt or salt above fresh. Why did you chose your option?
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No problem, i'm curious about the regen station myself.
What I did find seemed like a ton of work, but interested to know more. I do fresh RO/DI on top and then use mostly gravity to get the water down to the saltwater container when it's time to mix a new batch. Just seemed to make more sense in my head to do it that way.
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Regenerating GFO I posted a picture of my regen setup on the last page of the RC thread. |
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06/13/2012, 01:27 PM | #87 |
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Regenerating GFO is the kind of thing that's a real pain if you just do it occasionally, but is real easy if you do it enough to set up some plumbing to make it easy. Kind of like there's two ways to do a water change: take RODI out of closet, connect to plumbing, fill each bucket one after another, mix salt in each with a powerhead, carry buckets to tank, drain old water with siphon hose into other buckets and carry to sink, lift up new buckets and pour water in. Compare that to a Litermeter, or a system where you have a pipe directly from a saltwater mixing station to the sump and can fill by just opening the valve for a minute.
Same thing with GFO. I spent about five minutes starting eight cups this morning. I'll spend another fifteen this evening with them, then I'll spend a half hour finishing the batch Sunday night and I'll have $100 of fresh GFO again for about $10 plus my labor. |
06/13/2012, 01:49 PM | #88 |
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Can't wait to see what unfolds in this build. Excellent tank size!
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Good plan on the water change Dennis. I think I'll follow your lead.
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Very nice house, Im tagging along looks a lot like a build I could do at my house.
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06/13/2012, 03:03 PM | #91 |
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Another meticulous build that looks to be amazing, Good luck!
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06/13/2012, 07:51 PM | #92 |
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Yea, Tank is in the house..... Can't wait to see what Richard sends over to you
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06/14/2012, 01:32 PM | #93 |
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Also, I just thought of something about the water change setup. I would think you would want the fresh water on top so that you don't have to climb a ladder to add salt to the top tank everytime. How far off the ground is the bottom tank?
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The opening at the top of the bottom tank is just above eye level for me. I tested it out last night making my first batch of saltwater. The whole thing worked a treat!
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Looks like a great plan! ill be tagging along.
I love T&T paul the owner is very helpfull and they have beautiful Display tanks! |
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Sounds like you are getting there....don't forget your reservation with southwest, I will pick you up at the airport, and you can hang out here, then we go get your real live rock and real live sand, and you fly home a happy camper! sea ya Richard TBS www.tbsaltwater.com |
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06/14/2012, 03:41 PM | #97 |
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Hahaha, sounds awesome Richard. Will see how things play out over the next month or so!
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Ok...'tenative reservations' LOL and I will be here a lot this summer ....so keep me posted.....! http://www.huracandiving.com/picture...ort-rooms.html sea ya Richard TBS Last edited by liverock; 06/14/2012 at 04:51 PM. |
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can you get me a ticket from Hong Kong?
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