jedimasterben Posted January 15, 2014 Share Posted January 15, 2014 Your overflow is wearing overalls. . LMAO Link to comment
jinx Posted January 15, 2014 Author Share Posted January 15, 2014 Your overflow is wearing overalls. . Looks really good, hopefully this won't attract more landfalling canes! Correction, BDU's . Link to comment
jinx Posted January 15, 2014 Author Share Posted January 15, 2014 Canopy is mostly done. Quad 48" T5HO's w/o reflectors.. I'll figure something out later. 6700k, 10000k, ATI blue plus, ATI aquablue special. Camera doesn't do it justice. Link to comment
jinx Posted January 18, 2014 Author Share Posted January 18, 2014 Got a lil further with the stand . The stand building phase is nearing completion! Link to comment
markalot Posted January 18, 2014 Share Posted January 18, 2014 Fine looking piece of furniture! Link to comment
jinx Posted January 22, 2014 Author Share Posted January 22, 2014 I really need to start linking images from my server instead of uploading them here.... Got some more work done and started figuring out where I'll be running the wiring for everything. Boxed off the left side door. This is where the main power strip will be along with some arduino controllers and such. This is the inside of the left side door that I boxed in. Plenty of room for equipment and wiring. This will help keep it away from the moisture. Link to comment
jinx Posted January 22, 2014 Author Share Posted January 22, 2014 The bulkheads I ordered showed up this morning, which means I'll be drilling the tank soon. I'm a little nervious about doing it on a new tank LOL. I also picked up a 145gph 12v dc submersable pump that I'll be using for the ATS/Arduino setup I'm working on. Need to find a ceramic shaft to convert my main 800gph return pump, which is easier said than done.. Link to comment
jinx Posted January 23, 2014 Author Share Posted January 23, 2014 Drilling went smoothly!! Link to comment
jinx Posted January 23, 2014 Author Share Posted January 23, 2014 Bulkheads in place. Still need to paint the back black. Link to comment
jinx Posted January 24, 2014 Author Share Posted January 24, 2014 Playing with the plumbing layout for the overflow box. I'll be testing it sometime this week with the sump to see how well it works out. Link to comment
jedimasterben Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 Is it a Durso-style drain? If so, the water will have a long way to fall and you'll have quite a bit of noise from that. Link to comment
jinx Posted January 24, 2014 Author Share Posted January 24, 2014 Is it a Durso-style drain? If so, the water will have a long way to fall and you'll have quite a bit of noise from that. It is indeed. I'm aware of the noise that it will generate and I'm not bothered by "white noise" at all. I'd rather have the box agitated so debris don't settle in there. Gulping, gurgling, and the sump is where I'll be trying to cut down on some of the noise. All that should be fairly easy to tune out and dial in. Link to comment
jinx Posted January 26, 2014 Author Share Posted January 26, 2014 Got the back painted and the overflow siliconed in. Now the wait begins for a few days before I can do anything else to it. Ignore the hard water stains.. needs a good cleaning. Link to comment
jinx Posted January 27, 2014 Author Share Posted January 27, 2014 More pics of the overflow. The returns. Still need to get heads for them. Link to comment
hey Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 Stand is lookin very nice, also a fan of your bulb selection there. Link to comment
jinx Posted January 28, 2014 Author Share Posted January 28, 2014 Stand is lookin very nice, also a fan of your bulb selection there. Thanks! I gotta clean it all up still and then slap stain + sealer on it. I still think I need more light down the road, but, at first they should be fine. I've been leaning towards doing a strictly Atlantic/Caribbean reef rather than a mixed reef. Decisions, decisions... Link to comment
jinx Posted January 29, 2014 Author Share Posted January 29, 2014 Here's a crappy vid on the first fire up of the tank. Pretty quiet besides the hissing hose im using to fill with. I need to toy with the standpipe more.. Should also note the ground below it, is not level at all. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=diZTyO7M0SM&hd=1 Link to comment
jinx Posted February 3, 2014 Author Share Posted February 3, 2014 Here's a quick video of the algae scrubber design that I'm working on. This is a small scale version of the one I will be building for my system. This was only a quick test of the controller I built for it. It's loud because I do not have a check valve on the upper fill hose yet. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxDJSDxZJFc Link to comment
jedimasterben Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 So it just drains out then fills back up? IMHO you'd be better off to just have a lot of flow going on in it (and besides, the algae will want more flow than the filling process looks to provide). Link to comment
jinx Posted February 3, 2014 Author Share Posted February 3, 2014 So it just drains out then fills back up? IMHO you'd be better off to just have a lot of flow going on in it (and besides, the algae will want more flow than the filling process looks to provide). I won't get into any of the heavy arguments that come with the subject of ATS. I live no more than 10min drive from most of our local shallow reefs. They all provide great examples of turf in it's natural habitat. Some of the areas in which it grows the best, are exposed for long periods of time, without any water or flow at all. This is due to the fact that the salt and minerals retard the evaporation rate of the water coating said surfaces. I will say again, this is only a small scale test and I have the pump limited to about 1/2 speed via the controller. It was mostly focused on fill time and drain time of the programming. Link to comment
jinx Posted February 7, 2014 Author Share Posted February 7, 2014 Aged/pickled/distressed/antiqued w/e you wanna call the style I went with. Still more painting and trim work to go. Just got done staining the doors. Got around to fixing my server, so no more stealing Chris's storage space Canopy is next to get the treatment. Link to comment
jinx Posted February 13, 2014 Author Share Posted February 13, 2014 Managed to dig out and find one of the first rocks of my scape from the tons of rocks that I picked up. Oddly it has a perfect 90° corner on the one side that fits perfectly against the back glass and overflow box. Scrap piece of the overflow shown. Link to comment
jinx Posted February 13, 2014 Author Share Posted February 13, 2014 Trimmed and slimmed the rock above so that I can place it in the middle of the overflow. Link to comment
slowngreen Posted February 19, 2014 Share Posted February 19, 2014 Great looking build! Very clean work. Link to comment
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