squirrelieygrrrl Posted June 11, 2011 Author Share Posted June 11, 2011 lmfao, i cant believe he is still sending out those pieces of glass. when i got mine i had wondered the same thing, so i gave eddie a call. turns out they were for the old sump design and supposed to be covers, but they are useless for this new sump. so they have no purpose. Link to comment
Asureef Posted June 15, 2011 Share Posted June 15, 2011 lmfao, i cant believe he is still sending out those pieces of glass. when i got mine i had wondered the same thing, so i gave eddie a call. turns out they were for the old sump design and supposed to be covers, but they are useless for this new sump. so they have no purpose. Just finished setting mine up today. I used the stock plumping and had a leak on the return. Fixed the problem with some Teflon and silicone on the gaskets. Also, tested out the skimmer and find it incredibly loud! Link to comment
SouthFlorida_Tron Posted June 15, 2011 Share Posted June 15, 2011 I get the feeling from what I keep reading these setups look better than they actually are? Lol Link to comment
woowee Posted June 15, 2011 Share Posted June 15, 2011 the skimmer probably needs to be primed. theres always gonna be some issues with any set up, but usually its pretty easy to fix or adjusted. its part of our hobby to tweek at our systems haha. tron: there really nice set ups, theres lots you can do with a "sump style" design and the equipment is all very good and useable. i saw this tank at one of my LFS and it has SPS, LPS and everything is doing awesome with all the standard equipment including the 36" LED that CAD makes. i took some pics and im gonna post them up later. the store loves the CAD's and really recommends them more than the other packages he has seems like. the white cabinet looks and feels really nice..very smooth. me and my wife was very impressed with the overall look of it. Link to comment
Giga Posted June 15, 2011 Share Posted June 15, 2011 this is a pretty fantastic tank, bet it looks so much cooler in person Link to comment
Just4Derek Posted June 16, 2011 Share Posted June 16, 2011 Your tank looks great squirrel! I got my tank months ago, but I haven't got enough time to set it up. I will try to do some work this weekend. First thing, redo all the baffles of the sump. I will remove the second chamber and extend the first and the last one. Hopefully it would work fine. Link to comment
Just4Derek Posted June 23, 2011 Share Posted June 23, 2011 Hi, here is what I did to the sump. You don't need to buy any extra stuff except the silicon glue. The third baffle can be used as the right side of the fuge. Hopefully it helps. Cut off all the baffles: Reglue after the messy cleaning job: Here are the final results (I will add a bio pellet reactor to the fisrt chamber as the carbon) : I also add a USB fan to one of the holes at the back as the vent fan. Link to comment
SouthFlorida_Tron Posted July 11, 2011 Share Posted July 11, 2011 So uh...... How bout some coral pics plzzzzz Link to comment
squirrelieygrrrl Posted July 21, 2011 Author Share Posted July 21, 2011 this is a pretty fantastic tank, bet it looks so much cooler in person thanks giga! and it just keeps getting better and better as things grow. Your tank looks great squirrel! I got my tank months ago, but I haven't got enough time to set it up. I will try to do some work this weekend. First thing, redo all the baffles of the sump. I will remove the second chamber and extend the first and the last one. Hopefully it would work fine. lulz, and i thought i was slow to get mine set up. a suggestion on the baffles. the second to last baffle that goes to the return, the one that overflows is in my opinion too low. ive been fighting evap issues because its too low. mind you if you have an ato that shouldnt be a prob, but id still suggest getting a taller piece of glass cut for it. Holy Snap!! M! howzit!?! So uh...... How bout some coral pics plzzzzz ask and you shall receive! tip to quiet bubble magus skimmer: take a very small piece of filter floss and twist it into the air intake tube, it substantially quietens it. enough to still allow air to pass though but enough to dampen the sound. just remember to replace it often as it can get clogged and cause the water level to raise. the last month in a nutshell. progress has been good so far, still battling residual n03 from my lr catastrophe. as a result of that ive been battling pm with my clam for a good 8 weeks, it seems to come and go with a regular dipping regime. i started to use esv b-ionic two weeks ago, which isnt helping that situation at all, as i had to re-establish my dosing amounts. so far i like the product though. had a bit of a fish mishap, i added the potters angel which turned out to be a big mistake. he scared the crap out of the mccoskers wrasse to the point i found him on the floor one morning, and then proceeded to take a liking to my sps. so i quickly returned him to my lfs. i was hoping to find another mccoskers but instead i found a clown fairy so home he came. granted i know this tank is a bit undersized for him, and Lunch the clown isnt helping either, he has basically taken over 1/3 of the tank on the right side, with extreme ferocity defending his territory. im tempted to take lunch to the lfs, as my interests have moved towards wrasses as far as fish go. he is just turning into too much of a bully as he matures(not that i didnt know this was coming). another thought is to set up the 40 i got from pismo as a frag setup and toss lunch in there. i did finally made it to Neptune Aquatics in Milpitas CA on jul 11th, and it was totally worth it. Robert totally hooked me up, when i got there the staff already knew who i was and had all seen my 16. it was sort of like cheers, where every one knows your screen name. ill write a review on that in my 'goin to sf' topic. and now enough of the bla bla and on to new pics! heres the new additions: a. horrida, Robert cut me a frag from his high dollar mother colony. (i kind of felt like i was getting special treatment) a. millepora, looks like a potential rainbow. that shot dosnt do the colors justice. a. millepora another frag from a high dollar colony. a. solitaryensis, another frag cut from a colony, this one not for sale in his store. quite small, but he tossed it in for free. a flippin awesome gold and green leptastrea. one of my favorite genus of corals. orange branching psammacora, love these as well. perfect for a more dimly lit spot montipora setosa. been lusting after this for a long long time. Thank you Robert, from Neptune. you totally made it worth it! newbies from my lfs another leptastrea color morph. durn purdy feeesh. these guys have loads of personality, he is constantly displaying for me when i go over to the tank, and when he begs for food his orange cap turns to an electric pink and he acts almost shyly. old schtuffs, to note growth, color and pe . phew! well that took me the better part of two days to compile. hope you all like it! c&c puhlease! Link to comment
teamschreiba Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 Wow! Your tank looks great, I love all the acro colonies! Link to comment
squirrelieygrrrl Posted July 21, 2011 Author Share Posted July 21, 2011 Wow! Your tank looks great, I love all the acro colonies! thanks TS, much appreciated. ive always admidred your tank too. Link to comment
SouthFlorida_Tron Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 Sick as always. Camera & Lens? My acros seems boring comPared to the stuff seen in Cali. So much PE! Link to comment
adolfo425 Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 Very nice tank and very clean. I like it a lot. Robert is a cool guy. I used to be the help back in 2008. Link to comment
Fail_sh3d Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 Amazing photos! Love the tank and the names on pics. Inspirational tank. Link to comment
keydiver Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 beautiful tank, beautiful corals Link to comment
SouthFlorida_Tron Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 Squirrelly..... Camera? Lens? Link to comment
Fail_sh3d Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 Squirrelly..... Camera? Lens? +10 Link to comment
squirrelieygrrrl Posted July 21, 2011 Author Share Posted July 21, 2011 Sick as always. Camera & Lens? My acros seems boring comPared to the stuff seen in Cali. So much PE! Very nice tank and very clean. I like it a lot. Robert is a cool guy. I used to be the help back in 2008. Amazing photos! Love the tank and the names on pics. Inspirational tank. beautiful tank, beautiful corals thanks guys! Squirrelly..... Camera? Lens? sony a200 w/ 70mm sony prime. Link to comment
phi delt reefer Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 wow this tank took off fast! you dosing yet? Link to comment
nebthet Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 Wow... total droolz here... this tank has gone up fast and wow.. is it gorgeous. Link to comment
squirrelieygrrrl Posted July 22, 2011 Author Share Posted July 22, 2011 Lol cool wow this tank took off fast! you dosing yet? thanks phi! ive been dosing pretty much since the transfer, theres just too many sps to not dose. Wow... total droolz here... this tank has gone up fast and wow.. is it gorgeous. thanks nebs! suprisingly so. ill have to post some growth progression shots. heres a few more for you all. fin. Link to comment
SouthFlorida_Tron Posted July 22, 2011 Share Posted July 22, 2011 I'm still trying to tweak my Aqua Illumnation to give a stronger 20k look, I think ATM it's 14kish.... Wuld my across get better color under 20k? Link to comment
Rehype Posted July 22, 2011 Share Posted July 22, 2011 Looks incredible sg...it amazes how much youve done in such a short period of time.Beautiful.. Awesome pics BTW Link to comment
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