tpallas Posted December 19, 2011 Author Share Posted December 19, 2011 i love things in the mail Seriously....love it WOW your tank look's FANTASTIC!!!Seriously great looking tank man Awesome thanks man! Link to comment
tpallas Posted December 19, 2011 Author Share Posted December 19, 2011 Got to work installing the sump. It's always more difficult than you think it will be: Cut the return tubing down to length....not as easy as it looks! Got everything else installed and began to calibrate the pH probe: Probes mounted: The complete setup: Looks a lot cleaner than before! My loyal sump custodian. I've had this guy for three years now. Unfortunately he gained an appetite for fish so he's relegated to sump cleanup duties. He gets a good daily meal so he has it good: Link to comment
rbaby Posted December 19, 2011 Share Posted December 19, 2011 I'd be extremely careful with those lights, I have a Nano on a 60-F and at 75% it bleaches the crap out of my corals so I have to run it less and re-acclimate. You'd have to run the Sol at 5-10% that thing is monstrous! Tank looks great, love it so far, looking forward to seeing it with corals. Check out my thread so you can see the Nano over a 60-F, it's really high abov ethe tank as well and I've melted a few zoas and burned some SPS white LOL Link to comment
JR! Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 wow sump looks so much better man. Link to comment
tpallas Posted December 20, 2011 Author Share Posted December 20, 2011 I'd be extremely careful with those lights, I have a Nano on a 60-F and at 75% it bleaches the crap out of my corals so I have to run it less and re-acclimate. You'd have to run the Sol at 5-10% that thing is monstrous! Tank looks great, love it so far, looking forward to seeing it with corals. Check out my thread so you can see the Nano over a 60-F, it's really high abov ethe tank as well and I've melted a few zoas and burned some SPS white LOL Yeah, I started it at 10% and I've worked my way up to 30% on the whites. At the lower figures my corals were actually looking bad and they look a lot better now. Once I get the light mounted on a tree I'm shooting for something closer to 75%. wow sump looks so much better man. Thanks! Link to comment
SouthFlorida_Tron Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 Nice, much cleaner, looks like the direction of flow is alot smoother lol Link to comment
tpallas Posted December 23, 2011 Author Share Posted December 23, 2011 good progress Thanks! Nice, much cleaner, looks like the direction of flow is alot smoother lol Thanks Tron! Love the new clam! Link to comment
Reef Casa Posted January 4, 2012 Share Posted January 4, 2012 amazing set up thanks for all the photos Link to comment
tpallas Posted January 4, 2012 Author Share Posted January 4, 2012 My pleasure! Here's the latest FTS. Still getting over the algae bloom from stopping the Prodibio dosing. I also ordered some 70 degree optics so the light will be much more uniform. You can see the concentration of white in these photos from the middle pucks. Link to comment
Deleted User 4 Posted January 4, 2012 Share Posted January 4, 2012 Nice, I likeeee it! Link to comment
Reef Casa Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 that clam looks really happy Prodibio dosing??? Link to comment
tpallas Posted January 17, 2012 Author Share Posted January 17, 2012 Thanks guys. I finally managed to get my light tree mounted this weekend: Link to comment
SouthFlorida_Tron Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 Thanks! Thanks Tron! Love the new clam! the new maxima? ya he has amazing colors! but your gigantor crocea is sick Link to comment
JR! Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 such an awesome build. gonna check back soon to see more. Link to comment
tpallas Posted January 19, 2012 Author Share Posted January 19, 2012 Thanks man! Love it when boxes come. Received the Profilux 4 unit doser today: Here is where I am placing the unit: The tubing will wrap around the unit to the backside of the stand, where I will mount three bottles of Calc/Alk/Mag (haven't decided on what to use the 4th on yet). Now, where do I get more of this tubing?? Cheers that clam looks really happy Prodibio dosing??? Had to cut out the Prodibio - for the time being anyways. There just weren't enough nutrients for the corals. Right now I only have a six-line and a cleaner wrasse. I want to put in a pair of black clowns - at that time I might re-visit the issue. Now.....will Royal Exclusiv PLEASE make a nano skimmer???!!!!!! Link to comment
Reef Casa Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 still the sickest set up here on NR Link to comment
tpallas Posted January 26, 2012 Author Share Posted January 26, 2012 still the sickest set up here on NR Thanks man! I set up my fuge yesterday. Using a JBJ LED fuge light: Fits perfectly between the sump and stand wall: Light on ready for chaeto. I'll run this reverse cycle: Link to comment
tpallas Posted February 24, 2012 Author Share Posted February 24, 2012 Long time, no update. Here's some pics: Link to comment
tpallas Posted March 8, 2012 Author Share Posted March 8, 2012 Compulsory FTS progression post: Link to comment
Builder Anthony Posted March 8, 2012 Share Posted March 8, 2012 looks like evrythings going good Link to comment
Scorched Posted March 8, 2012 Share Posted March 8, 2012 Can you tell me which pvc fitting you used on the overflow to make such a tight 90 on the bulkhead. Compared to the return which exposes about an inch of thread? Does a standard 1" Female elbow screw onto the bulkheads outer threads? EDIT- Ahh you have the bulkhead reversed with the smooth side out, and are using a slip fitting going inside. Is that right? Link to comment
tpallas Posted April 18, 2012 Author Share Posted April 18, 2012 Quick update....moved apartments last month which was a PITA. Experienced a small mini cycle with some algae and growth slowing, but things are stopping to look up again. Link to comment
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