dekand Posted January 24, 2013 Author Share Posted January 24, 2013 Annnnnd 2 hours later after a full dissasembly and washdown, wipedown, toothbrush scrubdown of every part ... Next up is the sump... Link to comment
dekand Posted January 24, 2013 Author Share Posted January 24, 2013 Milky perfection. Skimmed this in about 10 minutes ... good stuff, lesson here kids, deep clean your skimmer every 4-6 months, or as you see necessary based on build up. Link to comment
dekand Posted January 24, 2013 Author Share Posted January 24, 2013 I also did a deep clean of all the gunk in my sump before putting the skimmer back in. I picked up a wet/dry vac from Home Depot called the "Bucket Head" it's only $22 and hooks up to the top of one of their 5 gallon buckets. It worked fantastically for sucking up all the gunk on the bottom of my sump, best $22 i've spent in a while. Before After 1 Link to comment
Deleted User 4 Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 Damn, glad the filthy sump had a cleanup crew come in. 1 Link to comment
dekand Posted January 24, 2013 Author Share Posted January 24, 2013 haha ... well i wish there was a crew instead of just me, but it's not that bad only a couple times a year to do 1 Link to comment
Deleted User 4 Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 haha ... well i wish there was a crew instead of just me, but it's not that bad only a couple times a year to do Lol, I was referring the new toys you got as a cleaning crew But definitely, sump has improved in the neat condition. Link to comment
NVTE Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 nice clean sump. I need to do that with my sump. 1 Link to comment
rb1685 Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 Man, this is a sweet set up. Following. 1 Link to comment
mpsti05 Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 Spring cleaning! Just a cpl months early... Lookin good 1 Link to comment
dekand Posted January 24, 2013 Author Share Posted January 24, 2013 thanks guys -- i'll try to get some more interesting updates here soon, I've recently started dosing Red Sea Reef Energy A/B so i'll report on what I see from that after a bit. Link to comment
dekand Posted January 24, 2013 Author Share Posted January 24, 2013 Well the warm weather must have something in the air because I managed to get my filter sock collection cleaned today after many months of not running any socks. I flip my filter socks inside out, I use a long wooden rod that I can jam the sock down onto and invert it, this is the easiest method i've found, and do it when they are wet, dry ones are a PITA. I then take a trip to my local car wash with hand pressure washers since I don't have my own, works like a charm. I didn't get a before, but these were basically a nice solid shade of brown before wash Air dry them in outside in the sun, and they are good to go. Link to comment
dekand Posted January 24, 2013 Author Share Posted January 24, 2013 Figured I should throw up a livestock pic with all these equipment pics this is one of my favorite zoa's in my tank, patiently waiting for it to grow out, love the yellow/green in them. 1 Link to comment
dekand Posted February 3, 2013 Author Share Posted February 3, 2013 FTS as of 2/2/13 Frag rack up in the corner is full of the pieces of an acro colony I have that for whatever reason (only sps in my tank to exhibit this) was continually dying from the base, so eventually rather than lose it I just chopped off and fragged all the remaining live tips. Link to comment
RollaJase Posted February 3, 2013 Share Posted February 3, 2013 I love the closet set up, very nice work. Link to comment
dekand Posted February 3, 2013 Author Share Posted February 3, 2013 I love the closet set up, very nice work. thank you Link to comment
MGDMIRAGE Posted February 3, 2013 Share Posted February 3, 2013 Tank looks awesome and great job inverting the socks and cleaning them lol. I really hate trying to invert those socks. Link to comment
dekand Posted February 4, 2013 Author Share Posted February 4, 2013 Tank looks awesome and great job inverting the socks and cleaning them lol. I really hate trying to invert those socks. thanks, yeah they are a major pain --- but inverting them wet and with a rod makes it's a lot better... ... that's what she said. Link to comment
Hellsinki Posted May 20, 2015 Share Posted May 20, 2015 hate to bring up an old thread, but I'm using this thread as inspiration for my next build. Any updates? Link to comment
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