Veng Posted December 22, 2016 Author Share Posted December 22, 2016 Top is finally cut and positioned. It's held in place by wooden dowels at the moment so it can be removed as I'll have to take it off to get it through the front door. Still need to get the black fermica top attached and cut. Weather has warmed up enough we should be able to start painting the inside on Friday. Tank should be in here in about 2 weeks. I'm really excited to get this thing wet! Link to comment
Veng Posted December 22, 2016 Author Share Posted December 22, 2016 So I picked up some more Red Sea Reef energy and going to be adding that into my daily feeding. Still struggling to keep dKH with manual dosing, so really looking forward to getting these BRS dosers hooked up on the new tank. I think more than anything though I'm really looking forward to the ~4X water volume the new setup should have and the stability it will add. Link to comment
teenyreef Posted December 23, 2016 Share Posted December 23, 2016 The stand looks great! It's going to look incredible when it's finished and has a tank on it I really like the Red Sea Energy stuff, I've been using it for close to a year, and I really notice a difference when I stop using it. Plus it has that really cool green color when you put it in the tank My only complaint is it needs to be refrigerated, so I have to dose it manually. Link to comment
Veng Posted December 23, 2016 Author Share Posted December 23, 2016 The stand looks great! It's going to look incredible when it's finished and has a tank on it I really like the Red Sea Energy stuff, I've been using it for close to a year, and I really notice a difference when I stop using it. Plus it has that really cool green color when you put it in the tank My only complaint is it needs to be refrigerated, so I have to dose it manually. Thanks! Can't wait to get it stained cause I know how much that'll make it pop. I'm not a fan of the have to dose it manually because it has to get refrigerated, mostly because it means I'll forget. I have been seriously toying with the idea of one of these and mounting it in the stand and then running dosing lines to it. The benefit is if I did, I'd be able to dose several times a day as well as dose frozen food slushies and other such. Link to comment
tailes Posted December 23, 2016 Share Posted December 23, 2016 The stand looks great! It's going to look incredible when it's finished and has a tank on it I really like the Red Sea Energy stuff, I've been using it for close to a year, and I really notice a difference when I stop using it. Plus it has that really cool green color when you put it in the tank My only complaint is it needs to be refrigerated, so I have to dose it manually. This should actually be a huge plus to the kids. Feed the tank and dose energy - HEY SEE THE COOL COLORS!! Link to comment
teenyreef Posted December 23, 2016 Share Posted December 23, 2016 Thanks! Can't wait to get it stained cause I know how much that'll make it pop. I'm not a fan of the have to dose it manually because it has to get refrigerated, mostly because it means I'll forget. I have been seriously toying with the idea of one of these and mounting it in the stand and then running dosing lines to it. The benefit is if I did, I'd be able to dose several times a day as well as dose frozen food slushies and other such. Yeah, I have the same problem, I only dose it about three times a week because I just can't be bothered to do it when I remember. The wine cooler looks like a nice idea - I've heard of people doing that but I've never actually seen one set up and running. Link to comment
Veng Posted December 23, 2016 Author Share Posted December 23, 2016 I think I'm going to cut up some cardboard the size that thing is supposed to be and then plan on leaving a space empty for it incase I decide to go that route. But, it's not on the current to do list until this tank is fully up and transfered. Link to comment
metrokat Posted December 24, 2016 Share Posted December 24, 2016 Thanks! Can't wait to get it stained cause I know how much that'll make it pop. I'm not a fan of the have to dose it manually because it has to get refrigerated, mostly because it means I'll forget. I have been seriously toying with the idea of one of these and mounting it in the stand and then running dosing lines to it. The benefit is if I did, I'd be able to dose several times a day as well as dose frozen food slushies and other such. The less you continuously dose in terms of nutrition the better. At some point import will exceed export. You will get busy and water changes and husbandry might fall behind - with continued addition of nutrients - that is a problem waiting to happen. K.I.S.S. Link to comment
Veng Posted December 24, 2016 Author Share Posted December 24, 2016 I think I'd actually be better off dosing as it would let me dial in how much and be consistent. Though I'm working to try to keep water changes to not be a significant part of the nutrient export strategy. Link to comment
Veng Posted December 25, 2016 Author Share Posted December 25, 2016 First coat of paint is on the inside. It's a bit darker than the picture shows, but so far I think it's going to look great. I guess I'd better use grey schedule 80 pipe or it's going to really clash with white. Link to comment
tailes Posted December 25, 2016 Share Posted December 25, 2016 Hot pink. Or purple. But I'd rather not the gray because then we'll have a harder time "seeing" the pipes. ? Link to comment
teenyreef Posted December 26, 2016 Share Posted December 26, 2016 I've got to say, red pipes would like really nice with the gray background. Or hot pink Link to comment
metrokat Posted December 26, 2016 Share Posted December 26, 2016 Red! And easy to co-ordinate too Link to comment
cnseekatz Posted December 28, 2016 Share Posted December 28, 2016 Oh the possibilities! Link to comment
Veng Posted January 1, 2017 Author Share Posted January 1, 2017 Well, I didn't get as far as I wanted to over the Holiday break as I came down with Norovirus which really wiped me out for a few days, but the fermica top went on. Picture doesn't do it justice, I'm really stoked about how it turned out. Need to get to laminate the edges of the plywood top still, the stuff for that will be here Wednesday. I've got some, just not enough. After that's done, then I should be able to stain the whole thing. Link to comment
tailes Posted January 1, 2017 Share Posted January 1, 2017 Noro sucks, the stand is fabulous!! Only because *I* painted it. ?? I still vote pink or purple or maybe GREEN for the plumbing!! Link to comment
tailes Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 So..... where does one get these fancy colored pipes? Link to comment
Veng Posted January 3, 2017 Author Share Posted January 3, 2017 http://www.bulkreefsupply.com/pumps-plumbing/plumbing.html Note the fitting colors are quite limited. Link to comment
metrokat Posted January 4, 2017 Share Posted January 4, 2017 http://www.bulkreefsupply.com/pumps-plumbing/plumbing.html Note the fitting colors are quite limited. I got mine from home depot. Link to comment
Veng Posted January 6, 2017 Author Share Posted January 6, 2017 Tailes is trying to talk me into black sand. What say N/R? With the black top, should I do a black sand? I'm intrigued. Link to comment
jedimasterben Posted January 6, 2017 Share Posted January 6, 2017 It will be magnetic, so I say nay. Link to comment
metrokat Posted January 6, 2017 Share Posted January 6, 2017 It will be magnetic, so I say nay. This Link to comment
Veng Posted January 6, 2017 Author Share Posted January 6, 2017 It will be magnetic, so I say nay. Well that idea was short lived. The only other idea is bare bottom again on the black stand. Think Tailes wants too many sand sifters to go bare bottom though. Link to comment
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