Mr. Mustache Posted September 10, 2013 Share Posted September 10, 2013 Redonkulas! Photos are phenomenal! Nice job. Link to comment
charlie truong Posted September 12, 2013 Author Share Posted September 12, 2013 UPDATE: new pretty things FTS 09.11.13 Assortment of Ricordea (sweet deal on eBay): Link to comment
TeamIM24 Posted September 12, 2013 Share Posted September 12, 2013 Looking really, really good. Link to comment
schaNYC Posted September 13, 2013 Share Posted September 13, 2013 Charlie- nice tank and pics. As for your ATO reservoir, is that a 2 or 3 gallon? How often do you refill? Also tank lid on or off? Link to comment
charlie truong Posted September 13, 2013 Author Share Posted September 13, 2013 Charlie- nice tank and pics. As for your ATO reservoir, is that a 2 or 3 gallon? How often do you refill? Also tank lid on or off? It's a 1.25 gallon reservoir and I usually refill the tank every 5ish days. The tank is running with lids off and my house is usually set at 80-84 with the Nest Thermostat (when I'm away it goes to 84, but when I'm home its 80) Oh and there's a little hang on fan that I've recently added to help with the heat, so I've noticed the water level going down quicker. Btw, I live in Las Vegas so the weather is getting coolor...meaning 90 (thats an awesome day for us haha). http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000QRAMNC/ref=oh_details_o00_s01_i03?ie=UTF8&psc=1 Link to comment
defender.TX Posted September 13, 2013 Share Posted September 13, 2013 Man, how do you live in a house that's 80 degrees?! I have my thermostat set to go up to 74 during the day in Texas and I literally can't stand it. I just try and wait till 9 PM and it kicks back down to 71 on my program. Link to comment
charlie truong Posted September 13, 2013 Author Share Posted September 13, 2013 Man, how do you live in a house that's 80 degrees?! I have my thermostat set to go up to 74 during the day in Texas and I literally can't stand it. I just try and wait till 9 PM and it kicks back down to 71 on my program. I'm usually naked ha! but I think its because it's dry here compared to Texas. My sister in law lives in Texas and when we went out to visit her, it was unbearable for me the extra humidity. I felt like I couldn't breath... Link to comment
defender.TX Posted September 13, 2013 Share Posted September 13, 2013 I'm usually naked ha! but I think its because it's dry here compared to Texas. My sister in law lives in Texas and when we went out to visit her, it was unbearable for me the extra humidity. I felt like I couldn't breath... No doubt about it, the humidity kills. It really does stifle. My wife has asthma and it's definitely aggravated all summer from the humidity. Tank looks great by the way! I might be picking up some Trumpets on the way home, depends on if the LFS still has the frag I've had my eye on or not. Link to comment
sangheili Posted September 13, 2013 Share Posted September 13, 2013 Charlie! Didn't know you were in Vegas too! I'm starting to get to know the local reefers, this town is great for the hobby! Link to comment
charlie truong Posted September 13, 2013 Author Share Posted September 13, 2013 Charlie! Didn't know you were in Vegas too! I'm starting to get to know the local reefers, this town is great for the hobby! Oh suhweeet! I didn't notice your location either, I live right next to South Point. I basically been to all the LFS and honestly my top of the list is 'Aquatic Empires'....but sadly the best deals are actually on eBay when it comes to coral. Most of my livestock coral are eBay and fish are from Aquatic Empires. Link to comment
HOTWATER Posted September 13, 2013 Share Posted September 13, 2013 Awesome tank Charlie! Are you a member of the local club? Link to comment
charlie truong Posted September 14, 2013 Author Share Posted September 14, 2013 Awesome tank Charlie! Are you a member of the local club? Thanks! and no, I haven't really looked. How do I join? Link to comment
sangheili Posted September 14, 2013 Share Posted September 14, 2013 Thanks! and no, I haven't really looked. How do I join? Check it out here: http://vegasreefers.com/forums/content.php Aquatic Treasures seems to have the best prices. I wasn't too impressive by Aquatic Empires the few times I've been there. Desert Reef Co is my fav store - Eric is awesome! Link to comment
HOTWATER Posted September 14, 2013 Share Posted September 14, 2013 Eric is an awesome guy who knows his stuff. And he's not pushy or just trying to make a quick sale.. His livestock looks amazingly healthy always as well. I live about 2 mi away from his store so I drop in pretty regularly. Also I would suggest joining the club. The ppl are really friendly, and quite informative. Also the club has a monthly meet where they raffle off all sorts of goodies, livestock to supplements. It's an all around great forum to be apart of. Link to comment
charlie truong Posted September 14, 2013 Author Share Posted September 14, 2013 UPDATE: Apex Lite Controller I think I may finally completed this beast...no more wasting money on this addiction, hopefully ...The wife has no idea how much haha! (wife: how much did that controller cost? me: oh it was on sale *walks away) Oh and my OCD kicked in, so I decided to clean up my wiring again. Enjoy! Link to comment
sangheili Posted September 15, 2013 Share Posted September 15, 2013 Love the basket idea, I think im going to steal that one. Link to comment
HammerheadV13 Posted September 29, 2013 Share Posted September 29, 2013 I see you are running your MP10 on the right side of the tank, I was wondering about this... Obviously the skimmer is on the right rear sump chamber, does the MP10 push most of the water into the overflow on the left side? My concern is that if the flow is pushing the water to the left that less of the water column is flowing through the right rear sump where the skimmer sits, thus limiting its effectiveness. Have you played at all with switching from right to left side of the tank? Link to comment
Cameron6796 Posted September 29, 2013 Share Posted September 29, 2013 I doubt it would effect its effective ness since the skimmer call only suck in so much water anyways. The extra water would just flow over the baffle anyways Link to comment
HammerheadV13 Posted September 29, 2013 Share Posted September 29, 2013 I wonder if more of the detritus and contaminants flow through the left baffle though, and back into the display tank since they aren't being skimmed through the right side? Link to comment
Cameron6796 Posted September 30, 2013 Share Posted September 30, 2013 If you have good filter media you shouldn't have a problem Link to comment
RollaJase Posted September 30, 2013 Share Posted September 30, 2013 Great looking tank, very well done. Nice job on the wiring box . Link to comment
Shadowrider Posted September 30, 2013 Share Posted September 30, 2013 A really nice tank Charlie. Link to comment
sangheili Posted October 1, 2013 Share Posted October 1, 2013 Ya know I have a bigger version of that same canister your using for your ATO if you want it. I have like 4 lol Link to comment
iSherm Posted October 2, 2013 Share Posted October 2, 2013 What setting do you have your MP10 on? And how much power do you keep it at? Link to comment
Kauai Posted October 2, 2013 Share Posted October 2, 2013 your rock scape is spot on man. good stuff. nice photos. Link to comment
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