DaveFason Posted November 20, 2017 Share Posted November 20, 2017 2 hours ago, drewgrano said: It work on anything other than bryopsis? This isn't bryopsis. I think it's either dino's or possibly calothrix. Doesn't look like there's any adverse effects to this stuff though so maybe its worth a shot anyways? It will nail hair algae which this looks like. Worth a shot. I was absolutely blown away. -D Quote Link to comment
drewgrano Posted November 23, 2017 Author Share Posted November 23, 2017 Sands been out for a day and a half now, everything seems okay so far. If we're still good in a couple weeks I might change up the scape a bit but im leaning towards leaving it sandless.... 2 Quote Link to comment
Halo_003 Posted November 23, 2017 Share Posted November 23, 2017 Looks awesome. I’d love to do a build with one of these tanks eventually. 1 1 Quote Link to comment
drewgrano Posted January 6, 2018 Author Share Posted January 6, 2018 Tanks doing a lot better since removing the sand bed. Just doesn't quite look right though without it... 1 Quote Link to comment
DaveFason Posted January 11, 2018 Share Posted January 11, 2018 Look up starboard for a fake sand bed. Looking great however! -Dave 1 Quote Link to comment
drewgrano Posted January 13, 2018 Author Share Posted January 13, 2018 More cell phone pics. New additions for the glass side! Quote Link to comment
DaveFason Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 Love it. Maybe see if you can get the cap to grow in the empty space. -D 1 Quote Link to comment
drewgrano Posted September 27, 2018 Author Share Posted September 27, 2018 upgraded this summer, pushing the limits of this light for sure. Quote Link to comment
A Little Blue Posted September 27, 2018 Share Posted September 27, 2018 Nice setup. I was thinking about using this tank in the future build. How is the flow with Vectra pump? I wanna use that to push water through 2 reactors. Quote Link to comment
drewgrano Posted September 27, 2018 Author Share Posted September 27, 2018 4 minutes ago, A Little Blue said: Nice setup. I was thinking about using this tank in the future build. How is the flow with Vectra pump? I wanna use that to push water through 2 reactors. I actually tore it down and moved to a 25g fusion lagoon a few months ago. Maintenance with the canister filter got to be a pain, and I was just never happy with how the system was running. My own fault though, i was trying to get to fancy with a bunch of diy solutions.... never worked how I originally imagined. The vectra was cool, and I'm sure I could have made it work a lot better, but with how I had everything hooked up I literally had so many 90 degree elbows that even with the pump turned up all the way i barely had any flow through the display. 1 Quote Link to comment
A Little Blue Posted September 27, 2018 Share Posted September 27, 2018 5 minutes ago, drewgrano said: I actually tore it down and moved to a 25g fusion lagoon a few months ago. Maintenance with the canister filter got to be a pain, and I was just never happy with how the system was running. My own fault though, i was trying to get to fancy with a bunch of diy solutions.... never worked how I originally imagined. The vectra was cool, and I'm sure I could have made it work a lot better, but with how I had everything hooked up I literally had so many 90 degree elbows that even with the pump turned up all the way i barely had any flow through the display. Interesting. I’ll have to take that into consideration while designing my setup. What did you use in your canister? I would never use canister filter (your experience and others is exactly why) but I am curious. In my case flow isn’t an issue but I need enough power to force water through two reactors and several elbows. Quote Link to comment
drewgrano Posted September 27, 2018 Author Share Posted September 27, 2018 23 minutes ago, A Little Blue said: Interesting. I’ll have to take that into consideration while designing my setup. What did you use in your canister? I would never use canister filter (your experience and others is exactly why) but I am curious. In my case flow isn’t an issue but I need enough power to force water through two reactors and several elbows. Even if I had my canister filter completely empty I had the flow problem. I was only using .5inch tubing and had at least 4 90degree elbows that really killed all my flow. I don't have anything against canister filters really, and the whole point of using one in this setup was to hide as much plumbing/equipment as possible. I just didn't plan it out well enough. I still had water movement so I think you'll be fine, but i was trying to use it both for filtration and as 100% of my flow (never crossed my mind that a 2000gph pump would be a problem in my 9 gallon tank lol). Quote Link to comment
A Little Blue Posted September 27, 2018 Share Posted September 27, 2018 1 hour ago, drewgrano said: Even if I had my canister filter completely empty I had the flow problem. I was only using .5inch tubing and had at least 4 90degree elbows that really killed all my flow. I don't have anything against canister filters really, and the whole point of using one in this setup was to hide as much plumbing/equipment as possible. I just didn't plan it out well enough. I still had water movement so I think you'll be fine, but i was trying to use it both for filtration and as 100% of my flow (never crossed my mind that a 2000gph pump would be a problem in my 9 gallon tank lol). I see. It’s tricky to have both, enough dwell time for efficient filtration and enough flow for in-tank water movement. I wonder what would happen if you have had a loop around your canister filter (split line b4 and join both lines after canister)? I assume that you would lose some flow still but not a whole lot. All you really need is a 5X turnover volume of your tank to get efficient filtration. Rest could have been looped around it for better flow. Am I wrong in my assumption? Quote Link to comment
newtothis28 Posted November 21, 2022 Share Posted November 21, 2022 Hi @drewgrano wondering if you had experience with UNS tanks and how would you compare it to Aquamaxx. Contemplating which one to get. Quote Link to comment
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