Reefergrower Posted January 7, 2019 Share Posted January 7, 2019 Well it's been awhile after some circumstances led to my last tank "disappearing", but starting up again. Got a fluval flex 9 with a hydor 425. Running a cobalt 1200 for return pump. Eheim 25 watt heater. Running a small hob refugium using the stock fluval pump to feed the hob. Picked up a used AI prime HD that will be here soon. Made a little rock wall for the back. Will post updates as I go. 1 Quote Link to comment
Reefergrower Posted January 7, 2019 Author Share Posted January 7, 2019 Sorry for the dirty glass. 3 Quote Link to comment
debbeach13 Posted January 7, 2019 Share Posted January 7, 2019 Good luck with your new tank. It's cute. 1 Quote Link to comment
Reefergrower Posted January 7, 2019 Author Share Posted January 7, 2019 Thanks! Cant wait to get the new light here and kick off the cycle on this one. Wanted to give the rock wall a few days to off-gas just in case before I drained and filled again and added cycle booster. Quote Link to comment
Reefergrower Posted January 10, 2019 Author Share Posted January 10, 2019 AI Prime HD came in last night. :) 2 Quote Link to comment
Lula_Mae Posted January 11, 2019 Share Posted January 11, 2019 I have the regular AI Prime and love it so much. It's a great light. I bought it after seeing what it did to Gena's 20 gallon Pastel Garden tank. Quote Link to comment
Reefergrower Posted January 12, 2019 Author Share Posted January 12, 2019 On 1/10/2019 at 7:08 PM, Lula_Mae said: I have the regular AI Prime and love it so much. It's a great light. I bought it after seeing what it did to Gena's 20 gallon Pastel Garden tank. So far I'm loving it and the adjustability of it. Doing a large water change and starting the cycle today. I will keep this thread posted. 2 Quote Link to comment
Reefergrower Posted January 15, 2019 Author Share Posted January 15, 2019 So, first $10 China skimmer showed up cracked and too big too fit... so they offered to ship me a new one and keep the old one. So...now it fits. Loo 1 Quote Link to comment
Reefergrower Posted January 16, 2019 Author Share Posted January 16, 2019 With how quickly this thing has been losing water, ato was a must. So I picked up a smart ATO today. Quote Link to comment
Reefergrower Posted January 21, 2019 Author Share Posted January 21, 2019 So things seem to be running well so far. Clean up crew arrived from reef cleaners. Always more than expected, so, sweet! With that being said, trying to keep snails off the floor has been fun. So cut a frame for a lid today and netting is on the way from BRS. Skimmers chugging along. Added a couple fish, cleaner shrimp and emerald crab as well. Also tossed in a couple sexy shrimp. Also got this super small red star today. Hopefully have time to work on a 9 gallon stand soon. Will keep posted. Quote Link to comment
Reefergrower Posted January 21, 2019 Author Share Posted January 21, 2019 Forgot to explain the random jug picture. Waterproof cereal container from target, aka ato reservoir. They're kinda proud of it at 14 bucks, but it does work perfect and it was there when I happened to be thinking about the need. Lol Quote Link to comment
BoyWonder Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 (edited) Great diary on the project, I have the same tank and using it for my tropical fish for now, one thing I noticed was the water level went down in the pump chamber when the filter got a bit clogged up.. I remembered you had a picture of your ATO sensor on the pump chamber and was wondering if it would be better in the main compartment? only because if the pump chamber had a loss of water flow and the levels went down the ATO would not over fill your tank.. unless you have a overflow?? 🙂 Looking forward to further updates. Edited January 23, 2019 by BoyWonder spelling mistake :) 1 Quote Link to comment
Reefergrower Posted January 23, 2019 Author Share Posted January 23, 2019 10 hours ago, BoyWonder said: Great diary on the project, I have the same tank and using it for my tropical fish for now, one thing I noticed was the water level went down in the pump chamber when the filter got a bit clogged up.. I remembered you had a picture of your ATO sensor on the pump chamber and was wondering if it would be better in the main compartment? only because if the pump chamber had a loss of water flow and the levels went down the ATO would not over fill your tank.. unless you have a overflow?? 🙂 Looking forward to further updates. Thanks! The pump chamber is about the only chamber I have with space and it seems to keep things fairly level. End chamber has skimmer, refugium return, and heater in it, so not much room. Middle chamber has bio rock stuff, charcoal, and last chamber has display pump, refugium pump, and now ato. I ditched pretty much all the factory fluval filtration. Quote Link to comment
BoyWonder Posted January 25, 2019 Share Posted January 25, 2019 On 1/23/2019 at 11:01 PM, Reefergrower said: Thanks! The pump chamber is about the only chamber I have with space and it seems to keep things fairly level. End chamber has skimmer, refugium return, and heater in it, so not much room. Middle chamber has bio rock stuff, charcoal, and last chamber has display pump, refugium pump, and now ato. I ditched pretty much all the factory fluval filtration. Sounds like your sorted and is less likely to happen then, I think the root cause was the original sponge media. Good to know what you have done though as its something I have been looking into doing when I have got the fish back into the Rio 120 🙂 Quote Link to comment
Reefergrower Posted January 26, 2019 Author Share Posted January 26, 2019 I'm sure it was because that stock filter media. I just run a little floss and change weekly with water changes. Netting came in for the lid today, so no more snails on the floor or random stuff covering the top. Quote Link to comment
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