lgreen's 58g SPS Reef Project

[lgreen]

plumbing sucks

 

even w/ blue tape i mangaged somehow to get that purple crap all over my nice clean pipes.

 

almost done though finally.

 

will anything remove that purple crap? maybe acetone or nail polish remover? pvc cleaner?

[g0tfish]

You can try sanding it. I got the cement all over my pipes too, i sanded it for a little, but gave up after a while. PLUMBING SUCKS FOR SURE

[speakerguy]

You can get clear (non-purple) primer too, ya know

[lgreen]

a little late :*(

[Tigahboy]

use that buffing bit for dremels. u can buff that stuff right off. acetone and such won't do much.

[Reefer Addict]

Post some pics of the plumbing?

[Travis]

Looking good lgreen, I realy like the aquascaping now that you lowered it 6 inches

[bobioden]

Your tank is looking great lgreen. Now the fun begins. Adding fish and corals and watching it come to life.

 

Great job.

 

 

Bob

[lgreen]

thanks everyone.

 

pic of plumbing to come.

 

(and of course, i went nuts on the plumbing )

[FRAG-ster-licious]

ya such a tease:rolleyes: wit the pics

[lgreen]

no i'm just horibly lazy and havent even finished the plumbing yet

[lgreen]

WOW!

 

14k phoenix bulbs are b*tchin!!

 

just what i was looking for.

 

thanks lampdr!

 

Update:

 

Added a bunch of coral frags, and some chaeto to the fuge.

adding some green chromis tommorow.

 

everything looks freakin good.

 

pic later after corals open back up.

[MdM31]

stop teasing us!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

-Mike

[lgreen]

i'm workin on it.

 

wanted to wait for the new bulbs, because you can't see crap w/ just the actinics.

 

pics probably tommorow.

[MdM31]

ok

 

-Mike

[lgreen]

some coral shots:

 

my camera sucks, so forgive me on some of the pics. i am getting better with the sony, but it still doesn't take the best pics.

 

zoos

 

 

pink and green zoos

 

 

solomon island zoos

 

 

super neon green pimpled mushrooms

 

 

AND the best for last...

 

Eagle Eye Zoo rock w/ 50 polyps that i got for $12.00 (score!!)

just now opening up.

 

[lgreen]

crap!

 

just got home and my tank was 90 degrees! I left the metal halides on all day for the first time.

 

i guess i better get some fans on there, but i am worried that may not be enough.

 

now i am a little bit stressed out.

 

not to mention my plumbing is ####ing me off.

 

i think i am going to rip all the plumbing and pumps out and redo the whole water movement thing. i don't like how it is now.

 

if i don't get the temp figured out, the MH are going out the window too.

[Stanley]

hey.... it'll be okay, try not to stress out.

 

More air-circ will sort out the heat.

 

Post some pics of the plubing if you get a chance... what's bothering you about it?

 

Good luck.

[lgreen]

thanks stanley

 

i dont know....there is just a bunch of stuff on this tank that didn't turn out to work how i planned.

 

just needs some more work and it will be fine.

[Bubba19365]

true, closed,

[MdM31]

Go to walmart and buy some cheap clip on fans ($8). Slap one on your sump and the canopy, or in your case you could try to get some type of fan to blow across the water. Evap will be higher, but hey 80degrees is better than 90.

 

-Mike

[MdM31]

($8) i mean 8 dollars not a screwy face lol.

[lgreen]

i went and got one of those honeywell tornado fans like tigahboy has.

 

problem solved!

 

worked great

 

temp hovering around 81-81. not bad.

 

i might grab some of those clip fans too though.

[Pili]

i have one of those fans also, they definatly move alot of air and took care of my heat issues completely. I also pluged it in to my timer for my main lights so that it goes on and off with the lights so there is no excess evap.

[lgreen]

yah, it moves air great, but it is a little noisier than i expected.

 

oh well.