Tigahboy Posted May 4, 2005 Share Posted May 4, 2005 oh man, I just bumped the skimmer and major splashville...a tiny drop of skimmate almost made it into my eyeball. the things I do to keep you happy, adam. haha. since I knocked out all the sludge, no real skimmate to see in the pic. I'll post again w/ some hardcore skimmate later today/tomorrow. but for now, here it is: Now I gotta try to finish setting up my RO/DI filter unit. I got it back in December or Jan. and I still haven't set it up. Definitely will need it considering I lose at least 1g a day thru evap. Link to comment
adamjonpeterson Posted May 4, 2005 Share Posted May 4, 2005 Wow you are running wet. Looks awesome though. I love those skimmers. Link to comment
Tigahboy Posted May 4, 2005 Share Posted May 4, 2005 haha. i usually dont run it wet. not sure how that water got in there actually. since the skimmate fell out. Link to comment
adamjonpeterson Posted May 4, 2005 Share Posted May 4, 2005 Ah the old presto change-o. Link to comment
Reefer Addict Posted May 4, 2005 Share Posted May 4, 2005 Originally posted by Tigahboy more fun if it's a surprise. and there's still more goodies in the "back of my tank." =) How did I miss those pieces?!!!!!!!!?X) Don't you need to go to Home Depot......? Link to comment
Sinistard Posted May 4, 2005 Share Posted May 4, 2005 Originally posted by Tigahboy Now I gotta try to finish setting up my RO/DI filter unit. I got it back in December or Jan. and I still haven't set it up. Definitely will need it considering I lose at least 1g a day thru evap. [/b] I just installed my RO system yesterday, It was not hard at all. The worst part was making it fit with the old ass plumbing in my house. Three trips to lowes later, to find the right parts, it was all hooked up. If I had all the parts to start with the install it would have been done in 15 minutes tops. I you have any questions let me know. Tanks looking good. Link to comment
el pez Posted May 4, 2005 Share Posted May 4, 2005 nice plumbing department! i love how complex your setup is, and the corals look great! Link to comment
Cesar Posted May 4, 2005 Share Posted May 4, 2005 Becareful with RA Tigahboy. You know he likes to dive into the back of your tank bro. Hehehe. New thread, cool. Link to comment
Tigahboy Posted May 4, 2005 Share Posted May 4, 2005 thanks guys. so...I'm about to drill my pipes and add the saddle valve. do i need that sticky foam square w/ the hole in the center? is that just to mark the spot? I cant find mine. and these instructions are ghetto xeroxed so I can't make everything out. Link to comment
Reefer Addict Posted May 4, 2005 Share Posted May 4, 2005 Originally posted by Cesar Becareful with RA Tigahboy. You know he likes to dive into the back of your tank bro. Hehehe. New thread, cool. Be afraid Tigahboy...Be very afraid..... BWAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA Link to comment
Tigahboy Posted May 4, 2005 Share Posted May 4, 2005 how the hell do you fit back there anyway? i dont see a whole lot of diving room. Link to comment
usafresq82 Posted May 4, 2005 Share Posted May 4, 2005 Completely amazing, I'm getting tons of ideas from you man. Keep the pics coming, if you can could you get an updated full tank and full frag shot and then a full system shot of tank+ frag tank together. Again looks amazing. Kevin Link to comment
Tigahboy Posted May 4, 2005 Share Posted May 4, 2005 haha. thanks. that's a whole lot of shots. I'll see what I can do. =) Link to comment
Cesar Posted May 4, 2005 Share Posted May 4, 2005 Tigahboy you should place a Lionfish for RA, hehehe. Link to comment
Sinistard Posted May 4, 2005 Share Posted May 4, 2005 Originally posted by Tigahboy thanks guys. so...I'm about to drill my pipes and add the saddle valve. do i need that sticky foam square w/ the hole in the center? is that just to mark the spot? I cant find mine. and these instructions are ghetto xeroxed so I can't make everything out. If its like the saddle valve mine came with, the foam is like a gasket and is probably needed but I'm not sure. With my saddle valve no drilling is needed you just screw the needle in and it punches a hole in the copper then you unscrew it. I had to drill for the drain off tube, I stuck it on the pipe that goes between the two drains in the double sink on the top of the pipe. I took the pipe off, if you heat up the drill bit it goes through the pvc like butter. Just don't put the drain after the P-trap, or you might end up with some sewer gas in the Apartment :x Link to comment
TheCoralReef731 Posted May 4, 2005 Share Posted May 4, 2005 sweet, lets see a full tank shot. Link to comment
Tigahboy Posted May 4, 2005 Share Posted May 4, 2005 thanks for the info sinistard. another question. I just got it all set-up. but I don't know how open I should keep the cold water source outlet that feeds the RO/DI unit. like do you have it open just a tad or is it going full force? and do you keep the cold water source line open 24-7?! Seems like that could be a lot of pressure build up. Link to comment
Sinistard Posted May 4, 2005 Share Posted May 4, 2005 No problem. From what I was told the more pressure the better feeding the RO unit it works by forcing water through the membrane. Do you have a tank? The more pressure the more full the tank will get, I'm sure the system will handle more pressure then our water supply puts out. I don't have my source turned up all the way simply because if it is all the way up my sink faucet gets to much pressure and sprays all over the place. I think all newer RO systems have auto shut offs so you can leave it on 24-7. The guy who sold me mine said the old ones that ran all the time accualy filtered better, I guess starting and stoping is not as good for the filtering. Link to comment
lgreen Posted May 4, 2005 Share Posted May 4, 2005 tigahboy, does you ro/di unit have a pressure gauge. when on, the pressure should be like 4-5 bars. and do you keep the cold water source line open 24-7?! yes if you are using a float switch/shut off valve. Link to comment
fishman89 Posted May 4, 2005 Share Posted May 4, 2005 hey tigah You are a pro man one of the best i have ever seen heres my question, my freind and i want to start a fragging tank but we are having problwems with frags. do you think you could please post a little manual or something on fragging the different corals. this would be a big help and i figured i would ask a pro thanks p.s. send me a pm if you can Link to comment
lgreen Posted May 4, 2005 Share Posted May 4, 2005 ha ha. you know how long it would take to write a fragging manual! how about doing some research, not asking people to do it for you! www.garf.org is good though Link to comment
fishman89 Posted May 4, 2005 Share Posted May 4, 2005 well at least info would be good so thanks igreen Link to comment
Kogut Posted May 4, 2005 Share Posted May 4, 2005 Hooray! Version 2! So... When can I come pick up my frag of that rainbow? Hehe. That is a great pick of the frag striking back against the other one. How come there's no FTS of the tank, yet? ??? Link to comment
jenniebutterfly Posted May 4, 2005 Share Posted May 4, 2005 yeah tigah here is my little guy. they are cool fish, mine is very submissive to other fish until feeding time though Link to comment
winniebagel Posted May 5, 2005 Share Posted May 5, 2005 Jennie: How big is your lyretail anthias currently? They look really awesome, and plenty colorful! Link to comment
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