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whitelightning77
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Been slacking on the build thread for a while. However there's not much to report at the moment. Definitely finished cycling as all the diatoms and cyano are gone and the rocks are getting the green dusting of corraline on them. Sold off my LEDs and went back to my MHs. Energy savings for me was only about $5 when factoring in only the lights. If i factor in the fact that the heater went on about 2-3 times more when i had the LEDs it was probably a wash, or maybe even cost more running the LEDs since i don't run a chiller at all.
Money's been tight with the new house and all so no new livestock or equipment. I sold off some frags of my favia so that allowed me to buy replacement filters for my RO unit and a desperately needed booster pump. I finally set up my 275 gal water container in the water house and have been making RODI water for the past couple days. Its taking alot longer since i dont have the correct PSI. Hoping the booster pump will take care of that. Its a 125GPD unit so i should be able to fill up that container in about 2 days. Right now its been going for 3 days and im only at 150 gal, so im assuming with the current PSI im only able to make about 50 GPD.
I also just got back my APEX from Neptune last night. Been without it for about a week and a half. It started going on the fritz a couple weeks ago. The probes were giving me random readings like 1.6 ph and 36 degree F. I thought it was the probes but after speaking with the rep it was the base unit that was going bad. The eb8 would not function anymore and the display unit was just staying black. $60 later (plus shipping) im back up and running. Im not too happy that i had to spend the $$$ to get it fixed, but it could be worse, and im very happy with Neptunes Cust Service.
