VegasUSP
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Peristaltic pumps and 1/4" tubing is easy to hide
Very true....if I could run the tubing through the walls I might try it....but I'm not that talented lol
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Very true....if I could run the tubing through the walls I might try it....but I'm not that talented lol
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d2mini
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Says it in the top right corner.
Porcelain crab.
Thats what I did. Through the wall and behind the baseboard molding.
Real easy.
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I have a regular small hobby pump pumping out, but use an old Cole Parmer that I had to pump back in.
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A few new random pics.
The colors are almost 100% back on my older corals that survived the whole tear down and restart process.
I'm seeing some growth on both new and old.
The colors are almost 100% back on my older corals that survived the whole tear down and restart process.
I'm seeing some growth on both new and old.
Slm222
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Says it in the top right corner.
Porcelain crab.
Thats what I did. Through the wall and behind the baseboard molding.
Real easy.
Smart.. I never noticed the names at the top right of each picture
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d2mini
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I do that mainly for me. lol
My tank looks pretty empty right now and I have 25 different corals in there. Could easily end up with 50.
It's the only way I can keep track of what I have, especially the more boutique stuff with the fancy names.
Hentz
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Are you going to continue Triton? Sorry if this has been answered.. Scrolled through and might have missed it, maybe not!
I'm debating on running Triton opposed to ZEOvit on my upgrade. While I enjoy ZEOvit, the worry I have when I leave town drives me nuts. I've had a mini crash in the past on vacation (Alk tube on my doser clogged and Alk dropped from 7.5 to 5.4), so it wasn't ZEOvit's fault.. However I'm not interested in chasing that ULNS or pale colors on my SPS.
Even debated the Red Sea NOPOX + ABC + Colors.
I'm debating on running Triton opposed to ZEOvit on my upgrade. While I enjoy ZEOvit, the worry I have when I leave town drives me nuts. I've had a mini crash in the past on vacation (Alk tube on my doser clogged and Alk dropped from 7.5 to 5.4), so it wasn't ZEOvit's fault.. However I'm not interested in chasing that ULNS or pale colors on my SPS.
Even debated the Red Sea NOPOX + ABC + Colors.
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Nope. Go back a couple months in this thread.
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Made some updates under the hood over the past couple weeks.
The most obvious is a whole new sump from LifeReef.
It's their CLF1 Berlin Sump with the add-on Refugium.
My old 200g had a big custom LR sump and I always thought it was designed well with just the necessities and with none of the gimmicks.
The big one is no filter socks. Instead there is a large tray for mechanical filter material of your choosing. The water enters the sump into this section with the skimmer and then flows over the filter material.
Then the return section has the Accessory Rack which holds probes, 1/4" water/dosing lines, and filter canisters which I'm still waiting on.
On the right is the refugium. Water gets pumped from a tee on the return line into the fuge, through a spray bar in front and then back into the return section from the drain along the back. The fuge has a built in emergency drain, too (the upturned 90 elbow).
I've currently got it plumbed just to get it running, but once the filter canisters come in, I may replumb and run them off a manifold rather than a dedicated pump.
I also got a new SVS3-24" skimmer to match.
For the fuge, I'll be starting that up this week with some new Chaeto.
I decided the old Mars Hydro 300 LED was just too big for this smaller fuge so I replaced it with a smaller and slightly less powerful 216w UFO style grow light. Very similar spectrum.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01MXIVY5V/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00
This is a much smaller sump overall than the Triton sump I had. I'd say it's just big enough.
I did have Jeff add a couple inches to the width (front to back) measurement, but I also had him take a couple inches off the length of the fuge to get it to fit comfortably in my stand.
Now I have more room in the stand, like for an eventual calcium reactor.
And finally, the doser was upgraded to the GHL 2.1 and the old 2.0 will go to my office nano to replace the BRS dosers.
The most obvious is a whole new sump from LifeReef.
It's their CLF1 Berlin Sump with the add-on Refugium.
My old 200g had a big custom LR sump and I always thought it was designed well with just the necessities and with none of the gimmicks.
The big one is no filter socks. Instead there is a large tray for mechanical filter material of your choosing. The water enters the sump into this section with the skimmer and then flows over the filter material.
Then the return section has the Accessory Rack which holds probes, 1/4" water/dosing lines, and filter canisters which I'm still waiting on.
On the right is the refugium. Water gets pumped from a tee on the return line into the fuge, through a spray bar in front and then back into the return section from the drain along the back. The fuge has a built in emergency drain, too (the upturned 90 elbow).
I've currently got it plumbed just to get it running, but once the filter canisters come in, I may replumb and run them off a manifold rather than a dedicated pump.
I also got a new SVS3-24" skimmer to match.
For the fuge, I'll be starting that up this week with some new Chaeto.
I decided the old Mars Hydro 300 LED was just too big for this smaller fuge so I replaced it with a smaller and slightly less powerful 216w UFO style grow light. Very similar spectrum.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01MXIVY5V/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00
This is a much smaller sump overall than the Triton sump I had. I'd say it's just big enough.
I did have Jeff add a couple inches to the width (front to back) measurement, but I also had him take a couple inches off the length of the fuge to get it to fit comfortably in my stand.
Now I have more room in the stand, like for an eventual calcium reactor.
And finally, the doser was upgraded to the GHL 2.1 and the old 2.0 will go to my office nano to replace the BRS dosers.
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It's very nice set up Dennis love the green color [emoji12][emoji12]
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So what refugiam light is that. What happened to your mars hydro? Oops never mind I missed that part [emoji23] I see now.
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haha, thanks.
Pay attention, man!!!
I can't keep up you are a very active reefer [emoji23]
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Just found this baby Basket Star.
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So I've been using the same RO/DI since I got into reefing and it had seen better days.
We have chloramines in the water supply too.
So I decided to pick up a Spectrapure MaxCap 2:1 with Auto Flush when Premium Aquatics was having a sale a couple months ago. About the same time I decided to do the restart.
This time I didn't want to have it mounted inside the mixing station shed.
But it still needed to be protected from the elements, especially sunlight.
I decided to mount it to my siding, and then build a cedar shell around it.
Here's a couple updated pics showing the current mixing/AWC station and the new RO/DI.
We have chloramines in the water supply too.
So I decided to pick up a Spectrapure MaxCap 2:1 with Auto Flush when Premium Aquatics was having a sale a couple months ago. About the same time I decided to do the restart.
This time I didn't want to have it mounted inside the mixing station shed.
But it still needed to be protected from the elements, especially sunlight.
I decided to mount it to my siding, and then build a cedar shell around it.
Here's a couple updated pics showing the current mixing/AWC station and the new RO/DI.
