Drukkosz upgrade - something little different

[drukkosz]

Fun little project, made a frag rack for the downstairs tank

 

[tdyrkacz]

How high is your water line? I just filled up one of my planet tanks and noticed that the water is only 1/2" below the edge which seems a bit high for me. I think i'm pushing about 600 GPH at the tank.

 

[drukkosz]

How high is your water line? I just filled up one of my planet tanks and noticed that the water is only 1/2" below the edge which seems a bit high for me. I think i'm pushing about 600 GPH at the tank.

Mine is just below 1/2 ". I really dont like that overflow, I spent tons of money to make sure my tank is silent and this is the loudest piece of the tank, drives me nuts. The noise is coming from the inside overflow and I dont think there is anything I can do about it except replacing it with something better.

 

[tdyrkacz]

Yeah mine is very loud as well, but I am hoping that once i convert to a herbie style drain it will quiet down. Are you saying that the overflow itself is causing the noise or the drain?

 

[drukkosz]

Yeah mine is very loud as well, but I am hoping that once i convert to a herbie style drain it will quiet down. Are you saying that the overflow itself is causing the noise or the drain?

My drain is silent its the piece that is inside the tank that makes all the noise, its bad design. Did tons of resarch on that already. I think only option is to replace the entire overflow with a another, better brand.

 

[drukkosz]

I like my reef tank but having Lion Fish is just awesome.

 

[Daniel@R2R Verified Admin]

I like my reef tank but having Lion Fish is just awesome.

Love the Fu Manchu! I've always wanted one, but too afraid he'll eat other fish in the tank.

 

[drukkosz]

Love the Fu Manchu! I've always wanted one, but too afraid he'll eat other fish in the tank.

If you have small fish then yes it will eat it (gobies etc), but its relatively small fish and requires target feedings.

 

[Daniel@R2R Verified Admin]

If you have small fish then yes it will eat it (gobies etc), but its relatively small fish and requires target feedings.

Yeah I'm thinking about my clowns and mandarin dragonet.

 

[drukkosz]

Yeah I'm thinking about my clowns and mandarin dragonet.

If they are not juvenile you should be fine, even small silversides I have to cut in multiple pieces in order for her to eat. The hardest part is to teach her to eat frozen and they must be target feed.

 

[drukkosz]

Short video from last night showing bottom of the reef

 

[drukkosz]

I call it Loch Ness Monster





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[drukkosz]

How do you do water changes? this is mine

 

[drukkosz]

This is what it takes to make 0 TDS water when you live on a well.



My RO/DI station



RO water goes to the storage container where I run air pump for 2-3 days to get rid of CO2, without that my raisin would be gone after only 50 gallons of water. I run 3 stages of DI and then clean water goes to my storage containers in the garage.

 

[drukkosz]

Lion fish are getting big

 

[Gumbies R Us]

Lion fish are getting big

That's an impressive lionfish!! How hard has it been to keep one of those

 

[drukkosz]

That's an impressive lionfish!! How hard has it been to keep one of those

Its really not, at least I think so. It takes patience to train them to eat frozen silversides (i always soak it in selcon) also my large guy soon will be rehomed to a larger tank. I have him in 125g tank and I can tell he is not happy anymore. I think 200g should be minimal tank for a large Lion fish.

 

[Cthulukelele]

Lion fish are getting big

Any close calls working on the tank for stings? Beautiful tank btw

 

[drukkosz]

Any close calls working on the tank for stings? Beautiful tank btw

Thank you, no not really, I am trying to be careful and use tonze tongs and long gloves if I need to put my hands in the tank.

 

[drukkosz]

Everything is extremely expensive in this hobby especially after 4 tank upgrades but my favorite piece of equipment is my @Deltec USA skimmer. It has been awhile since I did a major clean up but this thing is amazing.

I don’t think there is another skimmer that you can completely disassemble for cleaning. Just look at that! Plus the Emergency overflow system with water level indicator is genius!





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