Sunny settled in nicely and within days started turning blue…… they grow up so fast
he is still my favorite!
Scrubbed down all the parts reassembled and ran with citric acid for a few hours, nowI have to drain rinse and dry before I put it up!
I was working and didn’t get home until 8 and had been sitting in the sun for several hours.Well we will see how it works out but they have a fantastic Arive Alive guaranty so I’m not worried! so we are looking at about $600 in lights for basically a big fuge I have 2 new 250 watt 14k Radion bulbs and Ice Cap ballasts for them, that I could use for nothing and Marine Depot is having a liquidation sale and I can get a Hamilton 10k DE bulb for $20 that I have a fixture for also! I wanted this build to be energy efficient but how much savings will LEDs provide with a $600 starting point? I collected a few dozen more mangrove seed pods and will continue to experiment with sprouting them, who knows I may get a few trades for frags out of the effort or some LFS store credit. I had a MaxiJet 1200 with a Quick filter as a circulation pump but the flow was just too much for the macro. The PomPom was fine but the Red Ogo and lettuce was getting ripped to shreds so I had to remove it.
Fantastic!OldSchool winns out again! Sure I could have dropped $600 and hung a Kessil but I have way too much old reliable equipment around to let it go to waist!
I had this old IceCap 250watt DE HQI fixture that was the perfect size and shap for the job but needed a bulb. I had 2 old ugly mogul base Luminux fixtures with new bulbs that I’m not going to use anytime soon. So let’s strip the DE pendant and rebuild with a Mogul base
Mogul base mount needs cutting down a bit but it’s going to fit nicely!
Everything gets a good sanding followed by some high temp primer before paint!
Reassemble it all to make sure it goes back together before I put the rivets in.
Reflectors get added and it’s tested.
Pop the last rivets in the reflectors clean it all up and hang it!
What? I missed out on Reefapaloza and Aquachilla and there is a local show I’m not going to miss this one too! So I’m trying to figure out what is going on that I haven’t heard of. I hate FB so that may explain a lot!
I may have to farm this out to a pro! The hinge parts were a bear without a Bridgeport or a Lathe but It’s all there and it only needs some dressing up and welded!
Neither can I wait to see the mount in action.
I’m tired of the lights just sitting on the top of the tank. It’s a pain to slide them back just to feed. I had powder coating lined up but I may have missed the boat for that and don’t think I want to wait a week for that process. But first things first I have to get the welding done!
I’ve watched countless YT videos of guys restoring all kinds of old rusty stuff and they seem to all do several days of vinegar soak and a good scrubbing, I always thought this was a load of cr@p probably because I have a sandblasting cabinet but that would require another clean out of the shop Since finding citric acid works better than vinegar and getting it cheap in bulk I had a few old jugs of vinegar left un used. I’ll Give it a try, a mason jar just fit a dozen hinges and so I poor in a pint of vinegar…. We will see! Day 1 95% clean, a quick toothbrusing rinse and back in for another day! Day 2 only a few deep spots remaining so they get a little scrape with a flat screwdriver toothbrush, rinse and back in. Day 3 squeaky clean, toothbrush, Rinse and sun dry! Good and hot ready for some rattle can oiled bronze and let bake in the sun for the day. Yesterday I got three doors hung but they need some adjustments some light sanding and a fresh coat of poly then rehung. This morning I started on the other side of the stand and noticed that I needed to change the filter sock:mad: along with the doors I put off installing the Klir 7 until I had most of the heavy work in the stand finished so I may as well get to it! It was a fairly simple install once I found the old box with fleece, power supply and controller;Facepalm
I have nothing but good words to say about your products and customer service! My only issues have been with shipping and I understand the challenges of shipping live goods from Colorado to Florida too well it’s either too hot or too cold! Then there is the delivery driver that wants to leave the packages in the sun when it’s 95° out
Thank you for your understanding. We have bumped up our packaging with the heat waves across the country but sometimes thing still happen. Appreciate you letting us get you taken care of and I hope you have a great weekend!I have nothing but good words to say about your products and customer service! My only issues have been with shipping and I understand the challenges of shipping live goods from Colorado to Florida too well it’s either too hot or too cold! Then there is the delivery driver that wants to leave the packages in the sun when it’s 95° out
Thanks for what you do and I’ll keep ordering!
Just note one lost mangrove on ORDER # 136916-2 and we will make it up on my next order
You got it! Just let us know after you place the order or we can give you store credit for it nowJust note one lost mangrove on ORDER # 136916-2 and we will make it up on my next order
I’ve had big houses with basements or bonus rooms and fish rooms and as of late huge skimmers and sumps outside!! Big tank, small skimmer inside with windows closed is keeping my PH down I’m dripping a gallon of Kalk a day and my Cal 480 DkH 10 Mg 1440, but I can’t get the PH above 7.65 It’s high CO2 levels and being stuck inside no doubt! I hooked up a on air pump to pump outside air into the skimmer and it helped .02 then I hooked up the other line from the pump to a MaxiJet power head and it went up another.04 but micro bubbles were getting into the DT so I tossed in another old skimmer to contain them.
so I moved it back to the frag tank but as far upstream as possible. No bubbles in the DT and PH is 7.7, it’s a good start! Well there is plenty of detritus in the frag tank stirred up now and my ORP is falling:mad: Time to try some Ozone before my Fleece roller runs out!
