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Reefer Rob 01-27-2010 06:00 PM

Darn, I have to work till 5:00. I'm getting sooo excited about this. Can't wait to point my closed loop nozzles anywhere I want!

Planning on mounting a Maxijet mod on a Wavy Sea centered on the back wall. Something that would now make a huge sand pile.

scar_11 01-27-2010 06:03 PM

Oceanic - I have been looking around for pictures of your tank but I can't find them can you point me in the right direction

OceanicCorals-Ian- 01-27-2010 06:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by don.ald (Post 486246)
what about the flow? maybe you can describe it to those of us out of town.:mrgreen:


150 G tank

Running

1- MP40
2- Tunze 6125's
1- Wavbox
1-Maximod 1200
1-Mag 9 return

= 13,640 GPH flow...... water is really moving in the tank...

OceanicCorals-Ian- 01-27-2010 06:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by scar_11 (Post 486250)
Oceanic - I have been looking around for pictures of your tank but I can't find them can you point me in the right direction


I will upload a couple new pictures tonight! Everything grows so fast the older pictures won't do it justice.

Reefer Rob 01-27-2010 06:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by OceanicCorals (Post 486252)
150 G tank

Running

1- MP40
2- Tunze 6125's
1- Wavbox
1-Maximod 1200
1-Mag 9 return

= 13,640 GPH flow...... water is really moving in the tank...

Yup, and your corals were so happy they were dancin' :biggrin:

OceanicCorals-Ian- 01-27-2010 06:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Reefer Rob (Post 486249)
Darn, I have to work till 5:00. I'm getting sooo excited about this. Can't wait to point my closed loop nozzles anywhere I want!

Planning on mounting a Maxijet mod on a Wavy Sea centered on the back wall. Something that would now make a huge sand pile.


Rob,

Don't remove all the sand at once! You are essentially removing a large portion of your bacterial colonization. If you remove it all at once you may cause unwanted issues, ie RTN-STN due to increases in Nitrate and Phosphate. You also need to consider adding more rock to your sump/refugium in order to replace the medium that the bacteria just lost.

I run zeovit and biopellets so these two items make up for a lack of substrate...

Ian

Reefer Rob 01-27-2010 06:15 PM

My sand is just a skiff really, barely covers the bottom. Nutrients are very low, pretty sure I won't notice it.

Thinking about the Bio-pellets, been reading about them on RC... one thing at a time

OceanicCorals-Ian- 01-27-2010 06:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Reefer Rob (Post 486260)
My sand is just a skiff really, barely covers the bottom. Nutrients are very low, pretty sure I won't notice it.

Thinking about the Bio-pellets, been reading about them on RC... one thing at a time


Okay,

Just making sure!

mseepman 01-27-2010 06:23 PM

I'm really looking forward to seeing some pictures of your tank Ian. I'm planning a new tank and my two current tanks each have about 1 1/2" of sand. I think I would miss it a lot if it was gone but love the idea of easy detrius removal and big flow without sandstorms.

albert_dao 01-27-2010 06:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mseepman (Post 486263)
I'm really looking forward to seeing some pictures of your tank Ian. I'm planning a new tank and my two current tanks each have about 1 1/2" of sand. I think I would miss it a lot if it was gone but love the idea of easy detrius removal and big flow without sandstorms.

Pfft, Ian's tank has too many colors in it. I disapprove. Not enough brown. More brown plz.


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