Hung the frag tank light last night - Hamilton 2 X 250W MH + 2 X 54W T5's. Just received my two brand new radium bulbs (not installed yet). Everything fit together nicely. I have lots of room to raise and lower the fixture, and the ballast fit perfectly under the fuge tanks on the floor.

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And this is kinda gross.... When I tested my water change system, I just used tap water. I let the last remaining bit dry out/evaporate. Well here is what is in our Calgary tap water... This is the collection after razorblading the brand new tank bottom last night.

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And thanks to Denny @ Concept, here is my new 10 Gallon ATO container. Instead of having the ATO tank to the right of the sump, it now resides behind the sump, leaving a perfect amount of room beside the sump for the CO2 tank for my calcium reactor. I was getting worried about where to put it, so things just worked out! It's a good thing that the ATO didn't fit/got broken.

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ATO tank is now fully plumbed into the water change system's RO/DI tank for quick fills.

Next thing to do, is get a new 50 gallon fuge built after smashing the old one... and then I can do a final water test!

I need a bigger house...lol Nice and clean, awesome!

I need to start saving money for when i move sometime 5 years down the road i can have an epic set up,, good job man looks awesome so far

Thanks!

I think thats why this is taking me so long... I didn't save any $$$ lol.

I should have saved up instead of just buying things whenever the $$$ is available.

Well.... It's running!!!! I decided to use this tank that I picked up to use as a brackish water archerfish tank. It's 79" X 18" X 18". I will cycle the tank with this until I can afford to get a brand new one built.

All the plumbing is finished, with exception of the fuge/frag setup because of the tank I smashed.

Return and drains through the wall:

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Main and emergency drain

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Here is the tank. I have to skin the stand. Going to use the cabinet panels from ikea I think.

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Filling her up!

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Testing the manifold

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And the used equipment woes continue to bite me in the a$$.

The one DC return pump that I bought off a member dosn't work. It's the power supply. Works with the known good power supply. So now I have to find a new power supply. Does anyone know where I should start to find one? I'm in no rush, as the fuge and frag tanks aren't ready to get wet anyways.

Also one of the WP40's I purchased from a member dosn't work either.... lol. I guess that will teach me. Should have just bought new.

But.. With this smaller tank, one WP40 puts out a mad wave!

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All running and tuned

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Just did a bleach and acid bath for all my dry rock i've had sitting around. It worked fantastic!! All the rock is now super clean and nice and white. I put bulkheads and valves forndrains in the bottom of two garbage cans for this process.

1st was the bleach soak. I used genaric bleach from walmart. These garbage cans are 34 gallons. Filled about 3/4 with rock. I added 2 gallons of bleach to each can. Mixed it up and let sit for 6 hours (until it stopped bubbling)

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After the bleach, I drained it and filled/ rinsed the rock 3 times (until the bleach smell was minimal).

Then filled again and added the muriatic acid (got it from oasis pool and spa). Added .5 gallons to each can, then waited until the reaction stopped, and added another .5 gallons to each can. I then let it sit for 4 hours.

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I nuetralized the acid with massive amounts of baking soda. Rinsed and drained the cans 3 times each. Then did an RO/DI dip and shake. Now everything is lying out drying! I will leave it to air/sun dry for 2 weeks. I came out with great looking rock and tonnes of sweet rubble for my fuges.

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Active Tech in Calgary sells regulated power supplies, just pick the right wattage for the amount of pumps you want to run on one supply. 24V 150W link below.
http://www.active123.com/PSF15024-AC...-Prodview.html

If the power supply that failed is from me let me know, I'll help you out on replacement cost.