So ... whilst waiting for silicone to cure ..
1) Clam spawn mess on Sunday night. Did an emergency water change Sunday night and another on Monday, changed out the carbon filter skimmer etc etc etc. Bit of a rough night but everyone did OK. Also I finally finished my old carbon so to get new carbon on the tank I cracked open the Rox0.8 carbon. Holy CRAP is that stuff awesome! I have not seen such water clarity since I was running Zeo on the tank.
2) Didn't put my skimmer back together tightly enough, had some skimmate spill yesterday. Ew.
3) Back to Sunday. After the water change I couldn't get one of the powerheads to start. Took them ("them" plural - it's a dual so has two propellers on the same pump head) apart and discovered the shafts were all rusted out. Trying to DIY a fix using bike spokes (helps to have a friend with a bike store - he just gave me a handful of spokes to work with - stainless steel, should work well.) Having a bit of trouble getting the rusty ones out though. Odds are not bad I'm going to end up wrecking the whole impeller.
4) Carpet tank skimmer (BM150) stopped working. Took it apart discovered the impeller had totally shattered. Oho! I have me a spare impeller. Clever me. Replaced the impeller, still doesn't go. Took it apart, discovered this one is broken now. Oh right .. this happened to me before and I forgot that I had fixed the one impeller using Weldon. Guess it didn't hold. Am now in a hunt for a new impeller for an Altman 2500. I've msg'd Progressive Reef and hoping for the best.
5) Did at least get part of the plumbing redone. Sump return is back together. I haven't finished the skimmer feed as I don't really know how I want it. I'll dry fit it and then decide that I hate it. And so on.
Tomorrow night will be 7 days since the new silicone was applied. I can't wait to get the tank filled the rest of the way to see what next hurdle can present itself.
