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Old 10-29-2013, 11:11 PM
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nice accessible sump off to the side. i loved that about my fish room too. i had always planned to add the fridge but you beat me to it lol. looks great!
The freezer is awesome! All the fish food is on it's own and I'm not leaving the little foil squares from the PE Mysis in the people food freezer. I am looking forward to working on the tank once it's up and running. I am still being cautious not to crowd equipment in and still don't have everything 100% figured out as to where I want it. For example, I have 3 x 300w EJ heaters that I don't know where I am going to put. Sure they can fit in plenty of places but where is the best lol!?
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Old 10-29-2013, 11:13 PM
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man, you kids and your fancy schmancy fish rooms. So jelly right now!!
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Old 10-30-2013, 12:38 AM
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I like putting heaters in overflow boxes, good amount of turnaround and wasted space otherwise. You'd probably want at least one in the bottom sump as well though, if you drain it for water changes or maintenance you'll probably want to preheat the water before turning it back on, unless you have a heated storage bin for that.
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Old 10-30-2013, 01:47 AM
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Old 10-30-2013, 02:05 AM
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I like putting heaters in overflow boxes, good amount of turnaround and wasted space otherwise. You'd probably want at least one in the bottom sump as well though, if you drain it for water changes or maintenance you'll probably want to preheat the water before turning it back on, unless you have a heated storage bin for that.
I am hoping to have a ~40g mixing tank that will have a pump and heater. The profilux will run that pump with a sensor to perform water changes.
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Old 10-30-2013, 02:42 AM
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I just noticed your skimmer has a different base than what i've seen before. What skimmer is that? I thought it was an AlphaCone. Am I mistaken?
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Old 10-30-2013, 06:07 PM
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You're right, you are mistaken

It's a bubble king double cone 250. Very similar beasts, but you can see there are some differences. I also have the rd3 speedy pump running it.

Cheers!
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Old 10-30-2013, 06:18 PM
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Will that lock line be exposed now with the way you did it? I thought the plan was to thread the lock line straight into the reducer with only a couple pieces and a nozzle to just pierce the water surface.
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Old 10-31-2013, 06:52 AM
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Will that lock line be exposed now with the way you did it? I thought the plan was to thread the lock line straight into the reducer with only a couple pieces and a nozzle to just pierce the water surface.
There was no way to put valves on that way. This way they are all controllable to a degree. Also, now that I have the black vinyl background on you can't see them unless you really look for them.

I am having issues with bubbles from the weir at the end of the frag section flowing into the pump chamber… mass bubbles which are getting sucked into the return pump. I think the solution is a little section of foam held in an acrylic basket to help disperse the water. When I just held the foam ~1" under the water where the stream flows in it completely dissipated the bubbles. Also, I need to slip some risers in the overflow box. The water is falling into the bad and is quite noisy. This will also control how much water flows out of the tank if we have a power outage.

Any other ideas on fixes Steve?
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Old 11-01-2013, 01:17 PM
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This is super exiting, this stage rocks Im sure you can hardly sleep thinking of all the things to do. what beauty!!!!!
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