My 38g Setup (Mega Pics)

[muck]

Originally Posted by Gujustud

Woot, my picture above of the Button Coral got picked to be displayed on this months Reef Keeping Magazine

Nice job on the pic!!
I see Jamie Cross has a pic in there as well.

[Gujustud]

Originally Posted by albert_dao

Yup, same camera. You SURE it has manual focus? User boards and my non-stop tinkering say otherwise... haha

http://www.s5000.net/phpBB2 Is the best site regarding forums for this camera (keep in mind they just change to a new database, but you can still access the old forums).

Positive it has manual focus, I use it all the time, specially for macro shots.

Check the review here at dpreview.com. On the first page there under the comparison between the S5000/S7000 you'll see under Manual focus it says "yes buttons".

The camera has 3 focus modes: Single AF, Continuous AF, and Manual Focus. Its the switch on the top, on the left side, take it off LOCK, then press the button till you get MF on your LCD. That puts you into manual focus mode. Then while holding down the +/- button on the top, press the wide/tele (zoom) buttons to adjust the focus point. Volia, manual focus

[albert_dao]

OMG, you just made me a very happy man!

Man, I swear, I poured over that user manual for hours...

[Gujustud]

Originally Posted by albert_dao

OMG, you just made me a very happy man!

Man, I swear, I poured over that user manual for hours...

No problem, glad to be of help.

[Willito]

That overflow box you made, is it a continuous flow design? Will it keeps it's siphone after a power outage?

[Gujustud]

Originally Posted by Willito

That overflow box you made, is it a continuous flow design? Will it keeps it's siphone after a power outage?

Yes, it is continuous flow. I was worried at first about poweroutage, and how it will respond to it, so for the first 2 weeks every other day, I would kill the power to the pump to see how it would handle. No problem, starts up fine. I've had it running for about 4 months now with no problems.

My only issue is that it doesn't seem to handle a lot of flow. I run a Mag7 which has about 5' of head, and I still have to T of some of the flow back to my sump. Its not really a issue (will soon run the T to a refuge), but i'd like to use the return for more flow. I would think the 1" of the U-tube would handle the 3/4" return. Any ideas?

[Willito]

Originally Posted by Gujustud

My only issue is that it doesn't seem to handle a lot of flow. I run a Mag7 which has about 5' of head, and I still have to T of some of the flow back to my sump. Its not really a issue (will soon run the T to a refuge), but i'd like to use the return for more flow. I would think the 1" of the U-tube would handle the 3/4" return. Any ideas?

Mag 7 with 5' of head is not whole lot of flow and if it can't handle that, then it's probably too small. Looking at your black box, it does look rather small. what's is the actual dimension of that? The 1" U-tube shouldn' be a problem. What's the diameter of the tube leaving the box?

[Gujustud]

Originally Posted by Willito

Mag 7 with 5' of head is not whole lot of flow and if it can't handle that, then it's probably too small. Looking at your black box, it does look rather small. what's is the actual dimension of that? The 1" U-tube shouldn' be a problem. What's the diameter of the tube leaving the box?

Thats what I thought. The dim's are about 2"x6". Dia of tube leaving is 1", however I upgraded the durso to 1-1/4".

[Willito]

where is the water level in the black box when it is operating? Is there any vortex created on the surface of the box?

[Gujustud]

Originally Posted by Willito

where is the water level in the black box when it is operating? Is there any vortex created on the surface of the box?

Nope, just looks as though the water is sitting there. I've taken some pictures to show (btw, the bubbles you see are not being made constantly. They pretty much just sit there):





Here's what i've been thinking now that I took a good look at it. I'm wondering if the actual overflow box (thats hanging outside) is too high? If I lower it, would it create more of a suction? In a sense, it would lower the water line in the box, which I think would help out. Dunno for sure tho?

While I was taking these, my blue neon goby decided to show off. Here he is showing how strong he is by sticking on the glass where the 2 seio's turbulence is greatest:



Also would anyone be able to chime in here? I wanted to get another neon goby, but a yellow neon goby. Are they okay to mix?