kien's 150g Room Divider Mixed Reef & Stuff

[andestang]

Ya I heard about the free install from Aqua-Digital, but I'll tackle my own. Thanks for the heads up on the few unnoted details. Forgot to ask, what epoxy are you using for you rock work - Aquascape Milliput Epoxy ?

[kien]

Originally Posted by andestang

Ya I heard about the free install from Aqua-Digital, but I'll tackle my own. Thanks for the heads up on the few unnoted details. Forgot to ask, what epoxy are you using for you rock work - Aquascape Milliput Epoxy ?

while you've got that bad boy open, make note of what USB chipset you have on there. It is the chip on the USB controller/port. If you want to install the windows usb driver you'll need the chipset, there are two different ones. I had to open up my box a second when I found out I needed this info. If you need to flash your firmware with the flasher program (like I did), you'll also need to know which microcontroller you've got in there. The flasher program lists a crap load of them and I had to do some searching to figure out which one I had.. I could not for the life of me get the box to flash via USB or ethernet, had to use the serial port and a USB to Serial convert because I have no computers in the house with a serial port. I also had troubles connecting to the P3 upgrade with the latest ProfiluxControl software. I had to flash the firmware to the latest in order to use ProfiluxControl.

I use Tailor Aquatics Epoxy. Seems to be the only kind LFS in calgary (at least the ones I visit) seem to carry.

[Red Coral Aquariums]

Originally Posted by kien

I use Tailor Aquatics Epoxy. Seems to be the only kind LFS in calgary (at least the ones I visit) seem to carry.

We also carry the D+D Aquascape Epoxy.
Out of 10 Epoxy sales 6 are D+D and 4 are TA.
Kevin

[kien]

Originally Posted by Red Coral Aquariums

We also carry the D+D Aquascape Epoxy.
Out of 10 Epoxy sales 6 are D+D and 4 are TA.
Kevin

Hmm, I guess I just haven't been looking hard enough. I seem to only notice the Tailor Aquatics stuff I guess They work well enough and come in two colours (although the other guys probably have two colours too). Maybe I'll try the other stuff some time to compare. I seem to go through a lot of epoxy..

[Red Coral Aquariums]

I found the D+D sticks better but takes 3 x longer to dry. I usually leave it out for for 5 min.

[The Grizz]

WOW very very impressive Kien. I have now got it into my head that I will never win TOTM with set up's like this out there. Nice work

[Skimmerking]

No shortage of money in MR reefer's house

[kien]

Originally Posted by The Grizz

WOW very very impressive Kien.

thanks :-)

Originally Posted by asmodeus

No shortage of money in MR reefer's house

Check it!



So this is what I'll be using to handle the extra bio load. What we have here is a Bubble Magus 220CS. Thanks Kevin! (@Red Coral Aquariums). Above is how it came, unassembled.

Equipped with the EHEIM 1260 pump.



The skimmer cup is massive !



And here she is fully assembled. The instructions were interesting to say the least. I think my broken-english reading skills have gotten quite good now.





I will definitely be using this outlet to feed my ghetto external-hang-on skimmer collection cup.



And a very handy adjustment dial with markings!



And everyone loves a top-down shot right?

[mseepman]

Looking good! Nice skimmer! Are you going to run this with your other skimmer or all by itself?

[kien]

Originally Posted by mseepman

Looking good! Nice skimmer! Are you going to run this with your other skimmer or all by itself?

All by itself. It is rated for 315-450g so I should be good to go :-)