25 gallon reef

[karazy]

Well im almost there

thursday is my birthday so my reef she be up in about a month!

today a local reefer checked my RO water for me (thanks Jay) and its at 6ppm.
pretty good for a 3 stage made for drinking wtaer IMO

also my coral was at the shop so its mine now
I'm the proud owner of some lunar paly polyps! only about 3-4 polyps, but they are sweeet.

[karazy]

okay, so not a big update, but i thought i'd share this with you.

basically i think i have all the money i need to get this thing up, so i just gotta start workin on it.

so heres what i wanted to show.this neat valve Colby got for me. its like a weird gate valve, and seems pretty awesome so far.

front shot:


side shot:


half open:


fully open:

[new but handy]

hey
just fyi Koralias are supposed to be terrible on a timer. They don't turn back on after they shut off

[karazy]

Originally Posted by new but handy

hey
just fyi Koralias are supposed to be terrible on a timer. They don't turn back on after they shut off

thanks for the tip NBH, but i already decided to try not to use any powerheads.

[GreenSpottedPuffer]

That's a knife valve you've got there. What are you using it for?

Very nice shots of it BTW. Almost 'menacing' in the dark room with the direct light source above Good work

[karazy]

Originally Posted by GreenSpottedPuffer

That's a knife valve you've got there. What are you using it for?

im using it for my herbie overflow system. its alot like a gate valve, so should work generally the same.

[GreenSpottedPuffer]

Originally Posted by karazy

im using it for my herbie overflow system. its alot like a gate valve, so should work generally the same.

It will be a little harder to control the slight adjustments needed for a herbie but yeah they work (I used them for the first herbie I ever tried a few years back).