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![]() I got the manifold up and running last night but I'm not entirely happy with the way it turned out so I might rebuild it. On of the problems I had was getting the hose barbs on the PM reactors to seal up properly, they are very short so there isn't a lot of barb for the hose to connect too, they still seep ever so slightly making me pretty nervous so I shut them down for now. I may have to convert them to run in-sump, we'll see. The sump is plenty big enough so it might be the best option. I got the Calc Reactor up and running for awhile, until I broke off the nipple on the bubble counter where the Co2 connects. I hope I don't have tooooo much trouble trying to source another one.
So all in all a very unproductive weekend working on the tank! ![]()
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Robb Last edited by Parker; 06-07-2010 at 02:53 PM. |
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![]() Decided to take a few pictures of the tank, not too many of them turned out. None of the SPS pics turned out.
A rock with a couple different zoas on it. It used to look much better but I did a three day lights out a few weeks ago and they haven't quite recovered yet. ![]() ![]() The ONLY thing that grows in my tank! The trouble with have a deep tank is it's a huge pain in the rear to get to these guys to kill em. I need to put my face inthe water to get this guy. I've been lazy and I will pay for it! ![]()
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![]() Overall a nice build... I love the cabinet and nice and clean setup... about the fish... most fish stores will bring in a fish if they know they have a buyer. Go online and find the fish you want then put in a request
![]() Once you get the apex thing sorted out let me know how the whole warranty thing went, that tends to say a lot about a company. And how about a FTS the last one was over 2 months ago... a good build like yours should have a FTS once a month.
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Thanks. The Apex problem is already sorted out. I e-mailed Curt and I had an RMA to send it back within the hour. Everything went really smooth. The nice thing about the Apex is I didn't have to take it off line to get the head unit looked at. The system continued to run as it should.
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Sometimes life is best left to it's own devices. If your not happy at what you're looking at, you're looking at it the wrong way. My 320g DIY Build in progress watch at ----> http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=66154 |
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I love the APEX. I have EVERYTHING plugged into it. It can do some pretty cool things and I haven't even scratched the surface of what it can do. You'll be very happy I'm sure.
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![]() Hi Robb
Great build. Some interesting mishaps with your first tank at the start of your project. I'm curious what your latest opinion on the BRS Eco Rock is? I am considering this as the primary rock for my build. I know you said that you wish you ordered larger pieces, but are you generally happy with it? Following along... |
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![]() Hey Robb, sorry to hear about your troubles. I haven't read this build thread until just now. Imo, most of your troubles are because of the dry rock. It takes a long time for dry rock to populate like live rock, and the less live rock (more dead rock) the longer it takes. If you go 50/50 live and dead it will take about a year for the rock to really be considered live imo. I think you're looking at quite a long time. No algae is a bad sign. If you can't grow coralline, you probably can't grow corals.
If I were you I wouldn't waste any more money on water changes. If there is no significant uptake of calcium, alkalinity, and magnesium, and no nitrate build up I would cut back water changes to no more than 10% per 2 weeks. There is no point in doing them. I would take the money you save doing that, and go buy 100 lbs of good quality live rock off the classifieds on here for $4/lb. Just make sure there are no aiptasia or bubble algae, or other nasty stuff. Stuff that all in the tank for at least 6 months, and then after that you can start removing some pieces to go back to the look you're going for. JMHO. Hope it helps. ![]() |
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