NEW Tank Build !!!

[Aqua-Digital]

For all the ProfiLux owners -
Email how to set up guide
http://forum.aquariumcomputer.com/sh...Email-(Outlook)

[Skimmerking]

Hey -Mike u are the man. I can't wait til I can setup my cube and mitral it's sitting in a box waiting your tank is looking excellent

[Aqua-Digital]

whats a Mitral?

[Skimmerking]

It's what u call when u have big hands and a small phone

[Aqua-Digital]

...Said the Bishop to the Nun!

[Aqua-Digital]

So here is my auto water top off configuration for the aquarium, controlled by the GHL ProfiLux system.

The water is controlled by a solenoid valve seen in the photo, it is important to get these the right way round otherwise they will fail fast, note the red dot marks input.

The solenoid reacts to a low water signal from the optical sensor in the photo, the solenoid is plugged into controllable power bar which is programmed to react to the optical sensors state.

For added security should the solenoid fail open to stop fresh water being dumped constantly into the sump you will see a high level set float valve from Bubble Magus, we will be supplying these soon.

[Aqua-Digital]

Fish stock for new tank update.

well we had a few losses sadly, always happens with new import stock. Only one was a suspect loss the others explainable

I nearly lost my large watchman Goby, I have no clue how he managed this. He went missing did not appear for morning or afternoon snack, looked everywhere even checked under sofa for cardboard fish syndrome! Nothing. I was cleaning out my filter sock and there he was, stressed to hell, but what gets me is how on earth did he get through the overflow comb that is less than half his head width! I can only assume he jumped for the moon and amazingly landed in the overflow box! Then swift exit into the sump 11' below! So now he is back in the tank, cant say he is happy.

we lost our royal gramma within 4 hours, stuck to the Tunze pump, either got too close or simply pegged it from new import shock.

The Leopard wrasse was next, he swam from day one with a bend so the writing was on the wall there.

Then the saddest was the loss from being beaten to a pulp by my yellow tang. I had a real nice striped sail fin, all our tangs shoaled from day one no aggression, then came down one morning to find (named by my wife) Samantha giving the poor little guy 10 rounds of the tank side glass. Could not remove him and that was that

So Samantha is in the dog house, the sail fin is in the bin and I learnt that sail fins and yellow tangs are not the best of friends!

No more fish for a while, we have a healthy stock, will add some missing links in a few weeks once the corals have settled in, just hardy LPS and some hardy SPS for now, baby steps.

[Proteus]

I to am using Marco rock with new build. Though its been in water for two months. (Give or take). I was unsure about how coral would react. I decided to add current rock to sump to help

Thanks for sharing this it helped me decide to do such

[Aqua-Digital]

I think with that amount of curing it would be good. Maybe seed the rock with some live for a month also.

I read many people acid washing it also, and other reporting suspect leeching, but nobody can confirm anything, so best to be safe and for sure vat cure it in my oppinion.

[Proteus]

I did add LR to it and sponge that sat in sump for last year.

I asked about acid wash and in the end I think all it does is disolve your rock. As for leach I'm not worried as its been wet for a while


Great build BTW