neoh's 77g lps/softie reef

[neoh]

Some new additions to the tank this week: Dendro, purple acan, yuma ricordea, gobstopper zoas, a small green clove polyp, and some unknown zoas.

Stopped by Loews today. Who would of thought they would be the Mecca of plumbing? Home Depot never has what I'm looking for it seems.

Plumbed the new return pump (speedwave), added two Phosban reactors chained with GFO and carbon.

Here's the speedwave. One of the great things about this is, I can control the water level in the sump with the controller. I have it at about 60% so my water level in my tank stays high, and the level in the sump stays where I want to. I had a lot of problems with the water level because I had to use the ball valves to restrict the flow and try and maintain a specific water level within the sump so my skimmer doesn't overflow - which is loud and obnoxious.



Also had second thoughts about the fuge light I had, so I picked up a cheap gooseneck clip on light and a 6500k daylight bulb. Should work well for chaeto growth in the fuge. The whole setup cost less than $20



I plumbed the reactors together. The powerhead is in the first overflow stage, then up and over into the carbon, then into the rowaphos and back over and down into the first stage again. Once I had everything in, I realized I forgot to put my skimmer back in. Once I put everything together, and started it up - no leaks, and everything ended up doing exactly what I wanted to! The skimmer fit like a glove.



Here is it all working together. A lot quieter now without the rio!