The little Red Sea 170 that could

[Ryancw]

Step #1 to less future tinkering

Automatic water changes. Yesterday i went to town pulling water lines up from the basement (more on downstairs later)

I pulled 3 lines. ATO which will sit downstairs, NSW from mixing bin downstairs, and a discarded SW line that runs to drain in utility room. I also pulled a USB for Apex so i can have an FMM with optical sensors, my apex DOS downstairs, and 12/2 Lumex for a dedicated receptacle.

[LifeIsGreat]

Lookin good dude. Is that the Walt Smith rock, or some equivalent?

[WarDog]

Sweet, following along!

[juanlien]

nice, following along

[Ryancw]

Originally Posted by LifeIsGreat

Lookin good dude. Is that the Walt Smith rock, or some equivalent?

Carib sea life rock. expensive but worth the startup with no pests!

[Skimmerking]

Nice work man,coming along nicely

[Ryancw]

Originally Posted by Skimmer King

Nice work man,coming along nicely

Much appreciated its been great having all this extra time to get stuff done.

It's also a great distraction from all the noise these days. Hopefully there is lots getting checked off the 'to do lists' in the reefing community. it would be nice to see a resurgence of activity on the forums and tank journals as a result of new found time from covid.

[Ryancw]

Another Update. and wow are red sea fittings ever cheap. cracked one this morning threading in 1" adaptor so i can run my own gate VS. the garbage reefer valves



Also got the reefer reservoir drilled out and covered on bottom and side for light transfer into the sump. more or less doing this because im not sure what else to do with such a small tank. i have a feeling this is too small to make an impact on a 40 gallon system, but it looks cool.




the bulkhead being "backwards" shouldnt make a difference as long as the seal is on the proper side? i hope



then got creative with the old stock reefer float location and made a strainer fitting for the waterline that will pull old water out and discard downstairs to drain. should i have a siphon break on this line? i dont believe the DOS will allow siphon through it?

[WarDog]

In regards to the bulkhead, the gasket should be on the wet side... but why did you install it backwards?

[Nate]

Originally Posted by Ryancw

Another Update. and wow are red sea fittings ever cheap. cracked one this morning threading in 1" adaptor so i can run my own gate VS. the garbage reefer valves



Also got the reefer reservoir drilled out and covered on bottom and side for light transfer into the sump. more or less doing this because im not sure what else to do with such a small tank. i have a feeling this is too small to make an impact on a 40 gallon system, but it looks cool.




the bulkhead being "backwards" shouldnt make a difference as long as the seal is on the proper side? i hope



then got creative with the old stock reefer float location and made a strainer fitting for the waterline that will pull old water out and discard downstairs to drain. should i have a siphon break on this line? i dont believe the DOS will allow siphon through it?

You know the fittings are metric right? 1 inch shouldn't thread right in and that is likely why it was cracked ?