Slick's Tank Journal(s)

[Slick Fork]

Well, didn't get too much done today other then to hang the halide's up and give them turn on. That went smoothly enough though so I did manage a couple of quick shots before my camera battery quit on me.

We'll start with a couple of FTS's with the actinics on.

No Flash


With Flash


Here's the back of the tank, with all the plumbing in, including a real rats nest of wires... mental note, add clean up wires to "to-do" list








I'm finding the Herbie is a really finicky system, seems like I'm constantly fiddling with the thing, deadly quiet though when I've got it tuned in, even when it's not 100% tuned in, it's quite silent. Just wish it were more "set and forget" but I am REALLY happy I took everyones advice and grabbed a gate valve for it. I think if I had cheaped out and gone with a ball valve I would be pulling my hair out already.

Had a bit of a surprise tonight when I turned off the feeding pump. This set-up with the herbie sends quite a bit more water back into the sump. The sump handled it fine as I designed it to absorb a lot of water. It did raise the water level in the sump by a good couple of inches which was all the encouragement the skimmer needed to send a big column of super wet foam to the top of the collection cup. Fortunately I was there to unplug the skimmer before any real mess was made. Now the profilux is set to turn the skimmer off when I hit the feed button!!