KissMyWrasse/Es355lucille 140g Tank Journal

[es355lucille]

I was playing around during the holidays and learned how to create movies with my Mac computer. I created this one in a short amount of time to document the system for 2010. I hope you like it.

Click the area below to see the video I created of our 140g reef tank.

Ps. My wife is a songwriter and we produce our own music at home....so enjoy.

[viperfish]

You might want to ease back on the flow in your Vertex reactor, having a bunch of pellets pinned to the top like that is a sign of too much flow. You just need to have enough flow to keep the pellets in motion but not so much that its pushing a bunch of them to the top.

[AquaticFinatic]

Originally Posted by Canuckgod420

well i sure hope its shrink wrap......almost looks like someone used a sanding block as an algae scraper....lol

Otherwise, sweet setup

You must just be a picture looker lol as the txt just above says shrink wrap is still on!

[es355lucille]

Thanks Doug....I will be reviewing the use of the bioballs for sure. Raf says this unit is very quiet, but he used different ways to obtain this for sure. Now I checked the drain and its a straight pipe just waiting to be converted to a herbie. I looked up Herbie on the RC to get an idea of how to do this......still not completely sure, but first look it appears to be a simple setup. Thanks I will be chatting to you about this.

Originally Posted by fishytime

Dats gonna be saweeeeet guys. I would consider not using the bioballs... unless you religiously clean them they can become a nitrate factory. If the sump is noisy there are other ways of dampening the sound...sponges,filter sock,etc...something easy to remove and clean. Or it may be a design flaw with the plumbing or sump layout that is causing the noise. Is it a herbie style drain,....durso?

[es355lucille]

So I added the new NO3 & PO4 reducing pellet system. Reactor and pellets from Red Coral. As you can see I don't have much room so I hosed the unit in......everything (dosing unit etc) is spilling out into the kitchen.

This unit is sponsored by Heinz as they provided the stand. Also a piece of hardwood flooring as a base on top of the can.





I was using the Zeo system and finally got the nitrates to ~0.......but I was finding that as I am getting busier that I cannot keep up to the maintenance of the Zeo system. I will still dose some KZ products but I am hoping that with the long lasting pellets that my wife can maintain the system while I am on the road for a week at a time.

[walloutlet]

Great setup. I have the exact same stand only using it for my protein skimmer.

[es355lucille]

I am going to leave my phosban reactor running for a week while the pellets start to activate. But I will be removing it and just running one PBR150 with carbon.

[es355lucille]

Thanks, Sometimes it comes down to what you can find around the house! LOL!

Originally Posted by walloutlet

Great setup. I have the exact same stand only using it for my protein skimmer.

[parkinsn]

Originally Posted by Canuckgod420

are those scatches all over the glass?

I think its shrink wrap.

Looks great, I cant wait to see water in it!!