110g Mixed Reef V2

lorenz0 · #1 10-06-2009, 04:31 AM

very jealous of the sump. its going to be a good home for the new toy

lobsterboy · #2 10-06-2009, 04:33 AM

yup, nice lookin sump ya got there Doug !

JDigital · #3 10-06-2009, 04:38 AM

Sick sump y0.

fishytime · #4 10-10-2009, 03:04 AM

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Originally Posted by lorenz0

very jealous of the sump. its going to be a good home for the new toy

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Originally Posted by lobsterboy

yup, nice lookin sump ya got there Doug !

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Originally Posted by JDigital

Sick sump y0.

Thanks guys.....you should see it ....well ...installed...I dont know, but for some reason it looks soooo much better than the old one.

I cut and installed a small shelf for my high tech dosser (a la Snappy). I was balancing the dosing cup on the edge of the old sump, but I think this will work out better for me. You will have to use your imagination ... the shelf is upside down and backwards, as it was still drying when I snapped the pics.

Heres the shelf installed, both before the sump was filled and installed and after.

And the dosing shelf in action

with the longer and wider sump, came an additional problem.... My cluster f of products and test kits and food supplements etc, etc ,etc, that were around and beside the sump would need a new home....this makes the g/f very happy

Ive already found that this sump is much easier to work in and around. Another plus is, the new sump has 1/2 rigid foam schtuck to the bottom that has greatly reduced the noise caused by pump vibration....Again....happy g/f

JDigital · #5 10-10-2009, 03:24 AM

.... Sooo much nicer Doug! Can't wait to see the other new toy in there.

Delphinus · #6 10-10-2009, 04:09 AM

Can you explain to me how the dosing cup works? Sorry if I'm just dense and not getting it. I see a cup on the shelf with a hole in it. Do you just dump the whatever into that, and let it just drain at its own rate, or is it something more involved?

fishytime · #7 10-10-2009, 04:23 AM

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Originally Posted by JDigital

.... Sooo much nicer Doug! Can't wait to see the other new toy in there.

I talked to Albert....its on back-order atm

lastlight · #8 10-10-2009, 04:09 AM

Holy crap your display is off the hook man!

Tell me you're not drip-dosing from a cup? How can you keep it dripping anything for long...cup must empty fast!

JDigital · #9 10-10-2009, 04:20 AM

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Originally Posted by lastlight

Holy crap your display is off the hook man!

His dosing is working isn't it?

Takes about 5mins to drip a full cup..

fishytime · #10 10-10-2009, 04:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Delphinus

Can you explain to me how the dosing cup works? Sorry if I'm just dense and not getting it. I see a cup on the shelf with a hole in it. Do you just dump the whatever into that, and let it just drain at its own rate, or is it something more involved?

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Originally Posted by lastlight

Holy crap your display is off the hook man!

Tell me you're not drip-dosing from a cup? How can you keep it dripping anything for long...cup must empty fast!

Thanks Brett

Thats petty much it

..... it takes 2-3 minutes for the cup to drain....at 350ish gph on the fuge side(where the dosing station....ya dosing station

is) that should be.....well..... the math is hurting my brain

...I figure its better than just dumping it all in at once

Pretty hi-tech huh?