Joe's Starfire 210

Chaloupa · #1 07-25-2010, 04:12 PM

Your tank is absolutely STUNNING! Love the orange shoulder tang. It's an amazing fish!

Youngster Dan · #2 07-25-2010, 06:10 PM

I enjoyed reading your thread, the tank looks great.

scherzo · #3 07-25-2010, 07:19 PM

Looks great Joe...

How is the Arduino working out for you? (I chickened out and bought an apex

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Also looking at your other pics.. did you plumb your RO/DI directly to your sump for your ATO?

plutoniumJoe · #4 08-02-2010, 07:00 PM

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Originally Posted by scherzo

Looks great Joe...

How is the Arduino working out for you? (I chickened out and bought an apex

)
Also looking at your other pics.. did you plumb your RO/DI directly to your sump for your ATO?

I am still working on the Arduino. What I have so far is:
1. Temperature for both hood and water.
2. PH probe working with Arduino.

What I need to still do:
1. Wire the 5v - 120V relays for controlling, lights, ATO, Dosing Pumps, exhaust fan.
2. Ethernet shield and data logging.

I have all the parts I just need to get down to putting it all together.

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As for the sump

I do have the ATO running directly into the the RO/DI. I have it on the BRS ATO switch and set to a timer that turns it on for an hour early evening and early morning. The waste water goes back out to the garage and the drain on the other side of the wall there.

I would like to build a mixing tank for my water changes that is tied into the system. It would sit in the garage as well and once the water goes down the drain on the sump side I could pump the new saltwater through the wall into the sump.

All in due time.

plutoniumJoe · #5 08-02-2010, 07:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Chaloupa

Your tank is absolutely STUNNING! Love the orange shoulder tang. It's an amazing fish!

Thanks for the kind words. I really like the Orange Tang as well, a great natured fish. He doesn't seem to bother anybody and eats just about everything.

In the picture you can see some of the ICH, or something similar, he developed in the first couple of days of having him. It is visible on the orange streak. It all disappeared after about a week and hasn't returned (knock on wood).

abcha0s · #6 08-03-2010, 05:36 AM

Great build. Took a while to read the thread. Learned some tricks. Will keep watching.

plutoniumJoe · #7 08-03-2010, 12:30 PM

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Originally Posted by abcha0s

Great build. Took a while to read the thread. Learned some tricks. Will keep watching.

Thanks. It seems that it is the last 10% of a build that takes the longest. I don't know if it is running out of steam or the fear of thinking that you are finished.

My goal is to automate as much as possible so that I can simply enjoy the fish and coral growth.

We'll see.

Joe

Parker · #8 08-03-2010, 05:50 PM

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Originally Posted by plutoniumJoe

Thanks. It seems that it is the last 10% of a build that takes the longest. I don't know if it is running out of steam or the fear of thinking that you are finished.
Joe

Quoted for truth!

It's taken me a year to get some of the little stuff completed.

Skimmerking · #9 08-03-2010, 01:02 PM

how big was it before your Orange Shoulder tang turned color. Mine is 5 " and still yellow. Its confirmed I have retarded fish.

plutoniumJoe · #10 08-03-2010, 03:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Skimmer King

how big was it before your Orange Shoulder tang turned color. Mine is 5 " and still yellow. Its confirmed I have retarded fish.

I bought it in May or June so it was already mature. I don't know if you can tell from the picture but his face has a nice purple tint to it.