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06-08-2012, 12:50 AM
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Well my job for today fell through so I had the day to plumb in my mixing station and work on the vibration issue with the main return pump. Turned out some of the spa flex was a bit tight on my floor joist and the platform the pump was sitting on was resonating the vibration through everything. I had a chunk of 6" thick rigid styrofoam so sat the pump on that and shortened one length of spa flex and the vibration noise is now 90% gone
 I plumbed in my original Laguna pump in between my RO/DI barrel and SW mixing barrel and plumbed it all into the main manifold for my reactors. I can now drain my sump by turning a valve and it goes directly into a drain. Then by opening a couple more valves and hitting a switch I can fill it back up from my SW mixing barrel. A couple more valves opened and closed and I can pump water from my RO/DI storage/top off barrel into my SW mixing barrel. Another couple valve turns and I can use the pump to recirculate the SW mixing barrel as I add the salt. Once it's all dissolved I turn the pump off and turn on my little Koralia 1040 I have in there to keep it moving. In less than 10 min, I changed 30 gal in the DT, and mixed a new batch of SW. I never even got my hands wet I'm totally stoked. Pictures to follow...
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06-08-2012, 03:50 AM
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I love hearing about water change stations coming together...that is my most hated job in reefing and my new tank will work just like you described above.
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Mark...  290g Peninsula Display, 425g total volume. Setup Jan 2013.
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07-26-2012, 01:36 PM
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Thought I'd throw up some recent pics.
FTS        Weird how every time I pull out my camera the fish scatter. 90% of the time I turn the flash off but they seem to know the camera when they see it.
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07-26-2012, 01:55 PM
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love the tank looking really good, the color of the lights are a crisp white,.
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180 starfire front, LPS, millipora Doesn't matter how much you have been reading until you take the plunge. You don't know as much as you think.
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07-28-2012, 04:39 AM
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Took a couple video's of my latest addition to my 20 gal cube and my main DT. Hope you all enjoy. If anyone knows what might be wrong with my clam in the main DT video, I'd love to hear what it might be. It was a rescue from a friends tank and I've no idea about clams or what to do about it.
http://youtu.be/0JMXDKphrJk http://youtu.be/UYxq-uKTGVI
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07-30-2012, 12:30 AM
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Finally finished my DIY LED light. The OCW's I put on there have optics and I can see red's on the sand bed. But then again my light is just sitting on some eggcrate I have over the tank. I'm hoping when I get the mount built for it 12" over the tank that'll go away. I guess time will tell. Sorry about the crappy video but my cell is the only digital movie camera I have. The colours look way better in person.
http://youtu.be/Sxlgnli6G-M
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10-16-2012, 01:28 AM
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I was bored yesterday so took a few pics of some corals in my 77 DT and my 20 gal cube.
I've certainly noticed growth rates pick up since adding my calcium reactor a month or 2 ago. Way steadier Ca and dkh levels. Anyway, let me know what ya think...   Is it possible for Mandy's to be too fat?        
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