Squire's 90 Gallon Build, Now With Salt Water

[gregzz4]

An old piece of airline or other hose, slit length-wise and stuffed over that broken glass, may be a friend one day

[ensquire]

Originally Posted by gregzz4

An old piece of airline or other hose, slit length-wise and stuffed over that broken glass, may be a friend one day

Good idea, I have plans for my tile saw and some extra glass I have laying around. Think there may be a tube of silicone around also. Until then I like your safety suggestion.

[ensquire]

My buddy the mailman has been like family lately, almost everyday he drops off little things for me and for another tank I'm doing for a guy here in Yellowknife.



A Sicce Voyager 7 and a Sicce Voyager 4. EVER BIG .
The 7 is quite big, but ever so quiet also. Another plus was the fact that the magnet held through the glass and tile on both pumps.



The 7 pushs 2800 GPH and the 4 1600. so a good start to my flow needs.

[ensquire]

After more than a year in the making, I now have the beginnings of a reef tank in my living room.

[gregzz4]

Originally Posted by ensquire

Your OCD might be contagious

Could be

Looking good dude



I don't know if you're done posting yet ....

[ensquire]

Originally Posted by gregzz4

Could be

Looking good dude



I don't know if you're done posting yet ....

Thanks Greg ,
A few more still to come.

[gregzz4]

Trying to be patient ...

[ensquire]

I just realized that I have been subjecting anyone looking in to a lot of really blue pics. My lights have been sitting there and not really programmed. I will get on that tomorrow for some more natural coloration.
But till then, here are the last of the blue pics. Maybe. for now.

Brought out all the buckets, jugs, rubbermaids, and garbage cans and drained most of my day old salt water and started my least favorite part of this tank. If I could pay someone to aquascape the tank, I WOULD.






Added about 50 lbs of Special grade reef sand. Have over 2" of sand and thinking that it's alot
See how that goes.



Total time for draining tank, aquascape, and returning water. 4 Hours.
I know it shows, not totally happy with it. Would have been nice to have a better selection of rock to work with but......



So far the only problem is my skimmer. Having an overflow problem with it.
Took it apart and cleaned it up. Raised it up about an 1 1/2" . Seemed to help and then as I was leaving for work it was spewing skimmate out the lid again. Unplugged it and will play tomorrow.

Thats it for now.

Wow , just noticed that it's almost quitting time. A nice productive night all around ...

[gregzz4]

Wow, with that big new pump you have, you still can't get the overflow running wide open ... this is good as you will not have to ever worry about your overflow being overwhelmed
Nothing wrong with that
As we discussed with Grizz, you only need 6 or 7 times sump turn-over/hour
No point in running a larger pump for now. Get the system running and worry about it later

I know, you don't like the gate being so 'closed-off'
I agree with your concern about it plugging up, but that can't happen if you cover the top of your overflow with a sheet of acrylic
Only the snails that grow in the box ... the ones that went through the teeth ... will ever get big enough to plug up the gate
Plus, the velocity of water passing through such a small opening will most likely keep it clear
You can also, once a month or whenever, open the gate full blast and flush it out
I found a snail in my chaeto drain this way ... popped right out

I'll sit back now while you keep adding pics .....

[ensquire]

Originally Posted by gregzz4

Wow, with that big new pump you have, you still can't get the overflow running wide open ... this is good as you will not have to ever worry about your overflow being overwhelmed
Nothing wrong with that
As we discussed with Grizz, you only need 6 or 7 times sump turn-over/hour
No point in running a larger pump for now. Get the system running and worry about it later

I know, you don't like the gate being so 'closed-off'
I agree with your concern about it plugging up, but that can't happen if you cover the top of your overflow with a sheet of acrylic
Only the snails that grow in the box ... the ones that went through the teeth ... will ever get big enough to plug up the gate
Plus, the velocity of water passing through such a small opening will most likely keep it clear
You can also, once a month or whenever, open the gate full blast and flush it out
I found a snail in my chaeto drain this way ... popped right out

I'll sit back now while you keep adding pics .....

Cover for overflow is about 12th on the list.
New pump has dropped to about 248.
I have no idea why it bothers me, but I'm learning to live with it........

Your OCD might be contagious