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Old 10-20-2014, 06:18 AM
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All in all I think the baths went quite well as all the rock came out very white!

Bleach:



Acid:



Soaking it in freshwater overnight and will begin drying tomorrow.

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Old 10-24-2014, 01:42 AM
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Rocks are drying but I can still smell a little bleach. Is this normal? Should I rinse them again? Any insight would be helpful.

Met tang daddy at J&L and picked up a Vertex Libra from him. Deal included 3 dosing vessels that I was sure would not fit in my stand.
Got home and lo and behold they just squeezed in... Yay!
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Seems I can't stop in at J&L without buying something... ended up coming home with an Apex Lab grade system.

Need to do a leak test on the entire system next. Been dreading it, but I'm sure everything will turn out ok.

Thanks for looking.

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Old 10-29-2014, 06:36 PM
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Warren, system is coming along nice man. Glad to see the doser actually fit!
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Warren, system is coming along nice man. Glad to see the doser actually fit!
Thanks Chris, I'm really happy that it did!

Finally got around to finishing the LED utility lighting properly.



Here's tang daddy's Libra doser installed along with the LED lights.



Colours don't show up great on my camera (Nikon Coolpix L120) but you get the idea. I should try playing around with the white balance I guess.
Wire management is one of the next jobs. Also, a full leak test is scheduled for this coming weekend then it's on to aquascaping with the rock.
The only major purchase left is the lighting. Still undecided on 2 Kessil A360's, or a Hamilton Tech 6x39w T5.

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I don't know of many people that have a color choice in the sump area,"very cool"
Getting closer bud! Looks awesome.
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The sump cabinet lighting looks cool.... As for lights you can't go wrong with T5, and later on if you're feeling frisky add a couple led strips to get that pop and shimmer.

What are your coral stocking plans?

I almost caved and bought a radion for my 38g but decided to try some T5 fixtures I had laying around and couldn't be happier with the colouration. Then I had some led strips laying around aswell so I tried them out and the combo is spectacular. Lucky I have so much equiptment laying around lol.

You are more than welcome to stop by and see what it looks like if you want.... Let me know!
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