184g basement 8ft reef

saltdog · #1 02-22-2015, 10:17 PM

We are thinking of another tank upstairs in the dining room at 73"x24"x30", build thread to come soonish as this one will probably take a year or so just to set up as i havent even finished this one...[/quote]

Sweet...

Roskoreef · #2 02-24-2015, 04:04 AM

dosing under control, alk and calc hovering around 7.75 and 500, corals seem happy, im happy... is this going too well?? i think the daily 1% water change is really helping the amount im dosing and the stability of the tank. Its a little too quiet....

heres some new corals,

new mandarin

cleaning station

back is staritng to come along

my hammer seems to be sick, this is the second head to go in 2 weeks, parameters are good, everyone else is happy.. anybody know what could be killing it?

Roskoreef · #3 02-24-2015, 04:45 AM

mseepman · #4 02-24-2015, 03:57 PM

If you are looking for another test kit on Calcium...the Red sea kit is really nice.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VT9tEHp828w

Roskoreef · #5 02-27-2015, 02:53 AM

New plans to automate new saltwater top off:

have a float switch at top and bottom of NSW container hooked up to apex breakout box, also a solenoid plugged into apex to turn on and off depending on water level. so bottom float switches off, solenoid opens and fills up until top float switch closes, also mechanical float switch on top just in case. All i have to do is add salt once a week. I just have figure out how to attach the float switches to the container of NSW (currently 25g garbage can) without spending money on magnectic probe holders or something. I might just wait and get a 50gal cube with spots built in for floats.... any ideas?

also adding a few easy on/off switches for skimmer, pumps etc.

electrical for solenoid

new corals..

strawberry

sombrero chalice(what i call it)

coco worm duster

huge awesome lime green carpet anenome and some new clownfish.. they all had a party in the anenome for about 10mins followed by a group battle, they figured out whos who, we'll see if they pair up evenly... had 1 added 5.

new end shot

Roskoreef · #6 02-27-2015, 03:09 AM

The Codfather · #7 02-27-2015, 03:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Roskoreef

electrical for solenoid

Hey, just a thought, you should get a solenoid that doesn't contain brass.

Roskoreef · #8 02-27-2015, 05:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Codfather

Hey, just a thought, you should get a solenoid that doesn't contain brass.

Thanks! =====right over my head on that one, could have been horrible. Will definetly find stainless or something else, know of any sources for a di safe solenoid?