290G Peninsula Tank

[nrosdal]

if you are needing a somewhat inept helper, i am going to be passing through your area tomorrow/wed. I even have a little box of goodies to drop off next time i see ya.

[lastlight]

I think the gaskets sorta swell slightly when wet just a theory. Sounds similar to a leak or two I've had before that actually stopped leaking after a few days.

[mseepman]

Originally Posted by nrosdal

if you are needing a somewhat inept helper, i am going to be passing through your area tomorrow/wed. I even have a little box of goodies to drop off next time i see ya.

Thanks so much Nick. I think I will do my best to get a little farther tonight. If you can give me a heads up as to when you are in town, we'll try to get together. You haven't seen the tank for a bit, but we're getting there!

[Skimmerking]

Wake me up when you are going to carry on with this build thread Mark......

[sphelps]

The pump noise is likely a result from the rigid plumbing attached to it, installing rubber couplings will help if you can squeeze them in. I see space on the output for sure but not so much on the input unless you remove your union valve. However removing the valve is an option, a rubber coupling can serve the same purpose as a union and you could keep a threaded plug handy to replace the purpose of the valve, just not as convenient.

You can get pipe thread compound for threaded joints which I find works good on pumps. Might help with leaks, Teflon tape isn't as effective and using too much can crack the pump housing. The pipe compound is a paste and you can't use too much.

[mseepman]

Thanks everyone...I've got my fingers crossed on running them a bit for noise reduction. The Vortech does seem a little (key word "little) quieter today.

I never got a chance to run the return pump more than a few minutes as it was just filling my tank.

Because everyone likes pictures...she's still pretty cloudy.

[lockrookie]

I have used prodibio twice now for tank startup and it works as it says.

[mseepman]

Good to hear considering that I have bought enough Prodibio for the coming year already. :-)

[mseepman]

Got the APEX up and running, updated the firmware and then started working on getting my lights on. Voila, here we go. This is them set at about 70% and the lights are about 14" off the water. This is a phone picture and it seems way more blue than when you see it in person.





My water hasn't fully cleared up yet. I know my pumps are blowing the sand a little and I'm thinking this is contributing to the problem but how quickly should I expect the water to clear? It's been mostly filled for about 5 days and the sand was well rinsed before it went in.

[phi delt reefer]

Run a 50 micron mesh sock or stuff one of your baffles with filter floss


The filter floss works best due to its density. I use the method to catch carbon and gfo fines when I don't properly rinse the stuff.