100g My First Tank

[Primetime33]

Hey bud.. that looks damn good. Great work I need to come check your system out soon.

Brock

 

[iflipsidei]

ya i need someone who has been in reefs a lil to come make sure im still in the green hehe

 

[jer77]

Nice rock, looking good!

By the way it is a good idea to figure out how many amps your using just so you know if your in a good range. Its fairly easy to do this too. Just add up all the wattage of your equipment and divide by 120V if your in the US which you are. W/ V = Amps. Then you'll know whether your gonna blow anything up or not when you upgrade or add anything else.

 

[drummereef]

Oh yeah, you're on the home stretch now. Great looking rock and am loving the aquascape. I'm a sucker for outcroppings.

 

[iflipsidei]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9587431#post9587431 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by jer77
Nice rock, looking good!

By the way it is a good idea to figure out how many amps your using just so you know if your in a good range. Its fairly easy to do this too. Just add up all the wattage of your equipment and divide by 120V if your in the US which you are. W/ V = Amps. Then you'll know whether your gonna blow anything up or not when you upgrade or add anything else.

thanks for the heads up, i did the math and with the skimmer, two pumps, 2 fans and MH lighting all on at the same time. I draw about

6.2 amps

i still have yet to figure out how many watts of heaters i need and lunar lights which should be little watts and probably when summer comes closer a chiller since i live in sunny So Cal.

Only problem is i live in a apartment and the circuit i am on also runs the kitchen. But i might be able to route some power from the next closest circuit which would be the washer and dry room.


Thanks for the comment on the aquascape, tomorow i will get my digital back and take some nice shots

 

[drummereef]

Sounds like you need to find what else is on the breaker. Some of the kitchen appliances might be on that circuit which could cause it to overload when turned on. That would suck to have the breaker blow when you are away from home.

 

[iflipsidei]

So i watched the temp for 24 hours and the lowest with the MH off and around 5am it went down to about 76-77 and the highest the MH being on for 10hrs was 80

So im thinking two 150w heaters at the return end of the sump should be good?

And i have my thermometer when the water drains into the sump

 

[Aliie]

I think you can finally change your Hobby Experience to SW!! That is one one tank set up you have and excellent choice on the LR!! I can't wait to see more from your tank. I love the progression photos!! Great Job welcome to the life of constant worry!!! :lol:

 

[iflipsidei]

haha, well i will take some new pics tonight the tank has cleared up a lot

 

[iflipsidei]

New Pics

New Pics

Alright who wants new pics, this is 48hrs after start up on monday and ya i found the macro button lol, thought i would take a pic of some stuff that will probably die lol

 

[iflipsidei]

Oh ya forgot these pics, is this skimate to wet?? and any ideas how to stop all this bubble action at the end of my drain. It sounds like a bubbling cualdren but if i raise it out of the water it sounds like niagra

 

[iflipsidei]

any help with the skimate question?

 

[Pistonkev]

It looks a little wet it also looks like sand to me. Is it really as brown as it looks?

 

[iflipsidei]

ya its brown like that, well i lowered the riser just a bit

 

[Pistonkev]

Hey the whole thing came out real nice looking.

 

[iflipsidei]

Has anyone ever tried this DIY?

http://ozreef.org/diy_plans/water_movement/sump_gurgle_minimiser.html


ty pistonkev i own lots to azdesertrat and this comment from the reefcentral So you want to start a marine tank write up.

"IN A REEF AQUARIUM, ONLY BAD THINGS HAPPEN QUICKLY."

thats why it took me about 3 months hehe

 

[iflipsidei]

So my temp went from 79 before the MH came on and when they turned off up to 83.7

does this mean chiller?

 

[Pistonkev]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9595897#post9595897 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by iflipsidei
So my temp went from 79 before the MH came on and when they turned off up to 83.7

does this mean chiller?

Just wait until summer. If you want to keep the hood then yes you will need a chiller.

 

[iflipsidei]

well so i can start pricing a chiller what size chiller will i need, i believe there is about 110 gallons of water in the tank

 

[iflipsidei]

New Pics

New Pics

got some new pics, the first is the first signs of life in the tank and single blade of alge hehe

But the second i have a question on as you can see the sand in the corners are much low from the return outlet on the other side of the tank making the water round the corners returning back to the other side. Is this going to be a problem in the future. It has some what stopped moving sand but every now and then a sliver of sand is moved