240 Inwall Construction (Image Intense)

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Great stuff. An acan, eh?

Any guesses why your cowrie isn't covering itself with the branchy membrane now? I used to put my tiger cowrie on a full leaf of romaine lettuce and it would devour the whole thing that day.
 
Nice shots, *but we have come to expect that now haven`t we ;)*. In fact your shots have inspired me to try and take better pics :bum:

This is a great "Hang in there Baby!"
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I re-tested the power consumption of one of my IceCap 660 VHO electronic ballasts. The one I tested was the either on or off, non-dimmed unit. The results were very close to the original tests I did some time ago. Here is what the Kill-A-Watt device borrowed (thanks Whodah) came up with this time.

Volts = 116
Amps = 3.68
Watts = 256
Volt Amps = 424 [described as the "apparent Power". (VA=Vrms Arms) in the Kill-A-Watt owners manual]

VA aside, the ballast was pulling only 256 watts, considerably less than your readings, Whodah. Did you by chance use the VA instead of Watts?

Joseph
 
Those two starfish are so colorful and happy, Joseph. GREAT shot. :thumbsup:

That last acro shot is stunning too!
 
I was going to set up my own 240 but it would be so much easier if you just let me move into your fish room. I'll bring a cot and sweep the floor, do water changes and stuff. :)

Just amazing pics!
 
Bax-LOL....wait in line. :)

Joseph, how long have you had the stars, mine always seemed to do wonderfully for months, looked as good as the day i got them, then suddenly dissappear. I doubt I could ever keep one as long as a year
 
Checking in again, and again....... I'm completely stunned at the beauty of your tank. Such a wide variety of life! Seriously, the neighborhood kids would do good to visit this thing! May keep them away from tv for a few years! Better than anything on the Discovery Channel, thats for sure.
 
Hey Joseph,

Long time reader, first time poster.:) As it has been said many times before, I am grateful for your contributions to the hobby and to reefcentral. I am in awe of what you have achieved and inspired to make my small set up as the best it can be.

To my questions; In the early days of the tread (before the split) you spoke about your top-off system. At that time you were looking at a number of ways to utilize a larger top-off reservoir to prevent cycling of the RO/DI.
You discussed some options, one of which used a smaller reservoir placed higher than the main with a pump sending water up from the main container and a drain allowing the overflow to go back to the main container. This allows you to gravity feed from the small container to the sump for top-off,(using a float valve) but still maintain a large container of RO/DI water.

Is there a reason you did not choose to go this route? I am considering this option and would love to hear your thoughts.

Also, have you ever used these Uniseals?
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What is your opinion of them?

My apologizes if this has been covered. I have made it to pg. 65 of the first section and needed an answer to continue with my top-off. :)

Thanks

Steve
 
Sorry for the delays in replying but it's been hectic lately so I am catching up. I'll attempt to do so tomorrow. RC is about to go down now so there's not time enough right now. Hang in there. ;)

Joseph
 
Hey Weatherspoon, great pics! How are those stars (linka?) doing? I'm curious b/c I love how they look but I always read how difficult they are to keep. I'd be interesed in any details you have.
 
melev, selgado, george_grat: Thank you and I'm pleased you liked them.

tang_man_montreal: Yes, it has six legs. The burgundy Linkia can have five or six.

Bax: Hmm... my required maintenance may have just been minimized for me. ;) Thanks.

DerekW: I've had the blue-patterned guy for over a year. The orange hasn't been in my tank that long but was in another CVR club member's for I believe more than a year. So combined, that one is well over a year now. The burgundy is the newest and only been in my tank for a little over a month. I do feed fairly heavily so this may have something to do with their success in my tank.

jarhed: Thanks for the kind words. The children that have seen the tank always tend to stare with open mouths and hit me with the usual barrage of questions... "What's that?... And that?... Is that alive?". It's well worth it all just to see this. ;)

whodah: So, either your ballast is not as efficient, the combining of VHO and T5 gives it issues or T5's in general require more juice. What is your voltage at your house?

NexDog: I'll try and get one soon. I did rearrange a lot of the corals so it's looking quite a bit different than the last.

countertopguy: Thanks for the kind words and it pleases me that you were able to gain from this little project of mine. ;)

As far as the top off design, I didn't use that option since I came up with a better solution. You can see that in the following thread...
Anti-RO/DI Cycling ATO Reservoir Device
The main reason was that I wanted a completely mechanical and non-electric device. As in no float switches and solenoids. I just don't feel comfortable in relying on them even though many have used them for years trouble free.

I have seen the Uniseals but personally, wouldn't use them for anything permanent where regular PVC and glue can be utilized. Again, it may be a personal thing but I always attempt to predict and alleviate potential problems, especially considering what is at stake.

Joseph
 
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