I hear you Curt. I do have a wife, and if it really is going to stink up the whole place, I might have to think twice about curing in the tank although this sure would be the easiest way to go in my case.
Moving along, I got done with most of the plumbing for the RO/DO holding tanks. Basically the RO/DI unit dumps into the lower container. A Mag 9.5 controlled via X10 then pumps water up to the upper tank once every 24 hours or manually during water changes. The upper tank does auto top off into the sump via a float switch. The upper tank also gravity feeds to my 44g sw mixing tank. That darn Mag pump leaked out the o-ring seal, even after I took it apart and cleaned everything. So I siliconed the cover back on the second time around. Being that all it will ever pump is RO/DI water, I don't see it needing cleaning ever again. There is a 1" stand pipe in the upper tank that drains into the lower one, so I can run the pump as long as I want without any danger of spilling. The 1.5" ball valve you see is for pumping sump water into the sink for water changes. There is also a 1/2" ball valve for pumping RO/DI water into the sink for cleaning stuff with RO/DI water.
I went picked up this used CR-2 from a fellow RC'er down in Blacksburg this past week. It has been recommended that I should use the pH monitor/controller you see here to manage the CR-2 and only use the AquaController to monitor the pH of the main tank. I might add a secondary X10 control of the solenoid in case pH drops too low, but the Milwaukee controller should not allow that to happen in the first place I suppose.
I have been working on the electrical layout and here is what I have come up with as far as how to wire everything. Each 20A circuit will be pulling 1750 watts with everything on. Most everything will be controlled by the AquaController II.
Various receptacles will be located along the walls in the fishroom near the equipment to be controlled. Everything will be running through 3/4" conduit back to a central control panel. This control panel will house 11 X10 relays along with status LEDs of each controlled device. I'm not sure if I'll install push bottoms in the panel for manually controlling the devices. The reason being that I also run Homeseer since my whole house is X10, so I have the ability to turn any device on and off from a Pocket PC, a wireless touch pad, any laptop, or workstation throughout the house. This might end up being a pain when working in the fishroom, so I might install a pair of X10 control pads next to the control box. We'll see.
Ok, here is a shot of my wire feeder for pulling all the wiring through the conduit in the fishroom.
Fortunately, I installed this generator a few years back. It is plumbed into an 500g in ground propane tank, so I'll be able to keep the reef going for weeks if I loose power.
Here is a shot of my messy workshop where I have been playing with PVC for the last couple of weeks. You can see the automatic transfer swith in the background along with the 24 circuits below it that are on the generator.
