700g in the mix-

[KEEPERZ]

jnarowe-the decision on the vats took
a little time but I am glad I went with them also
-there's alot of room to play with. Fluid reactor
is on the way- went with a deltec see here- http://www.deltecusa.us/fluidizedreactors/fr1016.php
Any experience with the Deltec calc reactors out there?

 

[jnarowe]

PM Steve Weast. He has one on oregonreef.

 

[KEEPERZ]

Tank is now aquascaped and I have
not decided on substrate or barebottom.
Unicorn and blonde naso are loving the extra
room-refugium lighting,calcreactor,kalk and
tank lighting is next

 

[Waxxiemann]

Where does a guy get a vat like that? I've seen them used elsewhere as well.

Cheers

 

[MG21]

Lookin good Joe

 

[jnarowe]

Fish look great. I am still debating the whole vlamingi question. I would caution you about having too much rock in the tank. It's hard to tell but it appears that you have rock almost to the water surface. I am not entirely sure what your tank goals are, but many of the "advanced" reefers I have discussed this with have removed or are planning to remove a good portion of their rock.

The issue is that when you have a large amount of rock in yor tank, there is no room for corals to grow, and you greatly reduce water volume. In a FOWLR or soft coral dominated tank, that rock scheme would be OK, but for an SPS tank, you will get crowded fast.

I think it looks nice the way it is aquascaped right now, and that design would lend itself well to a school of small fish that like to dart in and out of the rock work. It's always a matter of opinion and philosophy of course!

 

[Alphabet]

Looking Good!!

 

[KEEPERZ]

Ahh Jnarowe my man-I love your honesty. I agree
that there seems to be alot of rock in the tank and
I have been fighting with myself on removing some
or not. Keeping in mind that I will have 2 waveboxes
and 2 to 4 tunzes, the rock hides some of that, but
I do think that the open look is real nice and maybe
I should remove a few chunks. The good part is that
the rocks are big pcs. and in theory should have less
avalanche's-honesty is always appreciated on this
thread guys-thanks!!!

Mg21 and Alphabet-thanks a ton and
Waxxie-MarineCenter.com is where I got my vats

 

[VegasMike]

Joe - Looks like it's finally coming together. I agree about the rock. You might want to take some of that out. You can't even see the Reef Ceramics...

Let me know if you have extra, I might buy it off you for the 350, if it ever gets set up. How does that rock look?


Mike

 

[KEEPERZ]

Mike let me know when your ready, I
will have a few cured and alot of dry pcs
available, the rock is nice imo-I really like
the tabling/shelf type pcs as you can see-

 

[jnarowe]

Well it all depends on your goals. If you are a zoanthid freak, that aquascaping would be just the ticket!

 

[hmoore]

I have debated going the Mr. Slim route for keeping my garage cool as well. Do you open your garage door often? Or, is it to remain closed all of the time? Also, does the unit run often to maintain the set point?

 

[KEEPERZ]

jnarowe- Well it all depends on your goals. If you are a zoanthid freak, that aquascaping would be just the ticket!

nooooooooooooooooo

Hmoore- the Mr. Slim did good in 110
degree weather this summer. The room
was kept 72-74 with no problem, my water
has held 73 degrees the whole time.I could
raise room temp except for the fact that
those temps were comfortable to work in.
I did purchase a dehumidifier for the room,
dang water volume was taking RH up to 75%
now it is down to 45-50. Just be sure to get the
right size unit for your room keeping in mind the
heat you will add with pumps-lights and so forth
-the garage door in the room is insulated and
kept shut-

 

[jnarowe]

my tank room is rarely below 75% RH. Most often when I look at the gauge it is 85%.

 

[onehundred20]

where did you pick that rock up from, seems like all the pieices are huge and the perfect stacking shape

 

[KEEPERZ]

The rock was a fortunate thing, where my
LFS got me dialed in ,so that when I was ready
for rock they gave their supplier a heads up so I
could get such large pcs. for this tank. Timing
worked out and I am greatful for it, being here
in the desert , there's alot of rock, just not the
kind we use-lol

jnarowe- does mold concern you at all running
RH that high? I prepared the walls and such,
but it seemed like most reefers were trying to
keep it down if possible, being cautious I
guess.Just thought I should try to keep it
down also.

 

[jnarowe]

I really don't bother with it. My tank room is painted with yatch bilge paint that is easily to clean. Because I have an open vent to the space under my deck, I can't really lower the humidity using a dehumidifier. I just adjust the exhaust fan seasonally to keep the room well ventilated.

 

[frantzml1982]

WOW what a tank

 

[Reefski's]

plumbing question. back several posts it looks like you reduced the pipe diameter to 1" coming from your closed loop pump, why? you have reduced the flow a lot, you could use a smaller pump and get the same flow. only so much water can be forced through any given size pipe.

you should never reduce the pipe below the output size of the pump.

 

[KEEPERZ]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8254934#post8254934 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by carloskoi
plumbing question. back several posts it looks like you reduced the pipe diameter to 1" coming from your closed loop pump, why? you have reduced the flow a lot, you could use a smaller pump and get the same flow. only so much water can be forced through any given size pipe.

you should never reduce the pipe below the output size of the pump.

Your comment is true-from 1 1/2"" to
1" down to 5- 3/4" outlets each closed loop
. Now I am not a plumbing engineer, but how
much flow is really lost? Seems like the flow is
pretty good under the rock structures. Trying
to hide 1" pipe under the rock structure seemed
easier then 1 1/2".