Devoted Reefer 250
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pelphrey
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Had a jumper, this guy been with me since the beginning. Sad to see him go!
Progress on the new manifold -
Reactor is glued and ready to go into the tank. Bottom tee will feed my Santa Monica RAIN2 scrubber.
Hope to have this done soon, been putting it off way to long!
Progress on the new manifold -
Reactor is glued and ready to go into the tank. Bottom tee will feed my Santa Monica RAIN2 scrubber.
Hope to have this done soon, been putting it off way to long!
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pelphrey
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Got in the tank last week and scrubbed most of it out. It is still there in spots, but nothing out of control!
rtparty
Raise The Reef!
Glad to hear! Keep up the good work and videos. I love following them on YouTube
pelphrey
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Going to have to get another one!
pelphrey
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Tidal Gardens had their live sale over the weekend, I decided to pick up a few frags. I am running the two Kessil 160's with the intensity and color going up to about 60%. The frags are in the middle of the tank width and height wise. I had planned to stick the plugs in the sand, but my sand is to shallow! So I stuck them on some rock and let them be. If I have ID'd any incorrectly please let me know, also if you have better placement suggestions I would love to hear them!
Pink Birds Nest
Purple Stylophora
Neon Green Stylophora
Purple Pocillopra
Neon Green Stylophora
Purple Pocillopra
Pink Birds Nest
Purple Stylophora
Pink Birds Nest
Purple Stylophora
Neon Green Stylophora
Purple Pocillopra
Neon Green Stylophora
Purple Pocillopra
Pink Birds Nest
Purple Stylophora
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pelphrey
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Thank you very much for the feedback! It is very much appreciated! I am by no means ready for the more challenging corals, I figured these would provide me the best learning opportunity!
pelphrey
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I've been putting a lot of thought into my lighting. I am happy with the Kessils and to be honest I don't know that I can let them go completely. I just don't know if the 160's will pack the punch I feel like I will need or provide the spread needed down the road. With that said I've tossed around a few ideas. I would love to hear opinions on swapping out the 160's for the 360's or potentially the AP700. If you have any experience of even an opinion I would love to hear it!
Red circles show the new SPS frags that went into the tank yesterday -
Kessil lighting schedule -
As always, if you see something wrong with placement or my light schedule please let me know!
Red circles show the new SPS frags that went into the tank yesterday -
Kessil lighting schedule -
As always, if you see something wrong with placement or my light schedule please let me know!
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Fish4life28
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NICE tank you got there. Good call with the pvc for the sand could have made a mess. Gotta be the biggest "nano" on here lol
pelphrey
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The noise level did die down, but it is still not 100% silent. I added a second Gyre 230 pump to the tank, again out of the box it is loud. But when I compared the two pumps the first pump I got is a lot quieter! I am running them both up to 40% and that is a lot for my 3' tank, also running at a lower speed reduces the noise greatly!
Thank you! Kind of funny you said that, I got almost the same comment about my "Nano" tank on another forum. It is a 54 gallon display, 65 gallons total water volume so I may be pushing the nano limit. I think I look at the foot print and with this being a 3' tank that makes me consider it a nano!
pelphrey
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My original plan was to run the @SantaMonica RAIN2 off of my return pump. With such a small sump foot print it was finally decided to run the scrubber off it's own pump. I've had this ATS for a few months now and it is time to get it into the tank! I did need to pickup a few PVC parts to complete this job, while I was at it I bought the Hanna Alk tester.
Last weekend I noticed a small drip coming down from my reefer return standpipe. After talking to @Broadfield I drained the overflow, pulled the standpipe and made sure the o-ring was still intact. After verifying that there was no damage to the 0-ring I re-installed and turned the pump back on. The leak was minimized to a much slower drip, on Sunday I entered a ticket with Red Sea. On Monday Amanda with Red Sea emailed me, I provided pictures of the parts and the leak and she sent out a new return stand pipe. I haven't installed the new pipe yet, the leak has since gone away for now. I wanted to be pro-active and get the ticket entered and a new pipe in just in case.
For the ATS I super glued two 1/4" pieces of acrylic together as the base. I then super glued a 2" PVC table top fitting onto the acrylic. After that I used 2" PVC to a 2" PVC tee with a 1/2" threaded output. I am using a MJ1200 to run the ATS with a valve to control flow. None of the PVC fittings are glued together for easy removal.
The ATS hasn't been started yet, I will test nitrates and phosphates before I turn the scrubber on. Both of those levels are always low for me, I don't want to strip the system completely so I will monitor.
Last weekend I noticed a small drip coming down from my reefer return standpipe. After talking to @Broadfield I drained the overflow, pulled the standpipe and made sure the o-ring was still intact. After verifying that there was no damage to the 0-ring I re-installed and turned the pump back on. The leak was minimized to a much slower drip, on Sunday I entered a ticket with Red Sea. On Monday Amanda with Red Sea emailed me, I provided pictures of the parts and the leak and she sent out a new return stand pipe. I haven't installed the new pipe yet, the leak has since gone away for now. I wanted to be pro-active and get the ticket entered and a new pipe in just in case.
For the ATS I super glued two 1/4" pieces of acrylic together as the base. I then super glued a 2" PVC table top fitting onto the acrylic. After that I used 2" PVC to a 2" PVC tee with a 1/2" threaded output. I am using a MJ1200 to run the ATS with a valve to control flow. None of the PVC fittings are glued together for easy removal.
The ATS hasn't been started yet, I will test nitrates and phosphates before I turn the scrubber on. Both of those levels are always low for me, I don't want to strip the system completely so I will monitor.
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