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Tomorrow I should have the manifold in and hopefully I can water test in the next week. Standby
Dj Turna's 50g Cubist Build!!!
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For flow, I have a MP10wes and I am thinking about adding an RW-8 and RW-4, any ideas?
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I got the manifold installed.
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Dj Turna's 50g Cubist Build!!!
Got a lot of work done. It now looks like this...
Got a lot of work done. It now looks like this...
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Water testing has begun!
Everything worked great! When the pumps were turned off, the sump was able to handle the water. The emergency drain was able to handle all the flow when the main drain was closed. No leaks. Going to let it run for a day and see how it goes.
Everything worked great! When the pumps were turned off, the sump was able to handle the water. The emergency drain was able to handle all the flow when the main drain was closed. No leaks. Going to let it run for a day and see how it goes.
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Got mine water testing now, everything looks tight. I have the DC 15,000 going with a one inch return without any reducers on full speed. The flow looks incredible, I don't think I'll need any power-heads. Doesn't appear to be any micro bubbles either from the full siphon. I tested power out, and sump held with about 4.5 inches to spare so even if the overflow tower also drained somehow in full I think it would be okay.
I built my light rack too, after I do a couple finishing touches on the plumbing, I'll make up some salt water, and build the rock structure. Going to try foam / dry rock art... haha. I'm very tempted to just use live rock from KP aquatics again, the stuff was gorgeous, but I want to try and use what I have, will see how it looks. I don't have a light yet, but I have over a month of cycling ahead before I would use the light anyway.
As far as tech, I have no immediate plans on skimmers, or much else besides the a new light, and reuse my ato and heater.
I built my light rack too, after I do a couple finishing touches on the plumbing, I'll make up some salt water, and build the rock structure. Going to try foam / dry rock art... haha. I'm very tempted to just use live rock from KP aquatics again, the stuff was gorgeous, but I want to try and use what I have, will see how it looks. I don't have a light yet, but I have over a month of cycling ahead before I would use the light anyway.
As far as tech, I have no immediate plans on skimmers, or much else besides the a new light, and reuse my ato and heater.
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Hows yours going? I couldn't get what I wanted to done with dry rock and decided to go live rock again. Got some really nice reef flake sand, but I have to turn down my return pump with it... down 2-3 bars on the Jebao controller.
I got my light. I'm really liking T5s look. Bright. Going to order the live rock this week.
I got my light. I'm really liking T5s look. Bright. Going to order the live rock this week.
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Everything is going! I got the aquascape up and added water about a month ago. I used dry rock from another reefer which sat in the sun for about a year. I power washed it and soaked it but it appears there was still a lot of organics. The water turned a little yellow due to the decay and smelled a tiny bit, not much.
I added Dr. Tims ammonium nitrate and nitrifying bacteria. I originally added just the ammonium nitrate and raised the ammonia level to 2ppm. The man at the LFS said the bacteria would then proliferate and cause the ammonia to go down, creating nitrite. A week went by and the ammonia stayed right at 2ppm. I then went to a different LFS and picked up the nitrifying bacteria and added it to the tank. A week and a half went by and no drop in ammonia. It's been another week and I have not tested it since. I was busy and just planned on letting it be. It will be ready when it's ready, nothing in aquatics comes fast. I have been using a API test for ammonia. A buddy mentioned that may be an issue. Not sure if others have had problems with this test. It did read 0 when I first tested the tank. So I know it is not just giving one reading.
I also added some carbon to one of the deluxe BRS reactors on my manifold. Within a couple hours I did not notice anything but a day later the water is noticeably clearer and the smell is gone. I also was having problems with the chiller. I bought it off a local reefer and have never really used one. It was giving weird temps, so I took it offline. Is there a good way to test it to see that it works? Here is a pick of the tank now.
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I'm also going to add some molding to the stand to finish it up. Just tested and ammonia is at 0 ppm and nitrites are at 5+ ppm. So we are now into phase two. Hopefully a couple weeks to a month and we are good to go.
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I also finished the manifold which will be controlling the chiller, carbon and GFO in BRS deluxe reactors and a hydra Bioball reactor.
Have you tested this yet? Cool concept instead of using separate pumps for the carbon and gfo reactor. How's the flow from your overflow with this concept?
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Yes, it has been going for about a month. The pumps are in separate compartments of the sump and don't seem to impact each other at all. The flow through the overflow is great. I would recommend this method to anyone. When I open channels on the manifold it does not effect the siphon in the overflow. This make for less fiddling. The only downfall I have noticed is it is a little noisier, with both pumps running.
