(First Reef Tank Ever) **** 600gal Display **** 1300gal System

[KEEPERZ]

No selling allowed here my friend...Nanook

 

[purebullet417]

hey pets warehouse is down the block from my house lol

 

[KEEPERZ]

I was linking, not selling my friend-JFYI I have an extra deltec reactor cbui2-just trying to help-thanks

 

[DaltonJames]

i need to see more i just read the whole form omg i love that tank i would go swimming it it if i was you and pet the fish wow cant wait to see more pics when finished

 

[smcskim]

Love to see some more "behind the scenes" photos Bart.

 

[cbui2]

ok here are some more updates, got a chance to finished the sump adding enclosed baffles for all the returns from skimmer and reactors. skimmer was also hooked up but not 100% sure if i tune it right. it says 800gph intake and tunning the air valve. anyone can give me some pointers on tunning the skimmer. do you start with air valve or intake? how much water, it called to have the water below the black neck and adjust it from there.
here are some pics, and excuse the mess.

 

[Goodwin9]

I'm not expert on Deltec, but I set mine up so that the water level with the pumps OFF, comes up to the top of the black neck. I can remove the collection cup and not have any water overflow from the skimmer. I needed to close the output valve a little to achieve this level. With the skimmer pumps running, I've set my air intake valves at the 2 o'clock position and the skimmer seems to be doing a great job. My installation was inspected and approved by LUNCHBUCKET.

 

[Reefski's]

looking good, i didn't see GFI's on your electrical circuits, are they on another part of the circuit? also the waterproof covers are in order under the tank.

Carl

 

[mcrist]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10132873#post10132873 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Goodwin9
I'm not expert on Deltec, but I set mine up so that the water level with the pumps OFF, comes up to the top of the black neck. I can remove the collection cup and not have any water overflow from the skimmer. I needed to close the output valve a little to achieve this level. With the skimmer pumps running, I've set my air intake valves at the 2 o'clock position and the skimmer seems to be doing a great job. My installation was inspected and approved by LUNCHBUCKET.

I have mine set to the bottom of the black neck when the pumps are off. I never tried setting it to the top of the neck but I would be afraid that it would overflow too easily. Maybe I will test your idea this weekend. I'm running an AP902 and it is gravity feed.

 

[DaltonJames]

love that tank i would buy for 10$$$ OFF YOU

 

[mako56]

Yep been lurking around. This is just way too cool everything looks so neat and in place. Its a dream tank but I don't think I could afford the electric bill once this baby gets rolling. Thanks for the show cbui2. This one should make a thread of the month someday soon.

 

[mako56]

Some how I doubled sorry.

 

[cbui2]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10132873#post10132873 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Goodwin9
I'm not expert on Deltec, but I set mine up so that the water level with the pumps OFF, comes up to the top of the black neck. I can remove the collection cup and not have any water overflow from the skimmer. I needed to close the output valve a little to achieve this level. With the skimmer pumps running, I've set my air intake valves at the 2 o'clock position and the skimmer seems to be doing a great job. My installation was inspected and approved by LUNCHBUCKET.

thanks, i guess cant tune it all at once. hehe

 

[cbui2]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10132878#post10132878 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by carloskoi
looking good, i didn't see GFI's on your electrical circuits, are they on another part of the circuit? also the waterproof covers are in order under the tank.

Carl

thanks, there on the panel, covers will be installed also when done. i will covered alot of details toward the end of build.

 

[cbui2]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10134615#post10134615 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by DaltonJames
love that tank i would buy for 10$$$ OFF YOU

thats fine, you can actually have it if you can find where i stayed at.:eek1:

 

[cbui2]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10135791#post10135791 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by mako56
Yep been lurking around. This is just way too cool everything looks so neat and in place. Its a dream tank but I don't think I could afford the electric bill once this baby gets rolling. Thanks for the show cbui2. This one should make a thread of the month someday soon.

thanks, i took my precious time doing it. yeah my bill will double hopefully my wife wont ask to upgrade her rock i just enjoy doing this fun and challenging.

 

[bbrantley]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10136451#post10136451 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by cbui2
thats fine, you can actually have it if you can find where i stayed at.:eek1:

Wait a minute... does that offer extend to anyone else? Because I'm pretty sure I can find your tank...

Ben

 

[cbui2]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10136521#post10136521 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by bbrantley
Wait a minute... does that offer extend to anyone else? Because I'm pretty sure I can find your tank...

Ben

sure Ben as long you can locate my house, its yours.

 

[Sparkss]

As for the Deltec tuning, you do adjust the water level to just below the twist lock with the recirc pumps all turned off. You will need to restrict the air flow to the recir pumps until the skimmer has broken in and it has had the chance to get the water cleaned of the "excess" that is in it now. After we got ours running and dialed in we took off the air taps completely. When we sold our 902 I tried to find where we had stored the taps but never could . But you could be prone to flooding for the first week or so, which is why alot of people start out with thwe water level lower (along with the air taps), then slowly bring them both up over time.

 

[bbrantley]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10136552#post10136552 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by cbui2
sure Ben as long you can locate my house, its yours.

I tell you what: instead of putting you through the embarrassment that would, no doubt, result from me showing up at your doorstep, I will post my guess in the form of a picture. Tell me if this looks like your house:

I'll be booking my ticket to your front porch shortly...

Ben