stone.david
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looks fantastic, how tall is the stand???
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Bigjoe2531
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Think the LED will be bright enough? Have or will you check PAR readings for the fixture?
Gobie74
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Yeah, the LEDs will be fine, they are over my 150 right now and things are growing great even tho its only at 70% brightness. If I have to, I can always go higher.
The tank dimensions are 72" long, 36" wide, 22" tall. It's made of acrylic. About 6" of the length is taken up by the overflow. Using the internal dimensions, I calculated 191 gallons of water empty. The tank was made locally by a company called Merchandising Partners in Bloomfield, CT.
Lol, thanks stunreefer, didn't see your reply.
The tank dimensions are 72" long, 36" wide, 22" tall. It's made of acrylic. About 6" of the length is taken up by the overflow. Using the internal dimensions, I calculated 191 gallons of water empty. The tank was made locally by a company called Merchandising Partners in Bloomfield, CT.
Lol, thanks stunreefer, didn't see your reply.
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Bigjoe2531
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Are you planning an SPS, LPS, mixed corals? I think the location you have chosen is great. You have great views from the kitchen and the family room and the dining area. I'm planning a large tank as well, almost same dimensions..72 x 30 x 24. What are the dimensions of your overflow and returns...durso? or herbie...
Gobie74
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It will be SPS dominated, but not exclusive. I have a bunch of LPS, hammers, torch, frogspawn, a really nice open brain. Then a few softies like ricordea and zoas.
The overflow section is 6" wide minus acrylic thickness and 24" wide. I'm going to use the herbie method since I want this tank to be as quiet as possible. The location sort of dictates as little noise distractions as possible.
The skimmer I ordered came on Wednesday and I set it up in the tank temporarily yesterday. I'll have pictures up tomorrow morning.
The overflow section is 6" wide minus acrylic thickness and 24" wide. I'm going to use the herbie method since I want this tank to be as quiet as possible. The location sort of dictates as little noise distractions as possible.
The skimmer I ordered came on Wednesday and I set it up in the tank temporarily yesterday. I'll have pictures up tomorrow morning.
mikelaubach
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I have the BeanAnimal adaption of the Herbie and the loudest thing on my tank is the Vortech. The skimmer sits in stand below (which has a completely open back) and you cannot hear it either. Unplug the Vortech, and you can hear the hum of the return pump. It's awesome!
mikelaubach
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His thread is hyper-long and FILLED with people asking the same questions over and over and over and over, and wow, people READ. :lol: So I'm not sure it will be useful.
Essentially, it is the herbie with an emergency drain (three drains):
* One full siphon with a valve to control flow.
* One open to capture a little of the overflow but with a hose into the tank such that it draws some minute amount of air during normal operation, but once the water level rises, it cuts off the air and turns the drain into a full siphon.
* One that is just open but at a slightly higher level and under normal operation has no water flowing through it.
The herbie uses just the two. I've flooded the house once and could not risk doing that again as she'd have my head on a mount above the fireplace. :uzi: :wildone:
Essentially, it is the herbie with an emergency drain (three drains):
* One full siphon with a valve to control flow.
* One open to capture a little of the overflow but with a hose into the tank such that it draws some minute amount of air during normal operation, but once the water level rises, it cuts off the air and turns the drain into a full siphon.
* One that is just open but at a slightly higher level and under normal operation has no water flowing through it.
The herbie uses just the two. I've flooded the house once and could not risk doing that again as she'd have my head on a mount above the fireplace. :uzi: :wildone:
Gobie74
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So on Wednesday the new skimmer I ordered came, packaged in two boxes.
The smaller box contained the pump and some accessories.
The larger box contained the skimmer body.
Here's a shot containing everything, its the ATB 840 v1.5 ( white version )
I also ordered the larger pinwheel for the pump, it was a bit confusing taking the impeller apart, but here's a comparison of the pinwheel sizes.
I set it up and put it in the tank on Thursday night.
Initially I had the large pinwheel on it, but it was making so much foam that it was overflowing uncontrollably into the collection cup and also creating a microbubble storm in the tank.
I swapped out the large pinwheel for the small pinwheel and its performing more normally now. Granted there isn't much load on the tank, if any at all, but it seems to be pulling out some foam.
Also on Thursday I bought some pure ammonia and added 5ml to the tank to start the cycle going. It's barely measurable now with either a test kit of the SeaChem in tank Ammonia Alert device, but should be enough to start the cycle.
Finally, I saw my first life in the tank. A small sea star hitch hiked into the tank on one of the live rocks I moved over from the 150. You can see him as a small white dot on the back wall in the last photo above.
The smaller box contained the pump and some accessories.
The larger box contained the skimmer body.
Here's a shot containing everything, its the ATB 840 v1.5 ( white version )
I also ordered the larger pinwheel for the pump, it was a bit confusing taking the impeller apart, but here's a comparison of the pinwheel sizes.
I set it up and put it in the tank on Thursday night.
Initially I had the large pinwheel on it, but it was making so much foam that it was overflowing uncontrollably into the collection cup and also creating a microbubble storm in the tank.
I swapped out the large pinwheel for the small pinwheel and its performing more normally now. Granted there isn't much load on the tank, if any at all, but it seems to be pulling out some foam.
Also on Thursday I bought some pure ammonia and added 5ml to the tank to start the cycle going. It's barely measurable now with either a test kit of the SeaChem in tank Ammonia Alert device, but should be enough to start the cycle.
Finally, I saw my first life in the tank. A small sea star hitch hiked into the tank on one of the live rocks I moved over from the 150. You can see him as a small white dot on the back wall in the last photo above.
Gobie74
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Thanks Mike, I read most of the herbie thread a while back but hadn't seen this modification to it. If I were to go with this, I'd need another hole drilled, probably too late for that now. But I'm still thinking of the original Herbie method.
Gobie74
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I have two Vortech MP40Ws that I'm going to move from the 150 over to this tank. They will both be on the back wall on opposite sides, probably in anti-sync mode.
I hope to control them with the Profilux as soon as they make their controller available.
Speaking of the Profilux, I noticed that GHL-Direct had the AquaIllumination cables in stock so I ordered one, along with another 6 plug power bar and a combined redox and conductivity module. No probes for those yet. Just thinking ahead for the future.
Gobie74
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Things are progressing rather nicely. There's still some detectable ammonia in the tank, but I think the cycle is starting. Adjusting the skimmer has worked out, starting to pull some skimmate out, nothing significant.
And today I decided to put some old NO T5 lights on the tank just to add a little lighting. Just a couple quick shots, obviously when I'm done the skimmer wont be in the tank and the heater, maxijet and canister intake and outlet won't be there. But it does get me really excited about what this is going to look like when its done.
and from the end
Yes there is a serious micro bubble problem right now, and the surface is collecting a lot of junk since the overflows aren't in operation, but it looks really nice anyway
And today I decided to put some old NO T5 lights on the tank just to add a little lighting. Just a couple quick shots, obviously when I'm done the skimmer wont be in the tank and the heater, maxijet and canister intake and outlet won't be there. But it does get me really excited about what this is going to look like when its done.
and from the end
Yes there is a serious micro bubble problem right now, and the surface is collecting a lot of junk since the overflows aren't in operation, but it looks really nice anyway
Bigjoe2531
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Real nice, love that white virgin sandbed. A piece of that rock looks like its got a lot of purple coreline...is it from the old tank?...to start cycle?
Bigjoe2531
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So cool...
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