How not to build a 750/1500 gallon build thread-Khaosinc 3/5/71-8/30/11
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khaosinc
The cyborg reefer
LOL, thats not actually a bad Idea. I have a 1/2 dozen food grade barrels kicking around. Been trying to figure out how this hobby could at least cover my electric bill. What do LFS people usually pay?
DIdn't get much of anything done today, but I did get my new toy...
No more waiting a week to fill up a tank for me... 300 gpd
Thanks, Kevin. Now I gotta buy one!:beer:
blumoon reefers
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We have paid .50 a gallon for RO and 1.00 a gallon for S/W at our LFS.
noobtothereef
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my lfs charges 50 cents a gallon for rodi water and $1.00 per gallon for mixed saltwater, but theres a couple places in town that do water changes for $1.50-$2.00 per gallon delivered, and also $.85 per gallon ro delivered, wouldnt be too bad if you could sell 9000 gallons per month lol, i actually have sold ro water pretty easily but i shouldnt be, i have a rental rodi setup from a local water company, all i pay is $18 a month and they do all the upkeep/changing filters etc when it gets over 0 tds, only thing i have to pay is refilling the di resin, the di container is the size of the old pop kegs and is plastic, holds around 10lbs of di resin and charge me $65 to change it, before rodi my water reads about 330ppm and have ran about 2000 gallons through it and still reads 0 on the inline and hand held tds meter and have not changed any cartridges yet. I say go for it, couldnt hurt anything, only thing, do you have well or city water? hard water might make it costly to change cartridges all of the time, youd have to find out how long they last to figure if it would be worth it.
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khaosinc
The cyborg reefer
Water is pretty good here. TDS is usually low 100's before I filter and really most of that is just disolved limestone anyway. Little bit from farm run off as well I assume. They get the water from the river near my house and most of the year it was part of the glacier on mt Baker several hours before. When I ran my cichlid tanks I just ran a hose right in to the tank for water changes. About 7.4 PH out of the tap. Didn't even need dechlorinator.
scubasteve06
Jeeper Reefer
Khaos just read this whole thread, you are a great man, and you'll be a even greater father I'm sure when the time comes. You have a lot of fight in you, and I understand your drive as I am the same way...I love seeing the progress you are making now that you have recovered some. Keep it up man your an inspiration to us all!
scubasteve06
Jeeper Reefer
Well then put that husbandry to good use for your animals!!!
khaosinc
The cyborg reefer
LOL, that I do. Someday I might even figure out how to take care of me... For now thats Tinks Job
On the lighter side, despite all the dire warnings I've always heard about messing with a deep sand bed, the tank looks great this morning. I suspect alot of the reason is that my tankg loves to pull powerheads off the walls and messes the sand up all the time anyway. Little dusty but all the corals are more open than I've ever seen. Fish and everything else is picking around all the rock I pulled out of the way. With any luck I might even get some rock in today if I can figure out where I'm going to store 1000 pounds of sand until I get this other tank up and running.
Suppose that means I should actually do something with it today...LOl.
On the lighter side, despite all the dire warnings I've always heard about messing with a deep sand bed, the tank looks great this morning. I suspect alot of the reason is that my tankg loves to pull powerheads off the walls and messes the sand up all the time anyway. Little dusty but all the corals are more open than I've ever seen. Fish and everything else is picking around all the rock I pulled out of the way. With any luck I might even get some rock in today if I can figure out where I'm going to store 1000 pounds of sand until I get this other tank up and running.
Suppose that means I should actually do something with it today...LOl.
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noobtothereef
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tupperware tubs from wal mart for like $3 will hold that sand nicely
noobtothereef
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how about some of those cheap kiddie pools, those would hold alot of sand at 4-6" deep
murfman
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Our local maintenance guy keeps 220 gallons on hand at his house. He delivers RO/DI for .25 and SW for $1.00 a gallon plus $20 delivery fee.
khaosinc
The cyborg reefer
At those prices I'm not sure I could make much of a profit when you figure in cartridges and fuel costs of living in the middle of nowhere. May keep it in mind though.
back to your irregularily unscheduled program.
Washington was having some very strange weather today so I deceided that today was a fine day to start to play with the 240.
Weird blue tint to the sky and no clouds or rain. Bizarre weather.
here are the implements of construction...
In case you wondered how much of a solvent weld on 3 is. I spilled a little on the insualtion I was working on. this didn't tank much..
First thing I did after cleaning it up a bit was to attack the bad patch job with weld on 16. I used enough to cover the bottom of the patch and the black backround sheet and bring it up to the level of the 1/2" acryilic back piece.
after I was sure there was enough, I went at the back with a block sander to make the area around the hole was smooth and free of yucks. And the glue I spilled on the edge of the first pass... I also cat up some 3/8" acrylic that I had kicking around for a second patch.
I then liberally globbed more weld on 16 on the edge of the hole and pressed down on the scrap pieces. Convenient bricks held everything in place nice and tight.
Then I filled the edges of the patch with weld on 3. Spilling it as well. Amazing how well it makes scratches disapear. You can see where I took sand paper to it and where it started to fill the scratches..
back to your irregularily unscheduled program.
Washington was having some very strange weather today so I deceided that today was a fine day to start to play with the 240.
Weird blue tint to the sky and no clouds or rain. Bizarre weather.
here are the implements of construction...
In case you wondered how much of a solvent weld on 3 is. I spilled a little on the insualtion I was working on. this didn't tank much..
First thing I did after cleaning it up a bit was to attack the bad patch job with weld on 16. I used enough to cover the bottom of the patch and the black backround sheet and bring it up to the level of the 1/2" acryilic back piece.
after I was sure there was enough, I went at the back with a block sander to make the area around the hole was smooth and free of yucks. And the glue I spilled on the edge of the first pass... I also cat up some 3/8" acrylic that I had kicking around for a second patch.
I then liberally globbed more weld on 16 on the edge of the hole and pressed down on the scrap pieces. Convenient bricks held everything in place nice and tight.
Then I filled the edges of the patch with weld on 3. Spilling it as well. Amazing how well it makes scratches disapear. You can see where I took sand paper to it and where it started to fill the scratches..
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