Hutch's 280 Gallon SPS Build
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cshutchinson
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The modular rails came from:
www.estoconnectors.com
I live feeds are down until I can find higher image quality cameras. I am actively looking for a solution.
cshutchinson
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Thanks everyone. I obsess about how things look, I hope I can achieve the same with the SPS in this tank.
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Here is a picture I just took that I am rather proud of. This has been in my tank for two weeks now and gets more lovely every day! I am not sure of the scientific name.
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Here is a current FTS , still new, but coming along. Thanks to flyyyguy for some nice frags! So, all of my fish are in QT for 8 to 10 weeks (Christmas). Fallow tank until Santa brings me my fish back!
cshutchinson
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Here is an updated FTS. Excuse the white eco rock. I needed some higher mounting spots for a few frags. I hope this turns out as beautiful as I imagine.
Rickyrooz1
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Hutch, how is the reverse durso working out for you? Is it quite and does it create micro bubbles? Can you post how to make one?
cshutchinson
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I have a better picture attached.
The dual 1-1/2 PVC lines comes to the top of my sump from the returns. From the bulkhead I go to a 1-1/2 90 then to a 1-1/2 to 2" adapter and then to a 3" tee with a 2" leg.
Sections of 3" PVC are cut for the top and bottom of the tee, and a 3" cap is placed on top of the Tee with a few tiny holes drilled so it can exhaust the air escaping.
Basically, the increase in PVC size from the bulkhead slows the water down. Of course I didn't give it much room to slow down as I was limited. At the tee the air bubbles want to rise to the top water level, they burst and the air escapes through the hole drilled in the PVC cap. Some of the bubbles still get forced down with the water as you see. I could slow my return pump down some, but I don't get any bubbles returned to the tank as it is. They don't make it to the bubble trap in the sump. As you can see, if they do make it out of the bottom, they all rise pretty quick right around the 3" tee, and there they stay.
If you take the cap off of the 3" PVC tees, you should see the turbulence and hear all the noise this thing eliminates.
I stumbled across this idea on a google search for a reverse durso.
Did you see this post a little further back? Let me know if you need more info. It is still working well. I don't get any bubbles returned to the tank, but sometimes the vortechs create a few.
Rickyrooz1
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Thanks, I'm thinking about adding one to my tank.
cshutchinson
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Ricky, Your current tank is beautiful. Are you upgrading to a larger tank in December? Also, I didn't answer your question about the RD being quiet. I can't hear it at all. Granted the BK skimmer is right beside them, but the top drilled caps on the RD's eliminate all the noise. With Dursos up top and R Dursos in the sump, I could not ask for better in terms of noise.
Rickyrooz1
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I'm not going to upgrade just yet, I plan to re-do my 120 gallon first. I'm going to use a lot less rock, possibly go bare bottom so I can use more water flow. The main reason I want to start over is so I can get rid of all those zoa's, mushrooms, and GSP!
cshutchinson
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A month or so of growth maybe not as much as I would like but ok.
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cshutchinson
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Does the tank look bad or are my pictures bad? I am trying to get some input from you guys but the silence....
dave.m
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Must be too many Dursos ...cshutchinson said:
It's a beauty set-up. I would wait and just let the frags grow out instead of adding the arches and stuff. They are extraneous to your original design, which was much better IMHO. It seems to me (in all my ignorance) that too many people start filling in the upper portion of their tanks with rock instead of leaving that space for the corals to grow into over a period of years.
Dave.M
cshutchinson
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Must be too many Dursos ...
It's a beauty set-up. I would wait and just let the frags grow out instead of adding the arches and stuff. They are extraneous to your original design, which was much better IMHO. It seems to me (in all my ignorance) that too many people start filling in the upper portion of their tanks with rock instead of leaving that space for the corals to grow into over a period of years.
Dave.M
Thank you Dave, very constructive feedback :beer:
cshutchinson
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3L will do you for 300 gallons. I only run about 2.5 so I can get a good agitation in the reactor. The official recommendation is 1L / 100 gallons.
