In-Wall 180 Project
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I had 4 extra bodies staying for 3 weeks (brothers, sister and mum). We have this one heater/air con unit in the lounge that is capable of heating half the house and it was on alot as my mum feels the cold. I think that alone is the cause. Also we have this funky computerised bath and you have to turn it off when done or it keeps the water hot forever. Quite often I'd check the bath at 2pm and the water was still toasty from the night before.
My halides have were only lit one week out of that bill and other than that I've only had the return pump and skimmer pump going 24/7. The whole house is electric (no gas) and electricity (and gas) is expensive here.
Our last house was half teh size of this and it still cost up to $250 in the winter for sparks and fumes. But I would like to get under $300 for this house and teh tank but I guess we'll see.
My halides have were only lit one week out of that bill and other than that I've only had the return pump and skimmer pump going 24/7. The whole house is electric (no gas) and electricity (and gas) is expensive here.
Our last house was half teh size of this and it still cost up to $250 in the winter for sparks and fumes. But I would like to get under $300 for this house and teh tank but I guess we'll see.
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Bax
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I am planning to start culturing my base rock in a tub for my new tank. I am thinking of getting 200 pounds of base and adding about 50 pounds of LR to it and let it brew with MH lighting, good flow and a giant skimmer for about four months or so before starting up my fish room. The rock would then be held in my sump/fuge to let it mature another few months. Display is not going to happen until after the summer. I used Hirocks in my 75, not bad nd cheap, these ReeferRocks look like they are more porous with better shapes. I may use a combo of the two for cost savings.
scooters reef
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Hey !!! You passed me up!!!!!
Oh well, you're not working on a whole basement either, so I have an excuse
Looks great !!!
Oh well, you're not working on a whole basement either, so I have an excuse
Looks great !!!
druluv
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Hey Bax
Instead of using the MH Lighting I would use NO, HO, VHO actinic lighting, I think this lighting set up will make the coralline explode on the base rock. Got the idea from GARF. Garf would use blue moon bulbs for 14 hour straight. Also a drip of kalkwasser will have your coralline growing like wild too.
Instead of using the MH Lighting I would use NO, HO, VHO actinic lighting, I think this lighting set up will make the coralline explode on the base rock. Got the idea from GARF. Garf would use blue moon bulbs for 14 hour straight. Also a drip of kalkwasser will have your coralline growing like wild too.
Started playing around with portland cement a couple weeks ago and tried my hand at making some rocks. My goal was to make them completely random and very craggy (is that a word?).
I made two a couple weeks ago and the wife, my son and I made three more bigger ones last week. They are soaking now.
I used portland cement purchased for about $6.00 from Lowes, some leftover southdown sand (any sand would be good I'd imagine), and plenty of rock salt to make pits and holes as it dissolved. Made it real thick and kneaded and rolled and tore it apart for the final shape. Then after placing each rock on a bed of southdown, I sprinkled southdown on top of it to give it more of a calcium based rock color.
The rocks are even more porous than the pictures show. The biggest one (on the back left of the pic of the collection) even has a hole in the middle that is completely random, that is it wasnt intentional. It just happened that way.
Your thoughts?
I made two a couple weeks ago and the wife, my son and I made three more bigger ones last week. They are soaking now.
I used portland cement purchased for about $6.00 from Lowes, some leftover southdown sand (any sand would be good I'd imagine), and plenty of rock salt to make pits and holes as it dissolved. Made it real thick and kneaded and rolled and tore it apart for the final shape. Then after placing each rock on a bed of southdown, I sprinkled southdown on top of it to give it more of a calcium based rock color.
The rocks are even more porous than the pictures show. The biggest one (on the back left of the pic of the collection) even has a hole in the middle that is completely random, that is it wasnt intentional. It just happened that way.
Your thoughts?
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