karimwassef
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The top was part of an old 18" bioball ETS skimmer that fell apart a decade ago. I salvaged it for parts.
In-wall 380gal tank - cut out options
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Looks like Harvel LXT, which is blue in pictures but all of it I have here is purple. I sometimes wonder with the way some on RC are so particular and exactly scientific why nobody has said you must use LXT on a reef. But its easy, 1" is about $10 a foot and 2" is $24 a foot. And they wont sell you a foot.
karimwassef
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I think the plastic body in my skimmer cost $100. Most of my cost is in my pump.
karimwassef
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Cycling with uncured live rock... Messy business
Alk 11 dKH
Ca 320
pH 8.15
Temp 76
Salinity 1.025
NH4, NO2, NO3 all unmeasurable
Skimmer now creating about 1/2 quart every day
Diatom bloom mostly gone
BUT... Hair algae
I'm sure it's hard to avoid with uncured live rock, but still...
Alk 11 dKH
Ca 320
pH 8.15
Temp 76
Salinity 1.025
NH4, NO2, NO3 all unmeasurable
Skimmer now creating about 1/2 quart every day
Diatom bloom mostly gone
BUT... Hair algae
I'm sure it's hard to avoid with uncured live rock, but still...
karimwassef
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karimwassef
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Three days worth: 72 hours = 2.5 pints
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Lavoisier
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This pic looks great. I love the expansive life on a reef. Uncured live rock is messy but isn't that interesting as well as exciting!
muttley000
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Agree, I can't imagine doing it another way!
karimwassef
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Well... I would do it somewhere other than my DT... But the DT is so large, nothing else fits in the garage. LOL.
I'm still adding sand buckets to the refugium section.
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Here's the basis of my CO2 scrubber - it's a cheez balls tub
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I'm still adding sand buckets to the refugium section.
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Here's the basis of my CO2 scrubber - it's a cheez balls tub
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karimwassef
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Glad to share and open to more ideas
karimwassef
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Upcoming DIYs being planned:
- CO2 scrubber
- concrete fish housing under overflow
- kalkwasser ATO upgrade
- nighttime vinegar / batch bacteria
- evaporation-less plastic sheet on aux containers
- plastic wire overflow install
- calcium reactor
- UV LED upgrade
- outside mangrove greenhouse
- Mylar curtains for increased lighting
- exhaust fan for humidity control
- RODI waste water garden recycling.
Not in order.
- CO2 scrubber
- concrete fish housing under overflow
- kalkwasser ATO upgrade
- nighttime vinegar / batch bacteria
- evaporation-less plastic sheet on aux containers
- plastic wire overflow install
- calcium reactor
- UV LED upgrade
- outside mangrove greenhouse
- Mylar curtains for increased lighting
- exhaust fan for humidity control
- RODI waste water garden recycling.
Not in order.
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karimwassef
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any requests on priority?
muttley000
MTS Sufferer!
I can't wait to see the mangrove greenhouse, but they all look interesting!
karimwassef
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Ok. CO2 scrubber...
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The choice of plumbing is based on whatever leftovers I had. I ran out of 1" PVC so I can't plumb it in until tomorrow. The 2" PVC Ts at the top are separated with a plastic sheet so the air flows down into the scrubber and then back up.
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The choice of plumbing is based on whatever leftovers I had. I ran out of 1" PVC so I can't plumb it in until tomorrow. The 2" PVC Ts at the top are separated with a plastic sheet so the air flows down into the scrubber and then back up.
karimwassef
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Adding a couple more and prioritized
- CO2 scrubber
- Active Carbon / GFO Reactor
- Nighttime vinegar / batch bacteria
- Kalkwasser ATO upgrade
- UV LED upgrade
- Evaporation-less plastic sheet on aux containers
- Plastic wire overflow install
- RODI waste water garden recycling.
- Mylar curtains for increased lighting
The above by November
- Concrete fish housing under overflow
- Calcium reactor
- Exhaust fan for humidity control
By January
- DT to Sump forced flow (bubble reduction)
- Outside mangrove greenhouse
By March?
- CO2 scrubber
- Active Carbon / GFO Reactor
- Nighttime vinegar / batch bacteria
- Kalkwasser ATO upgrade
- UV LED upgrade
- Evaporation-less plastic sheet on aux containers
- Plastic wire overflow install
- RODI waste water garden recycling.
- Mylar curtains for increased lighting
The above by November
- Concrete fish housing under overflow
- Calcium reactor
- Exhaust fan for humidity control
By January
- DT to Sump forced flow (bubble reduction)
- Outside mangrove greenhouse
By March?
karimwassef
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Start of a carbon reactor made from leftover parts
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The black container is a perfect fit around the 3" acrylic scrap. It was an old F.O.R.M. (Funky Old Reef Mud) container.
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The black container is a perfect fit around the 3" acrylic scrap. It was an old F.O.R.M. (Funky Old Reef Mud) container.
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