its hip to be square....

[Newbie Aquarist]

Congrats and wish the best on the house. Maybe you will beat my post count for ETOTM.

 

[biecacka]

Wayne I hope to half the read count you do!!
I'm just ready to get this thing wet!

Corey

 

[biecacka]

Went out to see it today! Looks awesome the lines are so clean and the acrylic is so clear

Check this out!! Not mine it's George's(GEO) grill table holder thing for a new grill he got!

I told him if the grill was present we would have fired it UP!!!! :lol:
Corey

 

[biecacka]

That man in the picture is the infamous George from GEO's reef. He builds great stuff! Including grill tables. :lol:
Anyway what thickness of foam should I out under this tank?

Corey

 

[owenspackman]

I have a sheet of 3/4" foam from Lowes/Home Depot under mine.

 

[biecacka]

Ok. That will work.
I'm also contemplating ATO's. which ones are you guys using and do you like it and if so why or why not?

Corey

 

[owenspackman]

its hip to be square....

Ok. That will work.
I'm also contemplating ATO's. which ones are you guys using and do you like it and if so why or why not?

Corey

I have used the Tunze and loved it. I do find the pumps to wear pretty quick, especially if you let them run dry at any point.

I now use simple float valves and my Apex controller to run my ATO. I like having control and being able to watching it function throughout the day.

There is a good selection on the market now to choose from.

 

[Newbie Aquarist]

Hydor is coming out with a new one if it isnt out already and the JBJ looks good too. Or you can just gravity feed one.

 

[SPotter]

I have the one from avast. It's super accurate but their pump is super loud!!! It was in my basement and I could hear it on the 2nd floor of my house.

 

[Tradewinds]

I do find the pumps to wear pretty quick, especially if you let them run dry at any point.

+1, I went through three of their pumps then purchased the Tunze osmolator switched socket outlet and use it with a Maxi-Jet powerhead.

 

[sirreal63]

After almost 10 years I am finally using an ATO. I have only one demand, it absolutely cannot fail in the on position and flood my tank with water. The only way I know of to accomplish this is with a peristaltic pump running 24/7 that puts in what I evap in 24 hours. Worst case scenario is it stops pumping, which is ok and it cannot pump more than what it is set for.

Over the years there have been too may tanks lost to ATO's so I decided to go the only way that doesn't have the potential to pump all of the freshwater into the sump, the continuous duty peristaltic pump is the only way that I have never seen fail. It also does double duty as I am running kalk in my ATO, it simply works as expected.

 

[biecacka]

Jack what pump do you use? How do you have it set up
Steve, I too am looking at avast one I've heard great things about it but I hear a lot of good things on the Tunze too.

Corey

 

[sirreal63]

I use an IKS Vario pulling from a 7 gallon container of kalk dripping into the sump, it works pretty well but there are many different peristaltic pumps out there.

 

[biecacka]

Do you have it w a float switch or programmed to drip "x" amount per minute?

Corey

 

[sirreal63]

I drip my daily evap, it's the safest way. The only failure would be to not drip enough.

 

[redive]

Novas?

Novas?

How have you liked the Nova A4s? Seems like a pretty sweet fixture for the price.

Mark

 

[biecacka]

Mark I really like them. I had 3 on my old 220 and added a 4th for this tank. I added so e different diodes to them to change my spectrum. I'm super excited to see how they turn out

Corey

 

[redive]

Thanks for the reply. What diodes did you change?

 

[biecacka]

When I ordered mine I got them on sale but they only came w 24 white and 24 blue. So I changed out some of each with green, red, uv, and cooler whites.

Corey

 

[biecacka]

GUESS WHAT???????! :thumbsup3:

In the CASA!!!!!
On the stand, my daughter says, "dad that things huge!" :lol:

Corey