Jacqueline's Reef 290 Build

[dbuesking]

Was able to get my lighting in place and the MH wired.

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These pics are the T5 only.

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Also go the fuge plumbed and on line.

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[david00061]

How many punds of rock is that?

 

[Koddie Doo]

nice, 300 damsels and you are good to go...

 

[marco j]

Oh my lord that is a beautiful sight! Hard to believe something so awesome became that much more impressive. Looks fantastic Dave i'm sure you are quite pleased!!

 

[trukgirl]

Look at that big skimmer over there, and all that plumbing!
Lookin' GOOD!!!!!

 

[dbuesking]

Very seldom am I proud of my self, this is one time I am

But the journey has just begun.:spin1:

 

[Brewchief]

You should be proud of that! Very nice work.

 

[Nanook]

OOOH BOOYYYY!! That is so sweet:thumbsup: :beer:

 

[Tonblogna]

Put my knowledge of the city to the test here. Guessing from your outside pic...Lakeland Hills??

 

[Apollo1K9]

Looking awesome man! My build thread and MACNA thread will start as soon as I find my freaking card adapter... >.<

 

[rackman]

nice, 300 damsels and you are good to go...

you mean something like this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ehHQ2IcYtQ&feature=related

 

[twiggyb]

Nice.

That would be neat though, I've seen someone with a species only tank somewhere here on rc. Although it was much bigger than 50g.

Make it a predator tank Dave!

 

[Tater11]

Very seldom am I proud of my self, this is one time I am

But the journey has just begun.:spin1:

you should be very proud buddy your doing a fantastic job:beer:

 

[marco j]

Hey Dave I can see that your return pump is feeding your fuge but where is your fuge returning to? It looks like it is running back past the return pump to the sump??!?! Sorry just trying to piece it all out since mine will be plumbed very similarly.

 

[dbuesking]

Hey Dave I can see that your return pump is feeding your fuge but where is your fuge returning to? It looks like it is running back past the return pump to the sump??!?! Sorry just trying to piece it all out since mine will be plumbed very similarly.

It does run from the fuge to just up stream of the sump return. This way the level in the fuge remains the same as the sump. I was going to connect it to the other side of the 2" T feeding the pumps but Velco at AT pointed out that it would be nearly impossible to balance the two out. This seems to work fine as long as I keep the flow down in the fuge. Which is what I want anyhow.

 

[marco j]

Ok that's what I thought was going on. I'm going to have my fuge gravity fed from the display and then gravity feed it back to the second section of the sump. Your setup has me considering something like it, with the return pump feeding the display and the fuge.

I love the way your lighting turned out!

 

[Koddie Doo]

You gonna shut that skimmer down to start cycling?

 

[dbuesking]

You gonna shut that skimmer down to start cycling?

I did at the beginning of the week. Is it a good idea to run GFO to pull out any po4 leaching out of the rock?

 

[Mr D smack]

Looks GREAT Dave

 

[Koddie Doo]

Is it a good idea to run GFO to pull out any po4 leaching out of the rock?

That is a good question, I have never run GFO as a preventive solution, I have always been reactive with it.