mtnbike101
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Very nicely done!
JCole's big ol box of Acro's
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Thank you! I am dosing BRS' Soda Ash and Calcium Chloride. I am at about 500ml daily and steadily increasing weekly it seems. Once I hit a gallon weekly then I am deffinetly putting a CARX on thw system. I am thinking of starting up kalkwasser again to help supplement.
About $6 for a gallon of each. Right now it costs around $24-$30 a month for both. Around $300-$360 a year at this rate. Once I start up kalkwasser then I shouldn't use as much 2-part. I know I will need to upgrade to a CARX soon. Is media hard to find these days? I used to use Reborn in the past but heard it's hard to get knowadays.
Unsure what you mean media is hard to get for a calcium reactor? Plenty of places online sell it.
mtnbike101
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Amazon has it from various suppliers.
mtnbike101
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Two Little Fishies Reborn was hard to get for a while, but seems to be back in circulation now.
Good to know. The last time I was looking for media about 2 years ago it was hard to find. I am glad it's back now. That will be the media I would like to use.
Is it it the same size? I heard it came back but was much smaller(I believe).
mtnbike101
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Thank you. Yeah that's the smaller version. I remember reading others had issues with it clumping up do to the size. Still worth a try though when the time comes. I am hoping that by adding kalk back in the mix then that will hold me over for a little while.
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8.8 lbs ReBorn (Original Size) Calcium Reactor Media (8.8 lbs) - Two Little Fishies
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Thanks. It is out of stock. I have found it in stock in the 44lb boxes, though. I will probably go that route if that is all that I can get. I have heard some good things about the ARM media.
Happy New Year everyone!
One of my new years resolutions is to do more DIY items to the tank. Back in the day that is what we all did. It was rare I would buy anything that I couldn't build myself. Over the last couple of years, I find myself spending a ton of money on things I can make myself.
I have been looking at skimmers because the two skimmers I have just don't seem to be cutting it on the system. They either overflow quickly or dry skim very slow. Skimmers for the size of my system would cost $3-4,000. I started thinking of some DIY skimmers I could make. I started pricing large PVC and Acrylic and still found it getting pricey.
I decided to try something out. It looks ghetto but this thing pulls skimmate out that makes my skimmers look like a joke. It is in my garage in my 300 stock tank sump so I don't care what it looks like as long as it works.
Built it for $30 minus the Jebao pump I had laying around. Meet the Venturi driven Bucket skimmer! This is my test run today. I took out my skimmate from my existing skimmer and dumped it in the test bucket. It pulled this out within 2 minutes.
I wiped all the skimmate out and you can see how it still comes pumping out.
I took the collection cup off and the foam looks good in the body.
I ended up adding a third bucket on the bottom after the test run to add more dwell time. The final design is all glued and drying in the garage. I plan on turning this on in the system tomorrow to see what it can really do!
It might be ghetto but what do you all think?
One of my new years resolutions is to do more DIY items to the tank. Back in the day that is what we all did. It was rare I would buy anything that I couldn't build myself. Over the last couple of years, I find myself spending a ton of money on things I can make myself.
I have been looking at skimmers because the two skimmers I have just don't seem to be cutting it on the system. They either overflow quickly or dry skim very slow. Skimmers for the size of my system would cost $3-4,000. I started thinking of some DIY skimmers I could make. I started pricing large PVC and Acrylic and still found it getting pricey.
I decided to try something out. It looks ghetto but this thing pulls skimmate out that makes my skimmers look like a joke. It is in my garage in my 300 stock tank sump so I don't care what it looks like as long as it works.
Built it for $30 minus the Jebao pump I had laying around. Meet the Venturi driven Bucket skimmer! This is my test run today. I took out my skimmate from my existing skimmer and dumped it in the test bucket. It pulled this out within 2 minutes.
I wiped all the skimmate out and you can see how it still comes pumping out.
I took the collection cup off and the foam looks good in the body.
I ended up adding a third bucket on the bottom after the test run to add more dwell time. The final design is all glued and drying in the garage. I plan on turning this on in the system tomorrow to see what it can really do!
It might be ghetto but what do you all think?
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It’s definitely unique but if it works, hey that’s all that matters
mellotang
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An often over looked beast of a skimmer
ASM G6 Protein Skimmer - AquaCave.com
ASM G6 Protein Skimmer ASM in-sump skimmers are constructed of extruded PVC tubing and injection molded plastic. ASM protein Skimmers use needle wheel design on a Sedra pump for to create a finer bubble for highly effective skimming action! Easy to use! Just set it in the sump, plug it in and...www.aquacave.com
An often over looked beast of a skimmer
That is the one I was looking at if I couldn't make something work. If this doesn't work out then I will be looking into that one.
