Join me for a strange one...

[kcress]

Great Wildman! Hang around we'll see.


I suspended my sump flow and siphoned the high side level with the low side. Bow gone. Straight - just like post 832. I then added 20 gallons to the sump batched the salt in brought it to temperature and restarted the flow. Now the sump level is about 1" below the right tray outlet. Things got a LOT quieter!

The weir is about 1/2 as bowed as it was before.. I figured out what to do if it fails or I need to fix it all. I'll just make an acrylic box that isn't attached in any way to the sump. It would provide the five sides instead of the sump. We'll see if it comes to that.

 

[kcress]

Dup post.

 

[kcress]

Geesh.. Raising the sump was a waste of time and salt.

On to plan B.

 

[Wildman]

Have you replaced your baffle yet?

 

[tahiriqbal]

Looks like five sides are coming in to play Keith I bet you wont regret going the box route.

All the best.

Tahir

 

[kcress]

Have you replaced your baffle yet?

YeS! Got it in and running. Been about two weeks. Working like a charm. Now if the algae will just co-operate.

Looks like five sides are coming in to play Keith I bet you wont regret going the box route.

All the best.

Tahir

Yep. Thanks T.

 

[leonet]

nice, i think it would work.

 

[srusso]

YeS! Got it in and running. Been about two weeks. Working like a charm. Now if the algae will just co-operate.

Yep. Thanks T.

What's happening with the algae?

 

[ChrisOaty]

I'm running a much smaller horizontal scrubber for my 40B and it's taking a while to get going because the nutrient levels are low. Yours looks like it would be very loud.

 

[kcress]

I'm running a much smaller horizontal scrubber for my 40B and it's taking a while to get going because the nutrient levels are low. Yours looks like it would be very loud.

There is some trickling sound. Not a lot with the acrylic top covers on. Just enough to hear over the HVAC. It certainly isn't bothersome like some motor or vibration would be. Think slow, foot wide, creek trickle sound about 20 feet away.
Hard to describe..

 

[Sanren]

I've been watching this build for over a year now. The ceramic work is some of the coolest rock wall / background I've ever seen in a tank, the attention to detail (on every aspect of this tank) is something only an engineer could accomplish. The two things I'm wondering about, whatever happened to the skylight / natural lighting idea? and I wana see this thing move, a tank that can raise or lower itself is just one hell of a cool idea. Got any video?

 

[srusso]

lets see some new pics man!!!

 

[kcress]

I've been watching this build for over a year now. The ceramic work is some of the coolest rock wall / background I've ever seen in a tank, the attention to detail (on every aspect of this tank) is something only an engineer could accomplish. The two things I'm wondering about, whatever happened to the skylight / natural lighting idea? and I wana see this thing move, a tank that can raise or lower itself is just one hell of a cool idea. Got any video?

Hello Sanren. Thanks for the complements!!

The heliostats are still on!

But first I need to LED the AS now that it's actually working.

Then back on The Wave to finish it.

Then the heliostats.

Followed by a full LED supplement for the solar which I can't do until I see how the heliostats would affect the LED supplement.



Video? No, I still have nothing to take it with. I have been in the market for some sort of video camera. Clear up to studying reviews but nothing has struck my fancy.

 

[kcress]

lets see some new pics man!!!

Hi srusso! Here you go.

The focus is the Algae Scrubber.



Look. Algae!

Time for a de-podding. Hand for scale.

Interesting growth pattern. The line is where the water falls 2" onto the screens.

 

[tahiriqbal]

Seems like you got some lovely endless home grown weed supply lol . I guess it’s the ripple effect or where there is more resistance, which encourages algae to grow more than other parts of your scrubber. If I had to design the scrubber again then I would add few acrylic rods laid every inch or so under your mesh screen. This would provide you (sort of wave motion) water going over your scrubber hence encourages better algae growth. Regarding the camera, look at this month’s TOTM guys skills with his HD camcorder .

Tahir

 

[kcress]

Regarding the camera, look at this month's TOTM guys skills with his HD camcorder .

Tahir

??? I waded around in there and never saw any camcorder aspect. Got a link?

 

[tahiriqbal]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xD6hK3-zKG8&feature=player_embedded

Not too sure what make and model of hand held HD camcorder he is using but you could always ask him.

Tahir

 

[der_wille_zur_macht]

I secretly envy your algae. :lol: Still nothing on mine but a thin coat of brownish slime.

 

[kcress]

Thanks Tahir. I'll look into that.

DWZM; You gotta be kidding.. You must have SOME nutrients. What have you got for light? My LEDs in the DT can sure grow the stuff. They seem way better than my CFL spotlights at it.

I see why you think you don't have any local species. I still have a hard time with that theory though. I have a pail I catch all my RO reject in that we drop in the kitchen sink. That thing has spawned about 8 different forms of algae. They came from where?!!? Thru the whole filter chain and an RO membrane? I think not. So they just showed up in the air. Here you've brought in new life from all over the place and introduced it in your tank. Gotta have something that would fill the nitch.

 

[srusso]

Thanks Tahir. I'll look into that.

DWZM; You gotta be kidding.. You must have SOME nutrients. What have you got for light? My LEDs in the DT can sure grow the stuff. They seem way better than my CFL spotlights at it.

I see why you think you don't have any local species. I still have a hard time with that theory though. I have a pail I catch all my RO reject in that we drop in the kitchen sink. That thing has spawned about 8 different forms of algae. They came from where?!!? Thru the whole filter chain and an RO membrane? I think not. So they just showed up in the air. Here you've brought in new life from all over the place and introduced it in your tank. Gotta have something that would fill the nitch.

Same thing I said... The only thing I can say about wille's system is that it has almost zero bio load, maybe nothing can grow b/c nothing is producing...