Dangerwill
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That turned out great! looks like you got a pretty sweet fish room going, and your garage back!
Josh's 180 SPS system
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brian cummings
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wow. awesome.
dream54ing
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:thumbsup:
needmore-reef
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Yes. My wife has given me the living and dinning room combo which is fairly large. I had my 84x24x24 aquarium, a 9" pool table, sofa and love seat. So this should be able to fit a few aquariums:fun2: I also want to move my RO/DI unit from the garage into the room. Looking to get a few polytanks > 150 gallons to hold fresh saltwater and RO water. I have a panworld 40 and a GenX 40 external pump that I can use for circulation.
I still can't park in the garage. My goal is to have everything cleaned out before summer. I have the top of the 180 (72x24x8) that I would like to make into another tank so I can trade corals and not introduce anything into my system.
Thanks for the encouragement and kind words! I will do my best to share more photos.
Currently I use imageshack to resize and post. Maybe there is a better way someone could share with me.
The build looks great!! The TEK lights are good and also for DIY's with LEDS..
A buddy of mine modded his using 4 T5's and two strips of leds.. Colors are great and with shimmer
I like the fixture, a little cheaply made, but the price was right. I do wish I purchased the 8 bulb because the tank is ~33" wide. Tek fixtures definitely have DIY / mod potential. I have a 36" power compact fixture by current that I'm thinking of fitting with Ecoxotic stunners to use with a 40b for fish QT tank.
Do you know what he used for the strips of LEDs?
needmore-reef
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Spent some time setting up a reef tank for a friend this week. Just got it finish last night.
needmore-reef
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It's very close to a 120 but not as tall. 48x24x21 ~ 105 gallons
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dainiusiva
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Nice, clean system. Gives off that modern-look vibe. Best of luck with growing frags in it
needmore-reef
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The reactor by Reef Dynamics is great I belive there are 1.5 containers of ARM media by Caribsea, just transfered what I had in my Geo reactor so I'm in need of more. I'd like to add something with extra Magnesium. I'll look into that latter.
I have to say that this reactor is easier than to get running and more stable than my Geo, but I'm still having trouble getting the pH lower than 6.7 without fill the chamber with a ton of CO2. At some point the effluent stop and it never drops to 6.5 and solenoid stays open. Its stable running at 7.0 but I'd like it lower. Trial and error. I'm almost at the point of wishing I had gone the GHL dosing pump route. I may still get one to add foods.
The CO2 regulator is a dual stage by Harris. you'll notice I have no needle vavle. I'm running a Milwaukee solenoid and controller. I've used lots of check valve and all have failed. I just received an Aquarium Plants check valve 26.00 and so far so good.
I have to say that this reactor is easier than to get running and more stable than my Geo, but I'm still having trouble getting the pH lower than 6.7 without fill the chamber with a ton of CO2. At some point the effluent stop and it never drops to 6.5 and solenoid stays open. Its stable running at 7.0 but I'd like it lower. Trial and error. I'm almost at the point of wishing I had gone the GHL dosing pump route. I may still get one to add foods.
The CO2 regulator is a dual stage by Harris. you'll notice I have no needle vavle. I'm running a Milwaukee solenoid and controller. I've used lots of check valve and all have failed. I just received an Aquarium Plants check valve 26.00 and so far so good.
dahenley
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i understand.
i use a Victor gauge (its turned off at the moment while i clean and refill my reactor)
this solenoid
this needle valve.
(this valve is the bomb! its a parker brand (if you know much about parker, you will know its top notch stuff) and its never let me down!)
as for Magnesium, look into this stuff (you will never buy dolomite again)
i use a Victor gauge (its turned off at the moment while i clean and refill my reactor)
this solenoid
this needle valve.
(this valve is the bomb! its a parker brand (if you know much about parker, you will know its top notch stuff) and its never let me down!)
as for Magnesium, look into this stuff (you will never buy dolomite again)
needmore-reef
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Dahenley - I'll try to remember to snap a picture and post this weekend.
There is a picture on the RD web site, but is a bit different than this model.
needmore-reef
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Wanted to show a picture with the Kessil LEDs. I held on to my metal halides just in case, but I'm really impressed with the lack of heat, light output and color. Hope the corals like it too.
