Just got my tank!

Monday will be fun, i let Bryan know. He may come also if he can.

Today Saturday was spent salyifying the tank. SG is 1.023 and holding at 75F.

Tomorrow Sunday, (hopefully), will be spent adding new electrical services to my breaker and installing new duplexes for my stand to plug into. Although Home Depot will be closed. Fruck!

Monday we're going to Ocean Pro.
 
About skimmer pumps

About skimmer pumps

I love my new Eheim 1260. Quieter and better output than the Mag 7 I had. I would love to replace my other mag 7.

Is the Eheim 1260 pump a good pump for the AquaC EV180 skimmer? It's not in their list of pumps to use for this skimmer, although I don't know if they reviewed every pump known to man. I am currently using a Mag 7 but I dislike its noise level and power consumption. I have an Eheim 1260 as my return pump and I love it. nice and quiet. So I was hoping I could buy another one for my skimmer.

Or even better, if the Eheim 1250 would work, that would be even quieter and more energy efficient, although the 1250 only outputs 317 GPH instead of the 1260's 635 GPH.

I also emailed this question to AquaC, and they always reply, however the holiday is tomorrow, and I thought I'd ask here and see if I could get some opinions tonight.

Thanks
Josh
 
looks very nice.......I like how your house is tilting to one side yet your tank water remains perfectly symmetrical....how do you do that?

Figure out how you are going to do your flow in the tank yet?
 
I've got the 2-5x sump turnover covered. THe other 10-15x will be done with a Tunze powerhead. I'm going to get the Tunze TurbelleÃ"šÃ‚® Stream Kit TS07 (6000x1, 7091x1). Although my mounting options are limited.
 
I see critters. I long earthworm looking worm is hanging loose out of a hole in one of the rocks. It's not a bristle work or a flat worm. It looks just like an earthworm, thick round, brown.

Cool stuff
 
Thanks Reef_Dweller. All the critters were gone this morning. Pulled back into their homes.

My water was crystal clear this morning. I am happy and amazed it took less than a day for all the cr@p to get filtered out of the water.

My skimmate production is through the roof. My skimmer produces a full cup of junk every 45 minutes. And if I don't change it in time the brown sludge drips back into my sump. Yuck. I woke up to a sump with the surface water all sludge and foam. I will go home for lunch today and change it, but other than that, its just going to have to drain back into the sump until I can get some 1/2" tube and route the overflow sludge to another container. I'm assuming all of this "instant skimmate" is due to the dirtiness of the whole rock installation process and the kick @ss efficiency of my skimmer.

I emptied the sludge this morning, went back upstairs to take my shower, and when I came back down the cup was full again. Full to the valve with brown sludge, and then full from the valve to the top of the cup with brown foam.

Yum

I have a few questions for today.

1) Can you have your arm in your tank too much? I had my arm in my tank for about an hour last night while I aquascaped one side. Tonight I'll probably have my arm in my tank for another hour while I aquascape the other side.

2) I don't have lights yet. THe guy at the LFS said I would lose all of the coraline algae I paid for on the rock if I didn't get lights on it. Is this true? I wasn't going to worry about lights until I got livestock.

3) Is there anything I should be doing during the cycling process?

4) When should I buy snails and stuff?

Thanks
Josh
 
Anyone,

When should I added macro algae, (chaeto), to my sump?

I've just added my live rock and sand and should be starting my cycle soon, if I haven't already.

Thanks
Josh
 
You can add it during the cycle as soon as your Ammo starts to drop, thats when I did. I do believe at any part of the cycle is fine. If I am wrong someone tell me.
 
I need to get some tube. I think its 5/8" inner diameter.

Then I will route the excess waste to a collection container.

Thanks :)

Have any idea how to clean up sand in my return chamber? Apparently when I was installing the sand and rock some of the ligher sediment particles made it to the last chamber in my sump and my Eheim is now sitting on a small bed of sand. How do I get it out of there?

Any ideas?

Thanks
Josh
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6418376#post6418376 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Fmellish
I need to get some tube. I think its 5/8" inner diameter.

Then I will route the excess waste to a collection container.

Thanks :)

Have any idea how to clean up sand in my return chamber? Apparently when I was installing the sand and rock some of the ligher sediment particles made it to the last chamber in my sump and my Eheim is now sitting on a small bed of sand. How do I get it out of there?

Any ideas?

Thanks
Josh
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How about a siphon made from 1/2 inch vinyl tubing....just suck up the sandy mess and have it goto the next chamber
 
Doesn't a siphon need a difference in altitude to work? I don't think I can siphon from one chamber into another if they are on the same level.
 
There's no need for that type of siphon. The tube attached to the nipple on the skimmate cup will do fine. I will drain on its own into what ever container you set up, eg.. 2 litter bottle or a bucket, etc.
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6420329#post6420329 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Reef_Dweller_69
There's no need for that type of siphon. The tube attached to the nipple on the skimmate cup will do fine. I will drain on its own into what ever container you set up, eg.. 2 litter bottle or a bucket, etc.
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sorry....i meant for the sand problem
 
Oh in that case I agree 100%. Just use some tubing to suck it up. The same way you would drain water out the tank if you didnt have a pump. Stick one end of it in the tank suck on the tube a little to get the water flowing then suck up the sand, wala sand is gone :)
 
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