North Dakota Mini-Ocean

[Jar*Head]

hehehe, nope KEEPER already took it...

 

[jnarowe]

I would get a Viper 400.

 

[purebullet417]

sorry to go off topic but those headlights look like an infiniti jar head. i have a g37 myself

 

[Reefaquariumnut]

??? You couldn't PM that?

 

[purebullet417]

sorry should have thought of that. on a more serious note how many lbs of marco rocks did u get? for my 72x36x30 im not sure how many lbs to get becase its dry and i know you get alot more. also iv never used a uv on a main tank do you think it kills off some good things

 

[Reefaquariumnut]

Good questions!

Rocks - I have like 550-600 in the tank now and it will be less one I get grown-out corals. I would say on dry rock .75-1lbs would be a good starting point. You can always add as is sucks to have left over usually.

UV - I was just talking with a guy who runs his UV on reverse cycle of main tank (on when main tanks lights off). I have heard of that numerous times. He has great "pod" production and his tank works great setup like that.

I am going to add an 80w UV to my system plumbed off my overflow draining into my refugium.

 

[KRASHPD]

I really like the aquascaping on the tank. You did achieve that "Grand Canyon" look. The spacing looks good enough to avoid any deadspots as well. I can't wait to see how the tank looks as it matures over the next year.

 

[purebullet417]

thanks ill have to decide if i want a uv for the next tank

 

[Reefaquariumnut]

I ordered up a Aqua UV 80w dual bulb 2" union system yesturday. I will plumb it off my overflow and into the refugium.I didn't want too big of a system for the tank as I just need it to prevent diseases and diatom blooms and such. I have 100mg Ozone unit hooked up to my skimmer which will help in there matters.

Also, I am thinking about adding 500 gallons of capacity to my tank in the garage. The question I have is how much flow do I need going through that storage tank? I will have around 200 lbs of sand and 200 lbs of rock. It might add mangroves, sponges, cheato, filter feeders, small fish, inverts, and maybe coral to big for frag tank but not ready for display.

The garage is around 25' from the tank and about 10' above the tank. Would i plumb this from the tank sump up to storage tank and gravity feed back to sump? Would I need like 600gph+ going through the storage tank? would a 22' pressure rated pump work? Just VHO lighting over storage tank? anything else i'm missing?

On another note...The OM-4 is working perfectly after i put 6" clear cylinders around the drains. This cleared the sand away from the drains and no more clogging.

 

[benihana]

I wouldn't think you would need too much flow going through the external tank, you would just have to match the flow that would go back into the sump in the fish room

 

[Jar*Head]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13346681#post13346681 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Reefaquariumnut
I ordered up a Aqua UV 80w dual bulb 2" union system yesturday. I will plumb it off my overflow and into the refugium.I didn't want too big of a system for the tank as I just need it to prevent diseases and diatom blooms and such. I have 100mg Ozone unit hooked up to my skimmer which will help in there matters.

Also, I am thinking about adding 500 gallons of capacity to my tank in the garage. The question I have is how much flow do I need going through that storage tank? I will have around 200 lbs of sand and 200 lbs of rock. It might add mangroves, sponges, cheato, filter feeders, small fish, inverts, and maybe coral to big for frag tank but not ready for display.

The garage is around 25' from the tank and about 10' above the tank. Would i plumb this from the tank sump up to storage tank and gravity feed back to sump? Would I need like 600gph+ going through the storage tank? would a 22' pressure rated pump work? Just VHO lighting over storage tank? anything else i'm missing?

On another note...The OM-4 is working perfectly after i put 6" clear cylinders around the drains. This cleared the sand away from the drains and no more clogging.

There is an RC Member selling the Aqua U.V 80w still in the box for $210. Just an FYI

 

[Reefaquariumnut]

I wanted black and I got a pretty sweet deal.

 

[Reefaquariumnut]

Updates and Pictures...

 

[Reefaquariumnut]

 

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[Reefaquariumnut]

The reactor that is under the stand is a media reactor that I have Carbon in at the present time. I will be adding a phosphate reactor soon. I also was wondering if Ozone should be plumbed into the skimmer or should i be getting another reactor for that too?

I still have yet to put the kalk and calcium reactors online yet. I am still doing two part until that happens (probably monday).

The device that is on the 100 resevoir is called an echopod by flowline. it will more effectively control my RO/DI unit. andthe solenoid switched by the RO/DI are for control of the two kalk reactors.

I still have much programming and labeling of wires to do yet. I am hoping that the Lumenbrights will be here tomorrow or tuesday so I can hook everything up and start programming. I also have the 80w UV coming this week as well.

Thats all I can think of...Oh, I had a couple donations to my tanks (Vlagami Tang and clown pair)...and I am starting to get my diatom bloom, thus cleaning crew will be ordered very soon!

Questions, comments, concerns??

 

[Reefaquariumnut]

One last note...the skimmer shows an Alita 40 hooked up...But, it is not running...I can't get the air mixture right. Seems too big of bubbles and to violent in the neck. I am looking at maybe doing a "bleed valve"...My bioload is small so it hard to guage if its running effciently/effectively.

 

[jnarowe]

well that explains why nobody can get in touch with Scottt! :lol:

For the ozone, I would suggest buying a cheap skimmer to use as a reactor. I would hate to see the Volcano degrade. I know Scott builds them to withstand ozone, but that is some wicked stuff.

The foam in teh Volcano looks quite good actually without the Alita.

 

[Reefaquariumnut]

Thanks Jon!! Yeah, he was very busy on my project. I hope people understand what great work he does. if you can actually get him on the task its AWESOME!!

Yeah, it does seem to foam decent for a new bioload.

 

[Reefaquariumnut]

I need some cleaning up to do, some touchup work on paint, and more wire arranging...But once it all comes together it should be a pretty nice fishroom