madweazl
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The software includes a wizard that will knock out all the typical stuff for you and the members of the forum have written just about anything you can think of. It has been a piece of cake.
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The software includes a wizard that will knock out all the typical stuff for you and the members of the forum have written just about anything you can think of. It has been a piece of cake.
rickztahone
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yeah, I keep hearing that. It is seriously still on my list of consideration, but I hate to think that I can mess something up so bad that someone wouldn't be able to walk me through it, lol. I also see far less users of the RA vs other controllers which makes me think it is a little more "hands on" than a regular controller.
madweazl
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Green algae is starting to take over (cant see it yet I know); always cool to see the metamorphosis, even if it isnt "pretty."
Speaking of pretty, I found a way to finish off the sump! They arent too expensive and will match the red PVC and keep everything looking really clean down there.
Speaking of pretty, I found a way to finish off the sump! They arent too expensive and will match the red PVC and keep everything looking really clean down there.
madweazl
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The refugium starter pack arrived today along with the carbon reactor. Still not sure how exactly I want to plum this; the DC6000 is plenty of pump to do it and the return but I'm not sure how consistent the return flow to the DT is going to be if I make the manifold (I have the MJ1200 if need be). Decisions decisions...
madweazl
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Today I decided it was time to fix an eye-sore. When I had purchased the controller everything worked great but the USB-TTL connector had been damaged and repaired by the original owner. At $25-30 for a replacement, it is easy to see why you'd want to fix it if at all possible.
My other main hobby is radio controlled vehicles and over the years, I've had to make replacement cables and/or adapters for just about every small connector imaginable. I was pretty sure there were some female pins in my pit bag and as luck would have it, there were six (no margin for error)!
It cleaned up well and is good as new.
My other main hobby is radio controlled vehicles and over the years, I've had to make replacement cables and/or adapters for just about every small connector imaginable. I was pretty sure there were some female pins in my pit bag and as luck would have it, there were six (no margin for error)!
It cleaned up well and is good as new.
Crush Coral
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Very nice work. I will enjoy watching your work.
madweazl
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The skimmer (Bubble Magus Curve 5) is pretty close to dialed in now and collecting some nasty. I have a pretty ugly wire management gaggle going on right now as I'm waiting for the lights to tidy everything else up (it's making me twitch just looking at the picture). They better get here Thursday; not sure I can hold out much longer...
madweazl
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Lights arrived the other day so I was able to get to work on the cabling so I could control them with the Reef Angel.
First up was an adapter from the stock dimming board to an output for the Reef Angel to take over the duties. A few people on the Reef Angel forums had some good info on the right connectors to make it plug and play.
Next up was the actual dimming cable (each cable controls two drivers).
I ended up drilling an extra hole in the light boxes because of the 3.5mm jacks I used but with a different jack, you could simply mount them where the original dimmer is.
Ready to go!
First up was an adapter from the stock dimming board to an output for the Reef Angel to take over the duties. A few people on the Reef Angel forums had some good info on the right connectors to make it plug and play.
Next up was the actual dimming cable (each cable controls two drivers).
I ended up drilling an extra hole in the light boxes because of the 3.5mm jacks I used but with a different jack, you could simply mount them where the original dimmer is.
Ready to go!
madweazl
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Not much happening the last week. I sleeved another set of float switches for the skimmer compartment of my sump due to the Bubble Magus Curve 5's sensitivity to water level. I wont be able to employ it until I get another expansion but they're ready when the time comes.
I ordered a bunch of red power cords last week that I'll be using to clean up the controller panel a bit more (having like cords keep my pesky brain happy). Cable management will be a lot easier and I wont need to remove the relay box when I swap things around in the future.
Against better judgment, I also brought a BTA home last weekend that is about the size of a quarter. It has been sitting under the overhang right above it most of the week but peaked out for some light yesterday. The green mushrooms that smuggled themselves in with the liverock a few weeks ago are doing really well; I'll have to grab another shot of them tonight I suppose (now open to about twice the size they were when initially placed in the tank).
I ordered a bunch of red power cords last week that I'll be using to clean up the controller panel a bit more (having like cords keep my pesky brain happy). Cable management will be a lot easier and I wont need to remove the relay box when I swap things around in the future.
Against better judgment, I also brought a BTA home last weekend that is about the size of a quarter. It has been sitting under the overhang right above it most of the week but peaked out for some light yesterday. The green mushrooms that smuggled themselves in with the liverock a few weeks ago are doing really well; I'll have to grab another shot of them tonight I suppose (now open to about twice the size they were when initially placed in the tank).
madweazl
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I'm running a 6500k CFL over the sump and the chaeto was dying off but the gracilaria and caulerpa (paspaloides and prolifera) are doing really well. I removed the chaeto and may or may not replace it (had it growing great under a 6500k JBJ nano fuge light for a couple years in the past so perhaps I didnt have enough output or there just wasnt enough nutrients to feed it yet). For now it is pretty cool to see the others growing so well (the prolifera lives up to its name and grows pretty fast).
madweazl
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Since purchasing the anthias, I've been feeding three times a day (10:30, 16:30, and 21:30ish). I know I've been over feeding (probably not quite a cube a day) but their need for food along with the ich that made its way into the tank with them necessitated keeping them as healthy as possible. I was completely ready for a GHA outbreak and about three days ago I started to see the first signs of it. I ordered an ultra low range Hanna checker (never much worried about testing things the past seven or eight years but decided what the hell) along with some more red PVC (have to re-plumb the return pump so it isnt in the way of the refugium light) and other odds and ends this evening. I looked over the sump and all was looking pretty good down there; the skimmer is dialed in pretty well but needs to be lowered a bit so I can increase the flow, the macros are growing well in there, the filter sock is nasty as all hell (think I replaced it Saturday or Sunday), and there is a bit of detritus down there but overall, I'm pretty pleased so I focused attention to the display.
Hmm, the 1/4" long GHA that was present yesterday is completely gone today. Not mostly, sort of, or kind of, it is GONE! I was truly surprised a tank this young was capable of overcoming the relatively huge amounts of food (waste) that were being presented to it with almost no clean-up crew (15 hermits in the display and two cerith snails in the refugium). This isnt to say it wont come back with a vengeance but the steady macro growth is a pretty good indication that it is able to keep up with my current "abuse." The anthias are doing fantastic; the male is starting to grow yellow streamers on his tail fins and the females tail fins are going from a light yellow to a vivid yellowish orange. On the negative side, the male is being more pugnacious and chases her more than should be happening creating some stress (and some banged up markings on her noggin) but for the time being, they look fantastic. If the third female is still available, I'll probably add her tomorrow (cant help it, they're gorgeous and I'd rather have her than most other options right now).
I'd really love to find a couple shrimp gobies but they're proving a bit difficult locally for what I want (hi-fin red banded, yasha, and/or tangaroa).
So anywho, here are a couple FTSs that arent very good (ordered some gel film today too).
Hmm, the 1/4" long GHA that was present yesterday is completely gone today. Not mostly, sort of, or kind of, it is GONE! I was truly surprised a tank this young was capable of overcoming the relatively huge amounts of food (waste) that were being presented to it with almost no clean-up crew (15 hermits in the display and two cerith snails in the refugium). This isnt to say it wont come back with a vengeance but the steady macro growth is a pretty good indication that it is able to keep up with my current "abuse." The anthias are doing fantastic; the male is starting to grow yellow streamers on his tail fins and the females tail fins are going from a light yellow to a vivid yellowish orange. On the negative side, the male is being more pugnacious and chases her more than should be happening creating some stress (and some banged up markings on her noggin) but for the time being, they look fantastic. If the third female is still available, I'll probably add her tomorrow (cant help it, they're gorgeous and I'd rather have her than most other options right now).
I'd really love to find a couple shrimp gobies but they're proving a bit difficult locally for what I want (hi-fin red banded, yasha, and/or tangaroa).
So anywho, here are a couple FTSs that arent very good (ordered some gel film today too).
madweazl
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Finally got everything together to switch over to the red power cords. I had to add different ends to the cables and remount everything which ended up being a four hour project and a ridiculous amount of money. Tomorrow I'm going to grab some spark plug wire organizers to try and clean it up around the relay box a little better.
Chicagoreef2016
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Man that is one clean setup!
rickztahone
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I may have asked this already but have you considered using some desk grommets to route the red cables through? This would give it an overly more organized look.
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