Our 450g reef, 360g predator tanks

Welcome BSJF! I ALMOST fell in this evening installing the locline fittings to the inside of the bulkheads. But I caught myself, and really quickly lifted myself out of the tank, hit my head on the ceiling, fell of the ladder, hurt my bum, BUT I didn't fall in! I consider it a success. :lol:

Spitefull, isn't that a song? "Over there... Over there..." :lol:

For my RO/DI, I've been adjusting the mix of hot and cold water to get the input to about 75 degrees. That REALLY increases the flow. I also bumped our house water pressure up to 90 psi. The reading on the RO/DI unit bounces between 75 and 80 now. That increased the flow even more. I might actually be getting close to the 150 gpd this unit is rated for now.
 
really? I thought there were issues with warmwater and ro membranes? might be worth a post in the equipment threads?
Is that the famous BSJF? from "over there"? Hey there and Hello!
 
I sent Air, Water, and Ice an email back on 4/7 and asked them about that. Their response was:

You can use the hot water to warm it up to 75 degrees or so. As long as you don't reach above 99 degrees, you'll be fine.

The only thing is, it uses up the DI resin faster. I buy the bulk DI resin from them and refill the canisters. MUCH cheaper that way.
 
I'm glad you brought that up, spitefull. It reminded me that I need more resin so I ordered 15 lbs more. Air, Water, and Ice is one of the sponsors and they provide a coupon for RC members so we get a 10% discount too. :D
 
What! No pictures yet!? Wow, even Lorraine is venturing out into the great unknown! You all need a pretty avatar like me :P
 
Hey Booze, got any gum?
Terry I imagine it would foul the carbon and prefilters quickly too, thats a nice piece of information on the membranes (can somebody sticky that ? lol)
 
I got the mix of hot and cold tuned to 73 degrees. It's making 40g in about 6 hours now. I pumped in another 40g and I dumped in 240 lbs of sand on the one side of the tank. The rock will go on the other side. Right now, of course, it's a mud puddle. :lol:
 
I'm working on the plans for a new building out back and it will have a 30,000g concrete pond in it. We want SHARKS! :lol:

(just kidding, honey!) :D
 
This is how the "seed" gets germinated, soon youll be collecting shark pens and screen savers while subconsciously planning , and scoping out pumps and building materials, get help now i beg of you before its too late:inlove: :hammer:
 
LMAO!!!

Nah, I'm DONE after the 360 is up and running. I'm too old to be doing all this physical labor. It makes me tired! :lol:
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12792023#post12792023 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by tbittner
LMAO!!!

Nah, I'm DONE after the 360 is up and running. I'm too old to be doing all this physical labor. It makes me tired! :lol:
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Yeah right! LOL!
 
Thanks chenzo. It's been "interesting" getting everything up and working, that's for sure. Now we're to the FUN part... Stocking the tanks. :)
 
We went to a club social at an LFS today. Had a great time! Spent just a bit too. :lol:

We got six corals for the reef and a queen angel for in the predator tank. I turned out ALL the lights on the 150 and dumped the queen in. So far so good. If I have too, I'll net out the queen and add it to the 360 if things go awry in the light tomorrow. Everyone will be moving to the 360 probably on Monday anyway.
 
Excellent Terry, Can't wait to see these beauties side by side!

30 feet of glass! That's just sick! In a good way!
 
No, it's just SICK! :lol:

It will be cool though to be able to sit on the couch and watch whats going on. Both tanks will be busy. :)
 
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