Hello everyone,
I have been very busy with work and hence not able to send an update earlier.
A couple of big changes has happened and things seem to be going a better way:
1.
Oceon Motion pump. We finally had the new pump installed. A Skimz 11.000L/h totally silent. A pure pleasure after all the issues we had with the previous one.
2.
Oceon Motion tumble dryer sound. When the new pump was installed we were very happy to notice that there was no more sound by the rotating drum"¦ That unfortunately lasted 2 days and then a different type of problem with the drum of the oceon motion occurred: It seems like the drum is having difficulties in rotating and makes a certain sound and frequent intervals. I have been in contact with the customer support of Ocean Motion (Paul) who are good in replying right away. Initially they suspected that there was something wrong with the drum. Now they are moving their focus on the rotating mechanism and later on tonight when I go home I will need to check how that works manually. If this also seems to be ok then they will most probably focus on the diameter of the PVC pipes and if they are the ones to cause problem . Pauls reply this morning:
"œIf you unplug the motor then remove the 2 screws holding the motor mount down (large allen screws) leave the pump running, slowly rotate the whole upper assembly, you are now moving the drum inside as you turn, turn completely and try and feel where and when the thumping occurs, the version 3 drum is less problematic than the version 1 as it is more balanced, restrictions in pipe size also doesn't help too small outlets restrict the pump and cause bumping as the drum jumps to an area it favours most."
We haven't
YET given up for the Oceon Motion as we do like a lot the fact that you can hide the pipes
3.
Stream pump. Irrespective of the Oceon Motion we determined with the help of some experts that the flow inside the tank was not sufficient so we did one investement. We installed one Tunze Turbelle stream 6255 wide flow. With a flow performance 5.000 to approx. 18.000l/h and with the oceon motion on we can clearly see a significant amount of flow. We also installed a wavecontroller Tunze 7092 and we got a smile in our face watching how our fish and corals liked the flow. We located the stream pump at the right hand side hidden by the rock formation in front.
4.
Dosing. Since we had 0 NO2 we started dosing Zeo Pohl Extra (7 drops a day) along with Zeo Bak (7 drops a day)
Observations:
- Our Redox has been steadily increasing daily and has now reached 290 ( we started 2 months ago with a valu of 112)
- Our clown fishes couple decided to make babies! The other day I noticed these small sesame seeds with 2 white dots stuck next to the anemone. Is the first time I experience something like this. Priceless feeling - too bad they will end being food for the rest of our creatures
- 3 weeks after we bought the test set of corals they are all doing well and we can see some growth on some (for the first time ever in our tank)
Many messaged me that you had problems in viewing the video i made so i encoded it and here it comes. Click the link below to start playing it:
<iframe src="//player.vimeo.com/video/73238736" width="500" height="281" frameborder="0" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen></iframe> <p><a href="http://vimeo.com/73238736">Fish Tank 01 Sept 2013</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user18238204">cbit</a> on <a href="https://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p>
And here is a optimistic picture of our little babies :bounce2:
Thank you for reading the update and best wishes from the heart of Denmark
Dino