SPS In-wall 2.0

Great set up all the way around.
javajaws said:
Oh h#!! no! I know how cheap you guys are!

Besides, I enjoy my nice cushy job writing software in an air conditioned office. Buildiing aquariums takes...too much work!
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Plus then it wouldn't be a hobby and it would no longer be fun.
 
Lets just say I enjoy coding in a language that lets me express my intent clearly without getting in the way. I think the Apex will get there eventually, but it still has limitations and oddities that have to be worked around.

Having said that though there is no way I would build a new aquarium without one. There is just so much it can do for you in terms of safeguards, etc.
 
Strictly from a user’s point of view with no software knowledge I couldn’t begin to understand the differences in coding between neptune and other software platforms. I could see that once someone is used to a particular way of programming and then have to learn/understand another way, it may become troublesome, and especially knowing there is a better way to write the code. However, when there are knuckleheads like me that only look at things in the simplistic form and claim ignorance to the fact that neptune coding is all we know, it seems pretty straight forward. As a disclaimer though, I know I’m just scratching the surface when it comes to what my controller can do, I only turn lights on and off, control heaters and have text messages sent to me when something is out of tolerance. Anything beyond that is out of my realm.
 
It's coming along now. Can you take a picture of how u mounted the brs media reactor? I want to do the same thing over my sump. Thx
 
Here's what I have so far for sump ATO (utilizing 3 float switches and the 50 ml/min BRS dosing pump):

[SUMP_HIGH]
Set OFF
If Switchx4_1 CLOSED Then ON
Defer 000:15 Then ON

[SUMP_FILL]
Set OFF
If Switchx4_2 CLOSED Then ON
Defer 000:15 Then ON

[SUMP_LOW]
Set OFF
If Switchx4_3 CLOSED Then ON
Defer 000:15 Then ON

[LIMIT_ATO]
Set OFF
If Outlet SUMP_FILL = ON Then ON
If Outlet SUMP_LOW = ON Then ON
Defer 010:00 Then ON

[LOW_SALINITY]
Set OFF
If Condx4 < 32.0 Then ON
If Outlet SUMP_LOW = OFF Then OFF

[DOSE_FW]
Fallback OFF
Set OFF
If Outlet SUMP_FILL = ON Then ON
If Outlet SUMP_LOW = ON Then ON
If Outlet SUMP_HIGH = ON Then OFF
If Outlet LIMIT_ATO = ON Then OFF
If Outlet LOW_SALINITY = ON Then OFF
Min Time 010:00 Then OFF

And in my alarms:

If Outlet SUMP_LOW = ON Then ON
If Outlet SUMP_HIGH = ON Then ON
If Outlet LIMIT_ATO = ON Then ON
If Outlet LOW_SALINITY = ON Then ON

I REALLY don't like coming home to water on the floor or not enough water in the sump! I used a Litermeter on my old tank...but I never had any float switches hooked up in the sump and relied on estimation only. Many times it wouldn't add enough water due to increased evaporation. So I've decided to fix that problem first before water ever enters the tank!
 
clowndude said:
It's coming along now. Can you take a picture of how u mounted the brs media reactor? I want to do the same thing over my sump. Thx
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Its just hung off a couple 2x4s mounted under the tank (the 2x4s are screwed into a couple 2x4 braces that run front/back under the plywood which is under the tank).

The thought never occurred to me to see if I could mount the BRS reactor without it's own plastic mounting bracket. Their bracket is kind of flimsy and it would be really nice to do a direct mount from the beefier plastic of the unit itself directly to the wood. I'll have to look at that tonight when I get home and see if it's possible.
 
Well, you know you're getting near the end of a build when all the boxes have finally been opened up. The last that I had hanging around was a new Hanna Digital Refractometer that I finally got around to opening up. I didn't have any distilled water handy to calibrate it so I'll have to do that later this week, but it does look cool!

At any rate, I think I'll do the initial fill up this weekend and see what kind of problems crop up. Looking forward to a weekend full of aquascaping and salty armpits!

My main projects left are some trim work, my freshwater reservoir ATO, and redoing my sump float switches (waiting on new ones to arrive).
 
That's always a good feeling, knowing that you're ready for water. Hey on a side note, I wouldn't trust using distilled water to calibrate your hydrometer. If you want it to be accurate and to avoid headaches down the road get some calibrating fluid exactly in the range that you are testing. I believe I use pinpoint which allows me to calibrate it to 1.025. That's a lot more accurate.

I used to use distilled and came to find out that what I thought was 1.025 was actually 1.019.
 
Thanks for the tip on the calibration solution - I added one to my shopping cart today (yay, more boxes!) along with a few other items I needed.

On another note, I'm all wet (but cool) from spending an hour rinsing out 80lbs of sand. I could think of worse things to be doing on a 100 degree day...
 
Looking good Jason. I remember your old tank (or I think that I remember the tank trim). Got any old pictures of that tank?
 
javajaws said:
On another note...does anybody have a good trick for keeping RO lines at the bottom of your CA/Alk containers?
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take some of those plastic mini blinds twister rods and zip tie your tube to it. they have enough weight to keep it at the bottom and all plastic wont react with anything
 
mutateddogbone said:
take some of those plastic mini blinds twister rods and zip tie your tube to it. they have enough weight to keep it at the bottom and all plastic wont react with anything
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Good idea. I don't have any extra of those "hanging around" that my wife wouldn't miss...but it did get me thinking and I think there might be something plastic in one of the kitchen drawers that would take her longer to find missing... :)
 
Chrisrush said:
Looking good Jason. I remember your old tank (or I think that I remember the tank trim). Got any old pictures of that tank?
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My old tank's build thread can be found here. It has some pictures in it, but I don't have much from the last 6 months or so that it was up.
 
javajaws said:
Good idea. I don't have any extra of those "hanging around" that my wife wouldn't miss...but it did get me thinking and I think there might be something plastic in one of the kitchen drawers that would take her longer to find missing... :)
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they can be picked up at any hardware store usually for around 3 bux a rod. if you have a local plastics shop you can also pick up acrylic dowels for about a buck a foot
 
Or you can run the tube through a straw. What I did was warm the tube up over the stove just enough to get it to hold its shape while pulling on both ends.
 
So I was changing out the water my rocks were sitting in yesterday and I've come to the following conclusions:

1) Waiting on your RO/DI unit to make water is worse than waiting for paint to dry.

2) People who leave the lid off the salt bucket overnight should be shot. :)

On a side note...the rocks look/smell good. Hopefully this will mean the tank will be up and running a little quicker.
 
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