cm11599ps
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My wife and I are heading out tomorrow to start stocking the CUC. It's the last night I'll be staring at an empty tank, can't wait!
I took a few shots with my iPhone. Enjoy!
Here's a full tank shot. There's a small computer fan mounted to the rim of the tank that comes on if the water temp gets too high.
A closer up full tank shot. I've got around 70 lbs of BRS dry rock and dry sand. I added that small piece of LR you can see in the middle of the tank. It's got quite a few feather dusters on it.
I have 4 small powerheads. The one on the left side of the tank in the one in the middle top of the tank are on the same cycle. There's another at the top right back by the overflow and that one is always on. Then there's one on the right side towards the bottom of the tank and it's blowing out across the back of my tank. That one is always on too.
A shot of the backside of the tank. My Lifereef overflow with the airline tubing to stop the noise. I have an attic right on the other side of this wall and the PVC is actually sitting on top of the attic floor and the rim of the tank. They are the same exact height. I have FIVE RO tubes inside that 3/4" PVC that drop down the T fitting. There is nothing between the T and the tank itself, it's only resting on the tank for support. I have that white nylon string tied around the PVC to help support my overflow drain line. The five RO lines are
1) Top off line
2) New salt water line
3) Drain line
4) Calcium Doser
5) Alk Doser
There's also two wires coming through the wall under the PVC. One is a conductivity probe you can see sitting in my overflow box and the other is an ethernet cable running to my APEX.
My Lifereef sump, skimmer and filter cylinders. I've got a Mag 9 powering the skimmer. You can see the pump and there's a 75W Jager heater there too. the top tubing is the drain line for my skimmer. It goes to the right of the picture and then comes back around with the end sitting on top of the skimmer pump. If you look to the left of the ball valve for the skimmer output you can see some vinyl tubing with a black RO line coming out of it. That vinyl tubing is actually connected to the PVC coming out of the wall. Anything that is added to my tank drops down that vinyl tubing and into the skimmer section. The black RO line goes to a pump in my return section to drain my sump. One filter cylinder is empty, the other has about 1/2 cup of BRS ROX carbon. By the skimmer pump and heater you can see a temp probe for my APEX.
Another shot from a different angle. This is the return section and I actually have 3 pumps here. A mag 9 feeds the fuge to the right as well as teh tank return. A Mag 5 or 7 (I forget) feeds the filter cylinders in the skimmer area. I then have a Mag 9 attached to that black RO line coming from the vinyl tubing in the skimmer section. This pump is going to be used to drain my sump for water changes. There's a second 75 W Jager sitting in there too. If you look closely you can see an ORP probe and a pH probe in holders in front of the filter cylinders. What you can't see in the back of the return area are two float switches. One for top off, the other as a backup. You can't see water leak sensor I have either.
I have two shots below. The first is within minutes of adding two balls of Chaeto I got from a local guy last week. The second is the Cheato from a few minutes ago.
This setup is going to be pretty much automatic. I only need to worry about filling my top off and salt water cans every 2-3 weeks or so. I'm getting ready to program my APEX to drain about a gallon of water from the tank on a daily basis. I timed it and it takes about 6 minutes to fill a gallon. So I'll program the APEX to work my drain pump for 6 minutes and then have the pump in my salt mix can pump until it reaches the shut off float valve which is the regular top off float.
It's been a long time coming and I can't wait to get this thing stocked tomorrow!
I took a few shots with my iPhone. Enjoy!
Here's a full tank shot. There's a small computer fan mounted to the rim of the tank that comes on if the water temp gets too high.
A closer up full tank shot. I've got around 70 lbs of BRS dry rock and dry sand. I added that small piece of LR you can see in the middle of the tank. It's got quite a few feather dusters on it.
I have 4 small powerheads. The one on the left side of the tank in the one in the middle top of the tank are on the same cycle. There's another at the top right back by the overflow and that one is always on. Then there's one on the right side towards the bottom of the tank and it's blowing out across the back of my tank. That one is always on too.
A shot of the backside of the tank. My Lifereef overflow with the airline tubing to stop the noise. I have an attic right on the other side of this wall and the PVC is actually sitting on top of the attic floor and the rim of the tank. They are the same exact height. I have FIVE RO tubes inside that 3/4" PVC that drop down the T fitting. There is nothing between the T and the tank itself, it's only resting on the tank for support. I have that white nylon string tied around the PVC to help support my overflow drain line. The five RO lines are
1) Top off line
2) New salt water line
3) Drain line
4) Calcium Doser
5) Alk Doser
There's also two wires coming through the wall under the PVC. One is a conductivity probe you can see sitting in my overflow box and the other is an ethernet cable running to my APEX.
My Lifereef sump, skimmer and filter cylinders. I've got a Mag 9 powering the skimmer. You can see the pump and there's a 75W Jager heater there too. the top tubing is the drain line for my skimmer. It goes to the right of the picture and then comes back around with the end sitting on top of the skimmer pump. If you look to the left of the ball valve for the skimmer output you can see some vinyl tubing with a black RO line coming out of it. That vinyl tubing is actually connected to the PVC coming out of the wall. Anything that is added to my tank drops down that vinyl tubing and into the skimmer section. The black RO line goes to a pump in my return section to drain my sump. One filter cylinder is empty, the other has about 1/2 cup of BRS ROX carbon. By the skimmer pump and heater you can see a temp probe for my APEX.
Another shot from a different angle. This is the return section and I actually have 3 pumps here. A mag 9 feeds the fuge to the right as well as teh tank return. A Mag 5 or 7 (I forget) feeds the filter cylinders in the skimmer area. I then have a Mag 9 attached to that black RO line coming from the vinyl tubing in the skimmer section. This pump is going to be used to drain my sump for water changes. There's a second 75 W Jager sitting in there too. If you look closely you can see an ORP probe and a pH probe in holders in front of the filter cylinders. What you can't see in the back of the return area are two float switches. One for top off, the other as a backup. You can't see water leak sensor I have either.
I have two shots below. The first is within minutes of adding two balls of Chaeto I got from a local guy last week. The second is the Cheato from a few minutes ago.
This setup is going to be pretty much automatic. I only need to worry about filling my top off and salt water cans every 2-3 weeks or so. I'm getting ready to program my APEX to drain about a gallon of water from the tank on a daily basis. I timed it and it takes about 6 minutes to fill a gallon. So I'll program the APEX to work my drain pump for 6 minutes and then have the pump in my salt mix can pump until it reaches the shut off float valve which is the regular top off float.
It's been a long time coming and I can't wait to get this thing stocked tomorrow!
