huskerreef
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Looking good.
The 120g. start
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tom obrecht
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By the way, where did you purchase your skimmer through?
Brad, I have found that the skimmer works best when you set the bubble break area about 2" above the bottom of the cup any lower and its too dry and gets gunked up quick and too high the skimmate is too wet. Also in the beginning you might want to set the level a little lower or you'll find the skimmer overflowing a lot.
lvpd186
Reefing in NE
Thanks for the hint Bubba. When I first got the skimmer I set it up in the sump with some water that I changed out of my 55gal tank. I think I ran it enough that it should be broken in, but I'll make sure to try out that level. BTW that is one sweet looking fish that you picked up!
lvpd186
Reefing in NE
Well I've got a lot of work to do, but here is what it look like now:
As you can see I need to build up my cleaning crew, but so far everything is adjusting well to the new tank. I have a thin piece of plastic that I am going to paint black and then velcro to the back of the tank. I figure that way when I need to see in all I have to do is pull the plastic off. I also need to decide on what kind of trim to use on the front of the tank. I still have some rock and a few corals in my old tank. I like the open sand bed look so far so I'm not sure if I will add too much more rock. (open for suggestions on that though)
Here is a pic of my sump right now:
The wave2k is incredible when it comes to flow, although a little on the noisy side and kind of an eye sore. The OM two-way just adds some additional randomness to the flow. I have (2) seios that I might add as well, but right now that natural looking sway back and forth looks pretty good.
As you can see I need to build up my cleaning crew, but so far everything is adjusting well to the new tank. I have a thin piece of plastic that I am going to paint black and then velcro to the back of the tank. I figure that way when I need to see in all I have to do is pull the plastic off. I also need to decide on what kind of trim to use on the front of the tank. I still have some rock and a few corals in my old tank. I like the open sand bed look so far so I'm not sure if I will add too much more rock. (open for suggestions on that though)
Here is a pic of my sump right now:
The wave2k is incredible when it comes to flow, although a little on the noisy side and kind of an eye sore. The OM two-way just adds some additional randomness to the flow. I have (2) seios that I might add as well, but right now that natural looking sway back and forth looks pretty good.
lvpd186
Reefing in NE
Thanks JDrex, I'm always willing to help out. The sump is a 40g. breeder tank. I cut some acrylic to make baffles and used silicone to hold them in. So far I think they are going to hold fine. The baffles were cut to fit and I used extra silicone to kind of make a bead around the edges. The thing on the right side of the tank is a wave2k wave maker. It doesn't look all that great now (I'm hoping it gets covered in coraline asap) but man does it work well. It creates a constant "wave" in the tank. All of the soft corals flow or sway back and forth. Right now I'll tolerate the way it looks for the flow that it puts out.
ipiniowa - your right about the cave. Most of that rock structure is hollow inside. If I remember right there is about 70lbs of lr in the tank. I may add some more but I like the big swimming area so I'm still debating that. One of the things that I may do is add a pillar of lr on the right side. The skimmer is a "little" oversized, its the BubbleMaster 250. I think its rated for a tank up to 500gal. if anything it should help keep the water in good shape.
Thanks for looking!
ipiniowa - your right about the cave. Most of that rock structure is hollow inside. If I remember right there is about 70lbs of lr in the tank. I may add some more but I like the big swimming area so I'm still debating that. One of the things that I may do is add a pillar of lr on the right side. The skimmer is a "little" oversized, its the BubbleMaster 250. I think its rated for a tank up to 500gal. if anything it should help keep the water in good shape.
Thanks for looking!
huskerreef
New member
I have always liked the look that the wave makers give to your corals swaying back in forth, maybe you could get some GSP to grow on it to cover it up.
tom obrecht
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I've heard that the wave boxes can cause the top portion of tank water to cause a wave that can cause a sloshing factor. Have you had any issues with this?
lvpd186
Reefing in NE
Jim, good idea with the GSP. They will grow on just about anything and would cover it eventually.
Tom, I've seen video of that happening with the tunz wave box, but I think it was caused because the person had it set wrong. I believe the tunz box comes with a controller. The Wave2k doesn't need a controller because it works differently. I have noticed that it does agitate the surface water (like a power head would) and there is a slight up and down movement of the water, but there is not enough to cause any sloshing. If I get a chance I'll try and make a short video of it in action.
Tom, I've seen video of that happening with the tunz wave box, but I think it was caused because the person had it set wrong. I believe the tunz box comes with a controller. The Wave2k doesn't need a controller because it works differently. I have noticed that it does agitate the surface water (like a power head would) and there is a slight up and down movement of the water, but there is not enough to cause any sloshing. If I get a chance I'll try and make a short video of it in action.
tom obrecht
Active member
That would be cool!
huskerreef
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I Like it. I wanted to do that for my lagoon but i was told that it would play havoc on my skimmer as it is in the lagoon.
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