Go Big OR Go Home! Construction of a 1000 gallon System!! - Page 34

LEPRECAUN · #**826** 08/20/2007, 04:17 PM

I hear the old ones caused a lot of problems, but the new Wavy sea plus is suppost to hold up better. At this point still don't know which ones to buy.

Caroskoi since you have a 300 up and running --- do you get good water movement in the bottom half of the tank or just the middle and top with the wavy sea's?

Ken

tanya72806 · #**827** 08/20/2007, 04:25 PM

Well heres the thing if you have good flow in the tank w/ either powerheads or a closed loop you dont need them there a waste of money. Most return pumps used there flow is nothing compared to the flow inside the tank and then the flow from the return doesnt mean anything to it. JMHO

erics3000 · #**828** 11/27/2007, 01:30 AM

Whats going On ? ANy updates??

bstone · #**829** 11/27/2007, 07:09 PM

Well, I finally took some updated pictures:

Enjoy!!!

NEW BLUELINE DOING GREAT!!

VLAMINGI IS GETTING BIG!!

CORALS ARE DOING GREAT! ABOUT 18" IN DIAMETER!

SOME NEW STUFF!

bstone · #**830** 11/27/2007, 07:14 PM

SOME MORE NEW STUFF!

ANEMONE IS REALLY BIG NOW!

FULL SHOTS!!

bstone · #**831** 11/27/2007, 07:16 PM

NEW DIY SKIMMER!! KICKS BUTTTTTT!!!

I SOLD THE (2) RC1000's AND BUILT THIS MONSTER!!

HOPE YOU ENJOYED!!

BigReef · #**832** 11/27/2007, 07:34 PM

Aww man, all I see are red Xs

bstone · #**833** 11/27/2007, 07:41 PM

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Originally posted by BigReef
Aww man, all I see are red Xs

Really, I can see them on the thread when I pull it up?!?!

jnarowe · #**834** 11/27/2007, 07:53 PM

just red x's for me too.

bstone · #**835** 11/27/2007, 08:01 PM

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Originally posted by jnarowe
just red x's for me too.

What would be the reason why you would get red X's and I don't?

jnarowe · #**836** 11/27/2007, 08:08 PM

Not exactly sure to be honest, but I have had similar problems when I have run out of space on my web page.

bstone · #**837** 11/27/2007, 08:11 PM

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Originally posted by jnarowe
Not exactly sure to be honest, but I have had similar problems when I have run out of space on my web page.

I still se them on my computer, and even when I copy and paste the link to my browser. Here try this:

Copy this link to your browser and see if the picture pulls up.

http://home.comcast.net/~bstone261/NOV07-1.JPG

tmerrick · #**838** 11/27/2007, 08:13 PM

I can see them. Looks good.

Indy1 · #**839** 11/27/2007, 08:16 PM

I can see your link Brian but I don't even get red "X's" LOL

jnarowe · #**840** 11/27/2007, 08:17 PM

Actually, just clicking on teh link brings it up, but I still don't see them inline in the posts above.

Edit: Now they are there...right click and this time they came through. Perhaps it took a while for them to propagate at your ISP.

jnarowe · #**841** 11/27/2007, 08:22 PM

There's a party going on in that tank!

So does your vlamingi excrete diarrea, or real turds?

What is the label on the skimmer body? Looks cool. Can you post more pics of that? Especially the cleaning mechanism! Is that a wet neck, spray down, or what? And did you eliminate the neck inside the cup, or is that just a bad angle? Is it made out of PVC, or is it filled with air? What's up with the open ended vertical line from the body to above the cup? What's powering it?

Have you seen my new manifold?

bstone · #**842** 11/27/2007, 08:38 PM

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Originally posted by jnarowe
There's a party going on in that tank!

So does your vlamingi excrete diarrea, or real turds?

What is the label on the skimmer body? Looks cool. Can you post more pics of that? Especially the cleaning mechanism! Is that a wet neck, spray down, or what? And did you eliminate the neck inside the cup, or is that just a bad angle? Is it made out of PVC, or is it filled with air? What's up with the open ended vertical line from the body to above the cup? What's powering it?

Have you seen my new manifold?

It is a RK2 body that I majorly modified. The clear PVC on the side is a water level indicator. The angle is bad, there is a neck in the skimmer head. There is a wet neck spay on the inside and outside of the neck. Salt water on the inside and fresh water on the outside to clean the neck inside and out and to clean the collection cup. I still need to plumb the drain from the skimmer head to the sink and the fresh water wet spray needs to be plumbed also. The skimmer has a Sequence Baracuda pump feeding it, and a Sequence Hammerheard that I moded with a needlewheel. Here is a picture of the skimmer in full action! MAJOR JUNK MACHINE!!!

vlamingi excretes LARGE TURDS!!

jnarowe · #**843** 11/27/2007, 08:43 PM

I would love to see how you installed the SW wet neck. I have been contemplating this for some time. How do you feed that? Interesting way to determine water level. Sweet body though. Looks like you are feeding O3 into it too?

bstone · #**844** 11/27/2007, 08:50 PM

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Originally posted by jnarowe
I would love to see how you installed the SW wet neck. I have been contemplating this for some time. How do you feed that? Interesting way to determine water level. Sweet body though. Looks like you are feeding O3 into it too?

I have a small panworld pump that supplies water to the neck. I turn this on and off manually every day after I feed the mysis. This is when the foam gets knocked down and it is safer to clean the neck without if overflowing the skimmer cup. The outside of the cup (when I get it plumbed in) will automatically wash it down with fresh tap water once a day.

No, I am feeding my calcium reactor into the skimmer body. This helped control my tank pH. I have a fluctuation of 8.1 to 8.3 no that I did it. By having the Ca reactor feed into the skimmer bidy your are 100% assuring that all free CO2 is released, and not trapped in my tank; which will flucuate your pH a lot. So, I have a much more stable alk and pH now because of it...

jnarowe · #**845** 11/27/2007, 08:58 PM

hmmmm, very interesting. I don't have much fluctuation, but my probe is in the inbound sump, and my effluent is in my outbound sump. So by the time it gets to the probe, is well mixed. My pH swings from 8.16 to 8.30 between the day and night cycle right now, but that is something to think about as I ratchet up the dose. Seems to me that might add calcification to your skimmer pumps.

So it's not really a "wet neck" but a wash down system. I know wet necks can be difficult to install correctly. But it does save you the effort of having to pull it apart to clean the neck. When you get the chance, can you post a pic of how you built that? I could really use some visual tips. My skimmer actually skims a little better wehn the neck is dirty though, so I may be trying to fix something that ain't broke. But what else is new?

Bax · #**846** 11/27/2007, 10:31 PM

Your pics look great!

Is your blue line behaving with you corals?

bstone · #**847** 11/27/2007, 10:33 PM

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Originally posted by Bax
Your pics look great!

Is your blue line behaving with you corals?

Thanks!

Yep, so is the Regal, Flame, Goldflake, Flameback, and Chrysurus Angelfish.

LA-Lawman · #**848** 11/27/2007, 11:25 PM

nice skimmer.... how does the nog smell?!?

jnarowe · #**849** 11/27/2007, 11:57 PM

like roses of course!

LA-Lawman · #**850** 11/28/2007, 11:47 AM

you said the pump is a barracuda needlewheel. did you create it yourself???

do you have build photos, are you holding out on me!!!