building of a frag 'room' - Page 7

A.T.T.R · #**151** 12/04/2007, 03:25 PM

tank is up and leak testing!!

A.T.T.R · #**152** 12/04/2007, 04:49 PM

opps.... over filled! 20 or so gallons ont he floor....and ofcourse the quality builders we have in florida didnt make my floors level ( or slanted at all ) so the water is about 1.5 inches deep in a corner! ( very slowly draining atleast

erics3000 · #**153** 12/04/2007, 11:32 PM

My house in fl is all unevan..great updates..I cant wait to se your frags. heck I might have to pick some up since your in fl. i travel around fl alot.

Looking good keep the pics coming..

compulou · #**154** 12/05/2007, 07:16 AM

Hey ATTR if this is in your Garage than it's supposed to be like that so any water runs off and out the door. I had to shim my frag tank in my garage until it was level.

A.T.T.R · #**155** 12/05/2007, 10:42 AM

no the problom is its slants AWAY fromt he door so it all collects in the back.. the only reason any was going out hte front was because of how deep it was.. i still hve a half inch in the back this morning!!!!!!

A.T.T.R · #**156** 12/08/2007, 08:10 PM

well im in md and am praying my ac dosnt trip during this time.

i think im going to get started either on a pic microchip for temp controll
or a ladder logic relay system ( using relays and old themostats)

basicaly

if outside temp colder then 75 then on

originaly i was going to use somthing that turned it on only if outside was any cooler then inside but that was back when my ac struggled to slow the warming of the area.. now it is stable at 77 ( except when breaker trips!!!)

what i want to guild eventualy is somthing that will do this

if outside+3 < inside then fan on ac off
if outside+3 > inside then fan off ac on
wait 20 minutes
retest

A.T.T.R · #**157** 12/08/2007, 09:18 PM

i just reread my thread and cant belive i forgot about my raceways!!

you know. 950 gph into 3 HIGHLY restrictive rotating spinkler heads dosnt get me too much motion

i should really rip out the eggcrate and build my raceways ( use 2 koralia 4s . that would be 1200 gph going into a race way 60 inches long by 7 inches wide by 18 inch deep plenty of flow

ehh w/e ill keep trying it this way.. hydnophora seems happy

A.T.T.R · #**158** 12/08/2007, 09:34 PM

remember that cool idea i wasnt going to show ..
yeah
thats right
tank under the floor
well
im gonna start it really soon ( wood work.. saving the pond liner for a time whne i actualy need to start worrying about more space lol)

gotta clean the gardge a bit too

fishstick41 · #**159** 12/13/2007, 06:49 PM

=] how much is this project costing you

fishstick41 · #**160** 12/13/2007, 06:49 PM

=] how much is this project costing you

fishstick41 · #**161** 12/13/2007, 06:50 PM

oops 2 post sorry about that

A.T.T.R · #**162** 12/13/2007, 09:57 PM

well over 3 k in so far

A.T.T.R · #**163** 12/27/2007, 11:29 AM

jsut got a koralia 4 to get more water moving works great
as well as a coral iv been keeping an eye on for a month or so!!
( one nice thing about working at an lfs that dosnt have the biggest sps buyers.. i can watch corals i like and make sure they are ok)

crazzy · #**164** 12/29/2007, 09:05 AM

Nice info.
More info and pics of your raceways please.

A.T.T.R · #**165** 12/29/2007, 04:23 PM

ended up not building the race ways.
i found that one mag 9.5 and one koralia 4 are enough to move a lot of water.

may add a second K 4 tho

a few pics tonight or on sunday

A.T.T.R · #**166** 12/30/2007, 02:36 PM

new coral that i will be growing

erics3000 · #**167** 12/30/2007, 04:55 PM

Nice..

A.T.T.R · #**168** 12/31/2007, 03:06 PM

just fraged the coral ( small frags)
and glued them to some tile. these frags will become mother colonys as well as testing growth rates of attachment methods
(flat vs standing up)

jafish26 · #**169** 12/31/2007, 06:38 PM

what is your opinion on the koralia 4

erics3000 · #**170** 12/31/2007, 07:17 PM

they are ok for the money i have 2 and had 1 of them for almost 3 years i think. I am going to trk the mod on the maxi12 that is also another great little pump for the money. I am tryin 2 moded on my tank soon..

erics3000 · #**171** 12/31/2007, 07:21 PM

oh yeah sweet test on your frags. I might need to pm you down the road. I am almost ready to start putting corals in my tank. Wooohoo

A.T.T.R · #**172** 12/31/2007, 07:50 PM

the koralias havent been out but a year ( i think)

anyways.. love it.. i have it at one end of hte tank and it is moving the whole tank ( with good speeds after addign hte output flow thingy

anyways. erics i will not sell retail but am always willing to trade

erics3000 · #**173** 12/31/2007, 08:05 PM

You shure ..I had mine koraline from my 75 and that was at least 2 years.

erics3000 · #**174** 12/31/2007, 10:12 PM

Your mailbox is full..

A.T.T.R · #**175** 01/01/2008, 12:30 PM

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