It's ALIVE!!!

tgreene · #1 04/20/2007, 06:26 PM

My new beast just arrived this afternoon...

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pfish · #2 04/20/2007, 06:52 PM

Congrats:
Keep us posted on how you like it.

USC-fan · #3 04/20/2007, 07:59 PM

how does that work without overflowing?

You must not be using the return pipe that high.....right?

tgreene · #4 04/20/2007, 08:07 PM

Obviously not.... It just arrived today, so we slammed it all together and it's still sitting where we left it.

Tomorrow I'll concentrate on rinsing it w/ diluted Muriatic Acid to wash away the oils and season it.

kmmcgra · #5 04/20/2007, 08:10 PM

Umm....that's big!

USC-fan · #6 04/20/2007, 08:16 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by tgreene
Obviously not.... It just arrived today, so we slammed it all together and it's still sitting where we left it.

Tomorrow I'll concentrate on rinsing it w/ diluted Muriatic Acid to wash away the oils and season it.

Just making sure...

You really have a nice tank and a GREAT skimmer. That skimmer holds as much water as my current tank.

tgreene · #7 04/20/2007, 08:20 PM

Thanks...

My tank is run with a heavily modded Coralife CSS-220, so believe it or not, this new one will actually be running a 50g breeder prop tank until we build our huge plywood coral display tank that will be the centerpiece of our store.

connecticut cichlids · #8 04/20/2007, 10:05 PM

nice new toy!...by the way, i'm luv'n the color of the water in that tank your sitt'n in front of..JIM

tgreene · #9 04/20/2007, 10:14 PM

Thanks man... As for the colors, I'm an Actinic whore!

Fish_Freek · #10 04/20/2007, 10:18 PM

I like the tank in the backround as well. What t5 bulb combo are you running? Looks like a sweet set up!

connecticut cichlids · #11 04/20/2007, 10:31 PM

hey tgreene- could you please tell me about your Reef-Relief aatoc. Do you have alink to a website?...Ive never heard of them before...thanx JIM

tgreene · #12 04/21/2007, 06:53 AM

Lighting from back to front:

UV 420nm Actinic
UV 420nm Actinic
UV 13k White Actinic
CoralVue Blue+
ZooMed NO 420nm Actinic

My lighting was specifically designed to be as natural looking as possible...

Reef-Relief AATOC -- http://www.reeftek.com/reef-relief/i...ucts-aatoc.htm

Tang Salad · #13 04/21/2007, 08:17 AM

Man that is a sweet skimmer. I imagine it should be large enogh for a 50g.

Quote:

Originally posted by tgreene

My tank is run with a heavily modded Coralife CSS-220, so believe it or not

A little OT, but what mods did you use for the CSS?
I need to get mine working a little better.

tgreene · #14 04/21/2007, 08:22 AM

Many of the mods I either developed or helped to develop a couple of years ago... Look em up!

Tang Salad · #15 04/21/2007, 08:27 AM

So, just the usual fishline/mesh, gate valve...?

tgreene · #16 04/21/2007, 08:28 AM

Nope, far more comprehensive actually.

Tang Salad · #17 04/21/2007, 08:31 AM

Care to help a guy out?
It's not all that easy to "Look 'em up" on this site...
Thanks-

edit: just did a search with your username, but of the 15 threads that came up, none related to the CSS. Are your mods listed on another site?
Thanks

tgreene · #18 04/21/2007, 08:48 AM

They are all listed here on RC...

FWIW: There are numerous 20-40 page threads about the CSS mods, and all of the large ones are linked to each other.

Tang Salad · #19 04/21/2007, 08:57 AM

Thanks- I've read through those monster threads before. Not really much for the CSS other than the fishline/gate valve mods. I thought you might have had something different/new to try.

Anyway, keep us posted on the new Octo. We'd love to see pics of it in action.

tgreene · #20 04/21/2007, 09:38 AM

The CSS monster threads are dedicated strictly to the CSS skimmers...

tgreene · #21 04/24/2007, 06:41 PM

Ummmmm, I just upgraded to the BIGGER BADDER MEGA-SIZED quad skimmer...

tgreene · #22 04/25/2007, 02:03 PM

While anxiously awaiting the new FDNW-400 Quad skimmer to arrive (hopefully Friday), I decided to go ahead and drill out the TDNW-300 venturi's from 7/64 to 9/64th's, and the amount extra of suction is insane -- I really wish I had an air-flow meter.

With a freshwater only test, the bubbles were nowhere near as fine or obvious as they were with the smaller venturi ports, which scared the hell out of me, so I decided to add a couple of cups of salt directly to the skimmer to test it, and OMG!!!

I haven't done the mesh-mod yet, and I'm not even sure I'll need to, but I'm certainly not going to rule it out either.

-Tim

sabbath · #23 04/25/2007, 03:17 PM

That would be really cool right next to the stand. As a showpiece. Love to see pic of it running.

SirSmapty · #24 04/25/2007, 04:28 PM

I don't think it will fit under that stand.

steelerguy · #25 04/25/2007, 04:55 PM

Where is the skimmer in these pictures? All I see is what appears to be a rocket propelled bar stool.