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That pumping is insane. Amazing
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ChrisKil - no website yet maybe in the near future
kamico - pics will coming soon as i am setting up my fuge and waiting for some acrylic. adding baffles into sump for microbubbles issue along with new design filter floss tray. PhantomLoneWolf - til this day i still shake my head telling myself why did i get involved .
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Bart ********************* a woman without a man is like a fish without a bicycle (red house for 600gal) |
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Awesome Bart! I love following this thread!
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Kevin |
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Just hoping on this runaway freight train. Man, I think I need that chiller, only if electricity isn't so freaking expensive out here in CA. I bought a used Deltec Eco Cooler that only uses 2 20 watt fans. Talk about worlds apart
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yeah Kenny, cost of CA living is about 3 times more then us.
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Bart ********************* a woman without a man is like a fish without a bicycle (red house for 600gal) |
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No kidding. It sure feels like way more than 3 times though. I think my wife is going to have a cow at the electric bill once the 300 is up and running at full speed.
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As always looking really nice Bart and congrats on the split... Sorry that I am late LOL Ya know earlier you and Johnathan had mentioned not even remembering building the systems... LOL I know just what you mean.. I look at mine and must remind myself that yes somehow I really DID build it.. Its almost like it was built on autopilot.
We both finished about the same time... I have about 23 years of experience with various tanks and you have almost none... I have already: Overdosed my system (phyto, trace, plus) Had an Algea outbreak as a result Had troubles getting my Ca+ as high as I wanted Still have PH issues As minor as each of my hurdels are with your 0 experience you have had such minimal problems that I am simply amazed... it says alot for you LOL or alot agaist me OK so here is the question BART.. What do you think has been your 1 Greatest mistake/learning experience from all of this? Mine? I would have placed my closed loopdrains inside of my overflows instead within the main tank...
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It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to open ones mouth and to let it be known |
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Should be fixed now guys.
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George "You guys confuse me...." ~ mhurley "So does Sesame Street." ~ BrianD |
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Also how do you guys feel about using one 2" drain VS. two for a closed loop? Do I really need the second one for redundancy? |
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I would give your CL pump way more flow than it needs. As the tank matures, stuff grows in the pipes, the strainers get coraline algae on them and can clog. What happens if a fish dies and gets sucked over the strainer? Less holes is better, but you have to be careful about having enough flow too.
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Jonathan--DIBS Breeder and Card carrying member of the Square Skimmer Brigade (Click on the Red House to see my pics garage) |
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Bart ********************* a woman without a man is like a fish without a bicycle (red house for 600gal) |
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why not have redundancy drains for each overflow box, one higher then the others instead of one 2" have 2 1.5" that way if one fail, you can still sleep better at night. now if both fails you will have a problem
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Bart ********************* a woman without a man is like a fish without a bicycle (red house for 600gal) |
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thanks Doc, yeah you don't get out much. 23 yrs, but what did you do all that time 22 yrs 11 months IMO maybe the main reason probably is the salt i used. 460Ca, 1.026SG, 9.6alk, 1360mag and 8.4PH at 76deg water temp same results every time i mixed the batch without any buffer and the only element i have is baking soda and the box hasn't been opened yet.
sorry to hear that your issues is getting out of hand. maybe try the yellow pages for a shrink random pick of course, if no one answer then PM me and i will try my best to consult any further issues you're dealing with . well you cant say i have minimal problems, lost some fishes due to ich and my prize fishes too. running 3600G phosban will keep checking to see when exhausted, carbon bi-weekly and weekly water change for the first 6 months, so that all my water parameters will be stable then i will gradually set up my continuous water change about 10gal daily. does this sound about right? if this doesn't work out, i will be giving up this hobby then going back to the basic Bowling starting off with such a small display, should have turn my entire garage into an ocean, removed the roof top and go scuba diving everyday oh don't forget the sump and fuge, entire backyard.... maybe i will try this next time. coming soon IIRC 2nd REEF TANK EVER ***THE GULF OF BUI*** 150,000gal system
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Bart ********************* a woman without a man is like a fish without a bicycle (red house for 600gal) |
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Bro, are you some kind of plumber freak? OMG, look like home depot plumbing section. . But look very nice tho...
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yup, Bart is special all right!
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Jonathan--DIBS Breeder and Card carrying member of the Square Skimmer Brigade (Click on the Red House to see my pics garage) |
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plumbing
A licensed contractor would be scratching his head. And then just leave. lol
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Russian space station comes to mind...
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You better not ask the wife to shutdown the valve for you cuz she is going to slap you silly by the time you get home. I only have 3 ball valve in my system and i have to use 3 different colors.
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I guess I would whip out the old Brother P-Touch and label it all, plus put arrows on everything!
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Jonathan--DIBS Breeder and Card carrying member of the Square Skimmer Brigade (Click on the Red House to see my pics garage) |
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most of them are labeled as I explain to my wife occasionally how the system functions and operates? and she reply what is this round thing, orange handle, and that huge cylinder plastic there are so much plumbing that I cant even remember what I did and where they go .
Jonathan - yes i'm still special 20 20 - please forward my thread to nasa ZOAKEEPER - the superintendent for subdivision already stop by and told me you did more plumbing then my contractors on site lavith - hopefully the prices stays that way REEFER714 - i had wipe out home depot and lowe's during my build
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Bart ********************* a woman without a man is like a fish without a bicycle (red house for 600gal) |
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Bart I think you wiped out the plumbing suppliers to your towns home depots for a little.
Can you give us a little tease of some new pics of your reworked sump filters etc. Maybe some new shoots of your display. The suspense is killing me. I was so addicted to this thread with the pics now I am acting like I am having withdrawls. ahhaahahahhha
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any updates?
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I've might have missed again, but what are you using for chiller pump?
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Bart... you got to like the smell of the glue with all those plumbing
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