Dwolson's 75Gal tank

looking good, are you set on the rock work? Lots of room for your corals to grow.

I am open for ideas on rock work.
I woke up this morning to a kalk overdose.... Read to put a mil per gallon of vinegar on reefkeeper mag, to lower ph( after testing of course) did it before I left for work, came home and checked at lunch, back down to 8.6, my chalice took a beating, maybe a green slimer, other than that, I think everything is ok.

Took this picture this morning.
Thanks for everyone coming out yesterday!

Looks good! I cant wait till i get my tank up!

but why would you?

I wouldn't in its current form, I just wanted to see if it was possible. It would be cool to show your temp/ph on the bottom though.

removed it, after talking with russ

yeah, I do remember him saying that.

I didn't, but he helped me a little bit with making a really small one. I really don't like crazy big banners, they are annoying, but I would like a really small one that just showed temp/ph.

I just checked your tank on reeftronics. Is your pH probe calibrated? Why is it so low?

Not sure why, I did calibrate it, but I am not sure if I did it correctly. I have more solution, so I may retry it. What is the process for it? I know how to do it on the Apex, but how long are you supposed to leave it in the solution. When you go from each solution, your supposed to rinse it in RO water right?

I don't have the Apex. On the RK, you are suppose to save the calibration when the numbers are stable. I don't know if this makes sense but the data numbers jump around for a few minutes when soaking in the solution for each stage (pH 7.0, 10.0 etc).

so it does take a few minutes. I think I only waited a minute or 2.

how do you like the new Ecotech pump?

Nice, although I am going to want to add the WXM module so it will go into night mode by itself. Eventually, not in a hurry. But it looks a lot cleaner than the other 2 pumps and the wave box. The footprint is tiny.
I am working on a "future list" Basically the parts I will put into my tank in the future. Heres the list, in priority. What do you guys think?

1.MP10
2.LED Lights Display
3.EB8
4.LED Refuge(needed before I go to dosing pumps(for space)
5.Dosing pump(bubble magnus)/CA reactor
6. Large return pump feeding into a manifold, running Reactor/skimmer/return/chiller thinking laguna 2900(http://www.amazon.com/Laguna-Max-Flo-Electronic-Waterfall-Filter/dp/B000HAU4RW)
7.Another 6025 for the back right of my tank.
8.WXM(more of a nicety)

This isn't an overnight list, just something I have been thinking about. I want to have a direction for my tank pre-planned(although its always subject to change) so I am not throwing money at different things on the way. Also, I want to have the list pre-generated, so if I ever catch a smoking deal online, I will jump on it.

What do you think about the priority side of things, would you change anything on my list? Add anything? Remove anything.

how about upgrade to 100+ tank haha

Looks like a good list, although I would get dosing pumps before upgrading lights only for stability purposes. For your fuge, which LED's would be comparible to 6500K?

seriously get an led light bulb from target I am having amazingly great growth in my fuge I even have coraline algae grow with a 3100k light!

nikecivic wrote:how about upgrade to 100+ tank haha

I actually want to stay at a 75. No plans of going bigger till I retire

Sandman wrote:Looks like a good list, although I would get dosing pumps before upgrading lights only for stability purposes. For your fuge, which LED's would be comparible to 6500K?

Good point. Not sure on the spectrum for LEDs
JBJ nano glo uses 6500K daylight LED's. I probably would do the same

coryg wrote:seriously get an led light bulb from target I am having amazingly great growth in my fuge I even have coraline algae grow with a 3100k light!

Its a space issue, so I am going to do a DIY fixture to save space

Nike, I re-calibrated my PH probe, it was off by a bit

looks like your pH is at a normal level now. Are you using reefchat.org for you tank parameters banner?

I think that was the site i used. I wanted to customize one, I like it when the banner is small and concise.

So my chiller went out. I added another fan, and its doing ok. So I have a question, should I put the 100$ into getting the replacement part( talked to jbj) or should I just go led, since then I wouldn't need the chiller?

If you loose the chiller im interested lol That being said I would fix the chiller because its a good piece of mind

wow that was fast to burn out your chiller! My chiller has been working for over 3 years for me but doesn't turn ON as much as your system. What was the bad part on your chiller? My tank will still get hot if I go to LED since we have a few days over 90 degrees in camarillo.

They said to replace the controller. Its what cycles the pump motor on and off. as well as turns on the fan. After I would do that, it would give me a code if there was something else wrong with it.

I have the old dial type of chiller. they sell an upgrade that turns it digital, which is what I would have to get.

wow, I have the jbj artica 1/4hp with a digital controller. Never had an issue but it hardly comes on.

so I found out you can bypass the controller. That said, my chiller is up and running

Sweet hows everything in the tank?

Alright, couple things I need to work on.

in other words

really really really bad

haha!

No, I need to glue a few things down, move some sand and pull out a powerhead.

Sounds like fun!

Going to have some update pictures hopefully today. But I have done a lot in the last few weeks.
I no longer have my wave box, I now have 2 MP10wes in my tank.
My chiller broke, but I bypassed the controller(on the chiller) and its now fixed.
Added a few corals, and glued down a bunch of them(finally)
Moved the tunze around a bit. Going for a different direction of flow.
got the sand bed fixed too.

Here is a pic of the apex and MP10 drivers.... kind of get that warm fuzzy feeling. Feel really blessed

Looks good all together, in retrospect to the stand where is the nerve center located?

its on the outside right, I am going to be putting cable sheathing(like on vehicles) around the cables to make it look nicer in the near future. I put it where i did to make certain no water would come in contact with either of them.
Here is a picture showing the location.

If/when I finally get that side stand and small frag tank built, I will probably put it in there(make a compartment for electronics) I have an idea of what I want to do, just don't know when it will materialize.

Ahh, I believe there's a mode to turn off all the lights from the drivers so they don't distract you or the fish at night.

Or does that not bother you?

Jimmy, I know you and I talked about this before, but, with sync vs anti sync. if I have them in anti sync the max flow combined would only be maybe 2000gph, thats pretty much it for the whole tank(tunze is 400? and return is about the same)
If I put them in sync, the total at one point would be up to 3000 gph. if set at 100%.

But at sync, it would vary the flow between about 600gph total to 3000gph total
vs ant sync which would hold it steady around 2000GPH(just the % of how much on each side changes)
So which do you think would be better. I have them slightly off center of each other and they are 4 foot away so I don't know how much they will fight each other(although I know they will a bit)

sisterlimonpot wrote:Ahh, I believe there's a mode to turn off all the lights from the drivers so they don't distract you or the fish at night.

Or does that not bother you?

Actually, the one I got a few weeks ago was programmed that way and I didn't care for it. I like to see the lights moving It doesn't bother me because its in our dining room.

Apparently since I have the most barren tank, I am a good candidate to hold corals until certain members get off their but and finish their 90 gal(you know who you are)
well here are some update pics with the "temporary corals for me"

Looks good! Who are they for :p

dwolson2 wrote:its on the outside right, I am going to be putting cable sheathing(like on vehicles) around the cables to make it look nicer in the near future. I put it where i did to make certain no water would come in contact with either of them.
Here is a picture showing the location.

If/when I finally get that side stand and small frag tank built, I will probably put it in there(make a compartment for electronics) I have an idea of what I want to do, just don't know when it will materialize.

Why do you have a lawnchair in ur tank here? U must have some lazy fish

You know how I roll, I like to keep my tank happy....


.... its a reflection in the glass

Lol nice!

Just got the WXM in and another tunze 6025. Counts is now 2 6025's (one in each corner) and 2 MP10's(one on each side) MP10s are programmed to run antisync(all day) to 100% on reefcrest during the day, 55% of lagoon at night and feed mode during feed mode. Also, the fallback is now slow as well. (constant 30%)

Also, Jimmy lent/gave me his spare PH probe, so I will be able to keep an eye on it, and have double eyes on PH, so the risk of ODing on kalk is a lot lower

So nice thats kinda how I want to go with wave makers

I thought about getting a 6025 for the back wall to keep movement behind my rock structure. How do you like the flow on that pump?

coryg wrote:So nice thats kinda how I want to go with wave makers

What kind?

Sandman wrote:I thought about getting a 6025 for the back wall to keep movement behind my rock structure. How do you like the flow on that pump?

I like them, fairly gentle and quiet. The used one I just got is a little louder than the other one I had, but it is still pretty quiet. The one I got first was so quiet I couldn't hear it.

2 mp210wes and one tunze 6025