I guess I will go out and get a small scale that measures in ounces. Once I have that, I will get you some hard numbers to compare.
I guess I will go out and get a small scale that measures in ounces. Once I have that, I will get you some hard numbers to compare.
I think you'll want a digital one that measure in tenths of a gram.
A while back I mentioned that I was having a sump built with my new ATS in mind. I had the shell professionally made but put in the bubble traps, dividers and everything else myself. It's finished and working now and I'm happy with the way it turned out.
The sump holds 30 gallons of water
It has the shape of a triangle to match the cabinet for this 92 gallon corner tank
It has a lid that the ATS rests safely on
There is a 2" lip recessed 3/4" down for the lid to rest on securely
The recess and lip catch any water that might have otherwise spilled onto the ground, which is good and has saved me a few times
It has a built in triangluar shaped chamber for kalk. The chamber is up front and towards the center in the picture
An auto top off is hooked up directly to my RODI unit. The FW is fed directly into the kalk chamber and I redose after taking readings each week
I put in 5 bubble catchers
I made a mount for a sock
The scrubber continues to keep the nitrates low at between 2 - 5 ppm.
Here are a couple updated pictures of the tank for sklywag. As you can see, I reposition the rocks around from time to time :lol:.
Lots of room for big fish! Sump looks clean too....
Sump looks super clean. Nice purple tang. I'm hunting for one.
Interesting placement for that pump. No fear of it sucking in Hermits or snails?
I placed the powerhead right in front of a rock that has a good bit of coraline algae growth on it. I'd heard that doing this helps to spead the coraline around the tank. It seems to be working so far. About the critters, I just leave the powerhead running all the time and have had no trapped or shredded critters to date. I'll probably move it again by next month as I'm planning to make fake rock walls that will completely cover the sides and back of the tank like the attached picture from epstein at reefcentral.com.
You can also put a few pieces of coralline in a blender
Your walls will be covered in coralline within six months, so you might not need to do the fake thing.
I ordered a couple of LumenBright Wide mini 250w pendants and made a hood for the tank. The wife hates the hood idea so I'm going to have to change it to a canopy of some sort. http://www.reefspecialty.com/Lightin...duct_info.html
SM, thanks for the suggestions about the rock.
hi! i would like to ask.. u clean ur scrubber every 7 days right..?
well in dat 7th day, do you also clean the box, and wat bout the windows, any algae growing on it..?
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