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Used extra 3/4" PVC to create a small stand for the roller mat.
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afboundguy's 35 gallon and display fuge build!!!
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This is how the two lines are plumbed in currently.
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Put a single bracket on the old carbon/GFO reactor and made it into the GFO reactor and installed the new BRS mini reactor with carbon. Took the bio-spheres out of the larger reactor and put them in the sump. I plan to 3D print a bracket to hold them better
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Picked up 4 Pederson Cleaner Shrimp today from NEMO and some blue legged hermits. I wanted to get just one of the shrimp but the wife said I should get all 4 so they wouldn't be lonely so I couldn't say no!!!
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I picked up a captive caught female mandarin and put her in the remote fuge for several weeks and finally put her in the DT today. Also saw that I lost my orchid dottyback over the past few weeks 
. I've been too busy to realize she went missing and have just been dropping a frozen cube in the dethawer.
She has been eating frozen and TDO since day 2 in the remote fuge and ate TDO an hour after I put her in the DT!
. I've been too busy to realize she went missing and have just been dropping a frozen cube in the dethawer.She has been eating frozen and TDO since day 2 in the remote fuge and ate TDO an hour after I put her in the DT!
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Main reason I moved her is because I picked up a female ruby dragonette who is now in the display fuge! She's already eating TDO and white worms!
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Picked up this large colony of red and yellow Sun corals at FFM and they're finally starting to open up when lights are on!
The shrimp quartet is still going strong and love the new macro I added from FFM!
The shrimp quartet is still going strong and love the new macro I added from FFM!
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Instead of clean up the basement and do other more important tasks I shockingly got side tracked and did a DIY light mounting project.
I used 2020 secured to the 3030 stand. I first cut the 2020 to size and checked the fit on the front of the stand
I used 2020 secured to the 3030 stand. I first cut the 2020 to size and checked the fit on the front of the stand
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The bolts in the Reefbreeder were M6 which worked out as all my extrusion bills are M6! I added the extrusion nuts to the bolts on the light and it got very tight and it's not going anywhere!
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"Final" product. I used left over 3030 angle brackets and they didn't work very well so I ordered some 2020 angle brackets that should clean up the look and make it even more secure.
I also zip ties the cord for an even cleaner look
I also zip ties the cord for an even cleaner look
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In the remote display fuge there were slats and a hole below the water level and I tried gluing GSP frags so water would go through the top slats to keep the top of the water clean. Well that didn't work as there was a film on the top of the water.
I cut a few small pieces of spare acrylic I had laying around and super glued pieces over the lower slats and the hole in the middle and then reglued the GSP pieces to the acrylic pieces. My goal is to have the whole back "AIO" section be covered with GSP!
I cut a few small pieces of spare acrylic I had laying around and super glued pieces over the lower slats and the hole in the middle and then reglued the GSP pieces to the acrylic pieces. My goal is to have the whole back "AIO" section be covered with GSP!
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Little combo train/reef video!
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Haven't been able to do too much as I've been busy at work and been working a ton as I had originally thought I would be having a second more serious upper sinus surgery but after seeing a second ENT they have me on some new medication that is helping a ton so probably won't need surgery. I had been working so much extra to save up since I would have been out of work for 2-3 weeks.
Was able to set up the QT tank and actually put a screen on it and also put a screen on the DT tank as well!
Was able to set up the QT tank and actually put a screen on it and also put a screen on the DT tank as well!
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Added the "female" orchid dottyback I got from @Cultivated Reef after winning last month's photo contest! I asked for the smallest one they had to increase chance she was a she (dottybacks typically start out all female and dominant one turns male) "She" has been in QT for a few weeks and looked healthy and was eating like a pig so I put her in the DT last night.
The male Indigo greatest her with some body twitching that I didn't catch but he was showing interest. After a while the male was being more aggressive and I noticed a ripped tail (he would aggressively grab the last female orchid I had and "drag" her a bit to try and breed) so I turned off the lights to give her some more peace and quiet.
I went to feed the tank this afternoon and didn't see her and thought she was dead and figured she must have been a male unfortunately. Well after I threw in the food she came right out and looked fine!
Here's a quick video from last night when they met.
The male Indigo greatest her with some body twitching that I didn't catch but he was showing interest. After a while the male was being more aggressive and I noticed a ripped tail (he would aggressively grab the last female orchid I had and "drag" her a bit to try and breed) so I turned off the lights to give her some more peace and quiet.
I went to feed the tank this afternoon and didn't see her and thought she was dead and figured she must have been a male unfortunately. Well after I threw in the food she came right out and looked fine!
Here's a quick video from last night when they met.
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Finally got around to starting on a project I have been putting off for quite some time! DIY automated ATO setup with dual float switches!
I have a XH-M203 automatic water level controller hooked up the dual float switches so that the RODI isn't constantly kicking on and getting the worst quality water right after it kicks on. It is wired to a brass 3/4" Ball valve that closed if I would loose power.
Started off enlarging the two holes in the sapphire 5 gallon ATO container for the dual float switch and the backup float valve.
I have a XH-M203 automatic water level controller hooked up the dual float switches so that the RODI isn't constantly kicking on and getting the worst quality water right after it kicks on. It is wired to a brass 3/4" Ball valve that closed if I would loose power.
Started off enlarging the two holes in the sapphire 5 gallon ATO container for the dual float switch and the backup float valve.
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Ran the wire and the RO line and secured it to the basement ceiling.
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As of right now the motorized ball valve is on the input line before the RODI. I need to put the auto shut off valve installed in case the two float switches fail and the float valve needs to kick in but I didn't have a check valve so I ordered one.
I also plan to add two bypass valves so I can flip two cables and bypass the motorized ball valve and the RO line to the ATO resevoir so I can still make water for water changes.
I plan to get one of those shut off valves that shuts off everything when the little filter pad gets too wet and closes the lines as another redundancy backup. Plan to put on maybe inside the ATO resevoir since it won't fill up too high and then also in a container where the motorized ball valve will be.
Worked like a charm and closed the valve like it was supposed to! Now just need to put it under the stand and put the ATO pump in it!
I also plan to add two bypass valves so I can flip two cables and bypass the motorized ball valve and the RO line to the ATO resevoir so I can still make water for water changes.
I plan to get one of those shut off valves that shuts off everything when the little filter pad gets too wet and closes the lines as another redundancy backup. Plan to put on maybe inside the ATO resevoir since it won't fill up too high and then also in a container where the motorized ball valve will be.
Worked like a charm and closed the valve like it was supposed to! Now just need to put it under the stand and put the ATO pump in it!
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I ended up going with a valve that was made for 1/4" RO tubing and it didn't leak! I ended up using a container with one of the RO shutoff switches that expands when it gets wet and I put the valve and the shutoff in a container in case it leaks and so far it's been fine!
I also added a second RO shut off if it gets wet to the top area of the ATO resevoir. I will probably move it on the bottom in case it overflows but I have the two float switches and the big ATO shut off float valve so that's the third level of protection.
I also added a second RO shut off if it gets wet to the top area of the ATO resevoir. I will probably move it on the bottom in case it overflows but I have the two float switches and the big ATO shut off float valve so that's the third level of protection.
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I also started working on the new control boards using some 1/4" chalkboard from Home Depot for the good old RKE!
They'll both mount in this corner
They'll both mount in this corner
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Recalibrated the pH probe as 8.72 was highly unlikely with things still alive... Guess I should do that task more often!
