afboundguy's 35 gallon and display fuge build!!!

[afboundguy]

Finished off covering the colored wires today! Then I noticed my refugium light wasn't working! Ended up being a bad power supply and luckily I had a spare one kicking around that naturally wasn't the same length so I had to move the mounting around to allow it to reach the outlet! I even installed a float switch guard so it blends in!

 

[afboundguy]

Also setup the Hydros wifi feeder on the DT with a 3D printed ring thanks to @Chris.Reef

 

[afboundguy]

Guess the rats nest of wires was so front and center I never realized how dirty the sump sides were so I did a quick wipe down.

 

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[afboundguy]

Made a drip pan for the water mixing station and emptied the two brute cans so I could install it as I was to dumb to install it before filling them up! Filled it with 5 gallons of water and no leak! Based on math it should hold 7-8 gallons.

 

[afboundguy]

Also was having issues with the Hydros iV alkalinity testing as it was off by as much as 2-3 dKh and this morning it was off by 4 dKh.

Got some great advice from the Hydros FB group and reinstalled the iV and bottle of reagent level with the X10 and that seemed to have done the trick! I also reinstalled all the dosing lines and snugged them up.

 

[afboundguy]

Also changed out all my RODI pre-filters and the 3 stage resin stages with a 3D printed resin funnel kit that made it much easier!!

Ironically I actually didn't need to change the mixed resin and anion resin as the cation was the one that was getting exhausted much faster but oh well!

 

[afboundguy]

Been a rough few days as a retired former coworker passed away unexpectedly and yesterday I woke up to the tank not running and overflowing! My best guess was even though I drilled multiple anti-siphon holes on both ends of the ATO line it filled the sump as the salinity dropped to 1.023.

Naturally I had yet to install the leak detectors and I did that yesterday. I also put the ATO pump in the old ATO reservoir that I was still using to top off the QT tank that still gets filled from the RODI brute. I figured it was another layer of redundancy.

I also set it up so I would get alerted even if my phone is on do not disturb mode...

 

[afboundguy]

On top of that the wife got me sick. She's a teacher so she's around germs all day long so I've been exhausted. I wasn't able to do much except update the sticker board and enjoy the mixing station for phyto! It was great I just filled each container with already made SW and then added pool shock to each container! Much easier than filling up bucket with RODI and then getting it up to correct salinity! Got a nice surprise with a sticker from @ReefBum to add!

 

[afboundguy]

Only other thing I was able to do was make up a quick Hydros LED board and mount the @Chris.Reef 3D printed BRS sign!

 

[afboundguy]

Just setup sort of an AWC for the "QT" tank that is acting as a breeding tank for two dottybacks I got at FFM. I plan to plumb the tank into the whole system but I had a few extra small dosing pumps kicking around so I set it up to take 400 ml from the main system and put it into the "QT" tank and then drain 400 ml from there back into main system.

 

[afboundguy]

Raised the shelf above the mixing station by one notch so I have more room. Also got some cheapo Temu/AliExpress things to organize a bit.

 

[afboundguy]

Carbon was way over due and from November 2025! It was pretty cool to see the ORP go right up! I am only running ORP as I had a spare probe kicking around that came with a used setup I purchased so I don't take much stock in it but this bump right as I changed the carbon gives me some hope I'll be able to track when carbon needs to be replaced!

 

[afboundguy]

Tackled some small projects today to give myself a sense of accomplishment. I finished one and should be able to finish the second one tomorrow/Monday.

I had an extra canister lying around that was far from good looking and a 2 canister bracket so I hooked it up with the CO2 scrubber and added water to it to keep the media moister instead of having to unscrew and add a little bit of RODI water to the bottom of the CO2 scrubber canister!

I also tidied up the CO2 scrubber line under the sump.

Next I tried tackling plumbing in a line from the mixing station to the sump so I could flip a valve of two to get SW to go right into the sump instead of carrying a bucket over.

I ended up glueing most of the PVC outside and need to grab a union or two before finishing it up!

 

[Cpage101]

Tackled some small projects today to give myself a sense of accomplishment. I finished one and should be able to finish the second one tomorrow/Monday.

I had an extra canister lying around that was far from good looking and a 2 canister bracket so I hooked it up with the CO2 scrubber and added water to it to keep the media moister instead of having to unscrew and add a little bit of RODI water to the bottom of the CO2 scrubber canister!
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I also tidied up the CO2 scrubber line under the sump.
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Next I tried tackling plumbing in a line from the mixing station to the sump so I could flip a valve of two to get SW to go right into the sump instead of carrying a bucket over.

I ended up glueing most of the PVC outside and need to grab a union or two before finishing it up!

what size union you need sch40 or 80?

 

[afboundguy]

what size union you need sch40 or 80?

I ended up finding some sch40 ones and just glued them last night...