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Post by jmerr86 on Feb 23, 2016 20:50:48 GMT -5
I'm glad I'm not the only one that had to use 1×3"s to shim my tank
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Post by fermentedhiker on Feb 24, 2016 9:58:52 GMT -5
I'm glad I'm not the only one that had to use 1×3"s to shim my tank Haha 3/4 in out in 6 feet. Gotta love old houses |
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Post by fermentedhiker on Mar 4, 2016 20:23:32 GMT -5
got a piece of spider wood for the tank. I'm thinking I probably should've gone bigger. It seems a bit tiny now that it's in tank.  |
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Post by spotfin on Mar 5, 2016 8:15:13 GMT -5
Where did you get the Spiderwood? I recently bought a small piece off of Aquabid.
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Post by fermentedhiker on Mar 5, 2016 13:03:42 GMT -5
from the for sale/trade forum on plantedtank.net user mrbluepanda. He has some nice pieces.
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Post by fermentedhiker on Mar 18, 2016 19:22:05 GMT -5
messed with the tank a little. took a couple of those plastic window boxes and cut them down to about 3". Filled it with MGOPS and capped it with Eco-complete. I'll use them to plant the Amazon swords and crypts and leave the rest of the substrate as black diamond blasting sand.  |
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Post by fermentedhiker on Mar 20, 2016 8:23:49 GMT -5
Siliconed the driftwood to a leftover piece of tile from the bathroom floor. I used three pieces of gas grill lava rock to elevate the piece so it won't be buried when I add the substrate.  |
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Post by spotfin on Mar 20, 2016 14:18:31 GMT -5
Looks good. I boiled my Spiderwood for about an hour an it sunk on its own.
What are you running for lights?
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Post by fermentedhiker on Mar 20, 2016 18:04:43 GMT -5
Yeah I wanted to anchor it because even after they are waterlogged they are easy to dislodge when you are working or netting around them. This way it should be a bit more stable. The lights are a single BML fish focus blue(13000k) dimmable LED. I got it just before they shut down their aquarium line. Now all they do is horticulture lighting. I guess there is more money in weed  |
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Post by fermentedhiker on Mar 31, 2016 17:29:07 GMT -5
The rock pile begins  |
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Post by fermentedhiker on May 14, 2016 14:59:20 GMT -5
Finally got the plumbing roughed in. 1 leak fixed and it's going on a half hour leak free at the lowest speed setting on the pump. I'll need to add water to the system before I can run the pump faster than level 2 but I'm going to drill a siphon break before I do that.
I do have one issue though. I need to make a standpipe for the open drain in the pf1200 overflow. The outputs took standard schedule 40 PVC but the inlets are too small. Does anyone know what size pipe it takes? Black ABS is thinner walled than schedule 40 right? If that's it, where can I get a piece?
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Post by jasonandsarah on May 15, 2016 13:16:48 GMT -5
Unscrew the drain and bring it with you to lowes? I always used 1" schedule 40 so idk why they're not fitting for you?
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Post by fermentedhiker on May 15, 2016 14:13:44 GMT -5
Yeah it suprised me as well. Schedule 40 fit f8 e on the drain side. But the inside hole is definitely a tiny bit smaller than the OD of schedule 40. I'm hoping that push coonect cpvc stuff will fit as it looks to be lighter weight.
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Post by fermentedhiker on May 17, 2016 11:32:01 GMT -5
I ended up using a 1 1/4" sink drain tube extension pipe. It was the closest I could find as Lowes didn't have any lighter weight PVC pipe. It was a tiny bit too small but a bead of silicone fixed that. Now the overflow is dead quiet without any water flowing through the emergency drain(the water level is setting just at the rim of the emergency drain).
Hooked up the finnex titanium heater to the apex. It's a single 300W tube. It took it two days to raise the temp from an ambient 70 up to the setpoint of 76. I will be adding a second heater soon, but it's nice to know if it gets stuck on I'll have a couple of days to notice it before it becomes a problem.
I still have to drill a siphon break in the return nozzle.
The tank is in full new tank syndrome mode with the water being a white cloud that you can't even really see through. Now that the pump is running there will be better gas exchange and things should being clearing up soon, as I'm hoping to be able to add the first fish in a month. Mostly fill the filter chamber with reef rubble but need to add the rest. Ordered some scuds from ebay to seed the tank/refugium. Now I just have to sit down and figure out how to neaten up the power cables so it looks clean under the stand.
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Post by fermentedhiker on May 17, 2016 14:52:30 GMT -5
Added the siphon break hole and tested the pump at higher speeds. Looks like 3 is as high as I'd dare go. 4 puts the emergency drain nearly to full siphon(although that's with the ball valve still around 2 o'clock on the main drain.
Also added the 5 quart plastic painters bucket full of aragonite sand for a RDSB of sorts to the first chamber(with the heater and drains)
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