Barry's 120 Gallon Reef

[Siderjan]

More equipment updates. My 5 stage plus RODI unit finally came in from BRS.

TDS into the DI canister. It normally sits around 6 or 7, but I had just turned it on.

TDS out of the DI canister.

Normally I set my jug in the sink while it is filling, but I was cleaning equipment and set the jug on the floor.....then forgot about it.....This is what happens. I won't tell Kim if you don't.

After doing some meat shopping from a butcher in Port Dover that gives excellent package prices, I decided it was time to clean up under my tank and install the new sump that's been taking up space on the basement floor. After 4 hours, and mixing 20+ gallons of water, it's finished. I redid the plumbing to add a valve on one of the return lines to try and quiet it down, but the noise was worse so I opened it back up again. I'll play with it more later. I also separated the returns so I have 2 going into the sump instead of 1. Scrubbed all the equipment clean and re-installed it.

 

[unibob]

Very nice. Got that same unit as you, on same day as you. Must have shipped have shipped together.

 

[Siderjan]

Very nice. Got that same unit as you, on same day as you. Must have shipped have shipped together.

Does your di canister fill with water or no?  Mine doesn't.  Only has about an inch in the bottom of it.

 

[chrisstevens]

Mine does the same

 

[Siderjan]

Mine does the same

good.  Thought mine was broken.

 

[Fraggle Rock]

If you Loosen the canister a little bit while the system is running you can purge most the air out of it.

 

[Siderjan]

If you Loosen the canister a little bit while the system is running you can purge most the air out of it.

Thank you very much.  Worked like a charm and water is now coming out faster.  Too bad they don't tell you that in the instructions.

 

[Siderjan]

I should really keep this thread up to date so it doesn't take me hours to update everything.

I was given an anemone that looked like supreme hell.  I found out it went threw a power head.

I finished my stand.

Back when Christ was a baby, I ordered a 108 LED kit and it finally came in.

How they are going to be laid out.  Blob did a better job of this, but I'm not a engineer....just a dumb window installer.

Trying out the spacing of the LEDs on my homemade heat sinks.

Lastly the anemone that went threw the power head.

 

[Siderjan]

Testing the colours of the LEDs.

Royal Blue - 54 LEDs.

10000K - 36 LEDs.

4500K - 10 LEDs.

Red - 4 LEDs.

420NM - 4 LEDs.

Playing around with how I'm going to mount my Pots.

 

[Siderjan]

Wiring is all finished!!!  Video of their maiden voyage.
http://youtu.be/HsMh5Yc37rg

What my tank looks like under my old 36" 6 tube T5 fixture.
http://youtu.be/yExRONp1aM8

What my tank looks like under my new LED fixture.
http://youtu.be/GNAJhzaASEA

Some picture I took last night.

Hood open.

Stand, hood and tank.

Full tank shot.

Looking down the end of the tank.

LEDs must be too bright for the new nem.

Out of focus picture of my Nuclear Green Palys. Damn I need a better camera.

Neon Green Candy Cane forming 3 new mouths per head.

 

[Siderjan]

Finished the trim on the hood today.

Side

Front

 

[Siderjan]

Picked up a new Acan yesterday.  I'll take a better pictures when I find the camera as my work flip phone doesn't take that great of photos.

 

[Siderjan]

I found Kim's camera!!

 

[Siderjan]

My anemone is on the move.  Here's a couple photos I took last night of it.

Here it is this morning.  I'm hoping it keeps moving cause I really don't want it there.

 

[AdInfinitum]

You can bet it will keep moving... I've kept lots of Condy's over the years and most of them are constantly on the move, not just when unhappy like other species.  They also don't play nicely with most other 'nems (learned the hard way...a few times...) also had more than a few smaller Indo-Pacific fish learn the hard way that this Atlantic guy is a whole lot nastier than LTA's and BTA's.  Hopefully yours is a good citizen but you may find it is best kept with other Atlantic species (although strangely good with clowns which are Pacific...).

 

[Siderjan]

You can bet it will keep moving... I've kept lots of Condy's over the years and most of them are constantly on the move, not just when unhappy like other species.  They also don't play nicely with most other 'nems (learned the hard way...a few times...) also had more than a few smaller Indo-Pacific fish learn the hard way that this Atlantic guy is a whole lot nastier than LTA's and BTA's.  Hopefully yours is a good citizen but you may find it is best kept with other Atlantic species (although strangely good with clowns which are Pacific...).

  Thanks for the info.  I ended up giving it back to Lyle. It tried to eat me while I was cleaning the waving hands off the rocks and wasn't happy unless it was stinging every coral it was near.  So it had to go.

 

[Siderjan]

Picked up a new duncan that Braydon almost killed.  Spoiled little rich kids have no respect for living creatures.

Here it is a week later.

 

[unibob]

Mine looks like that when my house gets to 27, like today. haha. Getting central air asap.

 

[Siderjan]

Mine looks like that when my house gets to 27, like today. haha. Getting central air asap.

My A/C cools it off, but not enough to make it livable.  (I hide in my basement) My tank has been running 80, so I have the hood and cabinet doors open.  It's now running 78.  I think I may need to break down and stop by Tigerdirect this weekend and pick up a couple fans for the hood....might as well hit them FS' while I'm in London.