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DSA 135....
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Well, i couldn't resist the black friday sale and between that and the credits i already had built up, i managed to get a few goodies for the tank. And jesus i really underestimated what i thought would be the size of the skimmer, it took some coaxing to fit into the chamber, but so far so good. I decided against the vertech return pump at this time, going to go with this waveline until neptune releases their pump.
yeah, ruby series, would have loved the emerald 39 but they were out of stock and i also saved about $200 going with this instead. Also, thats the 36 series to give you an idea on the size of that skimmer, the sump is 3 feet long and that thing makes it look tiny.
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That's a good deal! They make nice sumps.
I'm thinking as soon as i get a day off i'll be going to pick up some drywall and 2x4's. I'm planning on building the stand first but 3.5 inches short front to back (what the 2x4's actually measure), put it up against where it will be going, using the tiles i have left from the floor as shims where needed, marking off the wall and then doing the cutting on the wall after putting in some braces for the 2x4's on the wall that will be cut. After that i'll lay two more 2x4's down in the wall to make it flush with the stand height and i should be good to go, just have to put the trim on the drywall in the living room after that and then drywall up the laundry room/fish room/office/storage.
Went to home depot for the plumbing yesterday, hopefully i'll be picking up the wood sometime within a week to start building the stand.
Just a few more items coming in the mail, and hoping to pick up the rest of what i need from reef about in the coming weeks.
Just a few more items coming in the mail, and hoping to pick up the rest of what i need from reef about in the coming weeks.
I recently added a Reverse Durso where the drain enters the sump on my sons tank. Before adding it I got a lot of splashing and bubbles. After adding, nothing. Water is a calm as can be. I put one in my sump on my main system after that with the same results.
I think so too, raising the tank temp a bit though, so I'll see how that goes. .2 higher than it normally is right now. One thing I've noticed, the ph is now spiking upwards since I put the fixture on, it was at 7.96 at 3pm when I put it on, right now at 6pm it's at 8.15
Be careful with alk....don't want to dose too much, too quick.....you'll get alk burn. The general rule is no more than 1 dKh per day.
I'm just trying to keep it stable, i've been able to keep it within .8, i was steady at 8.5 until changing the light, dropped to 8.2, upped the dose, checked again 6 hours later, dropped to 7.7, checked it three times to confirm, upped the dose, this morning i'm at 8.1, i'll ride out the day and see how it goes. If it keeps going up i'll level it off at 8.5.