Yea, I'll probably add a water alarm at some point. The check valve in the ATO line would have prevented this, but once I have the discharge end mounted so it's above the tank top, I shouldn't have that issue again.
Since I'm here, I'll add some small updates.
Here is the view with the side door removed, showing the manifold area. It looks like the valve handles will hit the wood, but they all have just enough clearance to work fully open or closed.
You can see the full view in the first pic, showing my ATO container and all. To get it out to refill, I just have to lift it about an inch, spin the right side out, and then pull it straight through sideways. Then I can set it on the floor to open the top. It's easy enough to get it in and out, even when full. The second pic is a closeup of the valves. Left one goes to the UV filter, next one will be for my water changes, last two are for my Carbon and GFO reactors. I'll put labels on all of them at some point so that if anyone needs to maintain the tank for me it will be easy to give instructions.
I didn't get any pics of the reactors yet but, after taking these pics, I completed my Carbon/GFO reactor separation and got those mounted in the side cabinet on the left. They are fully operational now and I love how I can control them separately.
Bad news is that since adding these, my UV flow dropped to about 200 GPH. When I set it up, I was pushing the lower limits at 300GPH as it was, but now I think that the flow is way too slow through there. I may end up having to run that on a separate pump after all.
Either that or I can upgrade the DC 6000 to a DC 10000. I was planning to get that one originally, but they were out of stock when the GB was going on.
I guess another option I can try is partially closing the valve on the return line (after the manifold). I tried it at first and the UV pressure went up, but it also filled my return chamber of my sump pretty fast so I had to open it back up. Maybe if I just remove some water volume from the system I might be able to find a good balance? Will report back on that later when I get a chance to mess with it.
Also, I got my 2 dosing pumps mounted in my side cabinet too. As some of you may know from my other thread, I was unsure how I wanted to run the discharge end of them so they are not online yet. I still need to calibrate them and get my controller reprogrammed for them to work right anyway, so it might be a few days before they are running.
Finally, now that I know where each piece of equipment is going to be plugged in, I started working on my new Reef Angel code. I ran through the wizard program and assigned all the power ports and their functions, LED fixture times and hi/lo percents, etc. Now I just need to add my customizations in there. I know they updated the libraries for the coding, so the terminology that I used in my current code may not work the same... but I shouldn't have too much trouble porting it over to the new one. I'm hoping to have that done by the weekend.
Since I'm here, I'll add some small updates.
Here is the view with the side door removed, showing the manifold area. It looks like the valve handles will hit the wood, but they all have just enough clearance to work fully open or closed.
You can see the full view in the first pic, showing my ATO container and all. To get it out to refill, I just have to lift it about an inch, spin the right side out, and then pull it straight through sideways. Then I can set it on the floor to open the top. It's easy enough to get it in and out, even when full. The second pic is a closeup of the valves. Left one goes to the UV filter, next one will be for my water changes, last two are for my Carbon and GFO reactors. I'll put labels on all of them at some point so that if anyone needs to maintain the tank for me it will be easy to give instructions.
I didn't get any pics of the reactors yet but, after taking these pics, I completed my Carbon/GFO reactor separation and got those mounted in the side cabinet on the left. They are fully operational now and I love how I can control them separately.
Bad news is that since adding these, my UV flow dropped to about 200 GPH. When I set it up, I was pushing the lower limits at 300GPH as it was, but now I think that the flow is way too slow through there. I may end up having to run that on a separate pump after all.
Either that or I can upgrade the DC 6000 to a DC 10000. I was planning to get that one originally, but they were out of stock when the GB was going on.I guess another option I can try is partially closing the valve on the return line (after the manifold). I tried it at first and the UV pressure went up, but it also filled my return chamber of my sump pretty fast so I had to open it back up. Maybe if I just remove some water volume from the system I might be able to find a good balance? Will report back on that later when I get a chance to mess with it.
Also, I got my 2 dosing pumps mounted in my side cabinet too. As some of you may know from my other thread, I was unsure how I wanted to run the discharge end of them so they are not online yet. I still need to calibrate them and get my controller reprogrammed for them to work right anyway, so it might be a few days before they are running.
Finally, now that I know where each piece of equipment is going to be plugged in, I started working on my new Reef Angel code. I ran through the wizard program and assigned all the power ports and their functions, LED fixture times and hi/lo percents, etc. Now I just need to add my customizations in there. I know they updated the libraries for the coding, so the terminology that I used in my current code may not work the same... but I shouldn't have too much trouble porting it over to the new one. I'm hoping to have that done by the weekend.
