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  1. nsamouroux

    360 gallon logistical nightmare and no spare time!

    Captain's Oversize Reef Tank Log: Day Four Water still cloudy. May have been a bad idea to run 17,000 gallons per hour over 340 lbs of sugar-grain aragonite sand. Filter socks not fine enough. Magnum canister with micron polishing filter clogging every 15 minutes. Parrot making squorking noises...
  2. nsamouroux

    DIY neodymium cleaning magnet

    Glad to be of service :) These 63 lb magnets are plenty for my 1/2" acrylic panels but for thicker aquarium materials or if you're using it on a glass tank which can handle more scrubbing then the 79lb magnets will be even better. I'm using a 100% polyester felt on the dry side now and a thin...
  3. nsamouroux

    DIY neodymium cleaning magnet

    Owie. I had enough of an adventure trying to pry two of the magnets apart when I wasn't paying attention and they snapped together without the washer / spacer between them. I had to clamp one down in a vice and smack the other one across the basement with a rubber mallet to get them apart. I...
  4. nsamouroux

    360 gallon logistical nightmare and no spare time!

    I was feeling somewhat motivated (or bored) last night so I hauled out the hydraulic 2-ton jack for my truck and put in the additional braces. Everything worked out fine, I put a layer of JB weld between the new supports and the sagging spans, and then coated the outside of the joints with...
  5. nsamouroux

    Seattle / Tacoma local source for filter socks?

    Thanks :) I ended up going to the fabric store and picking up a yard and a half of 100% polyester felt (same stuff most non-mesh filter socks are made from) and making a bunch of them. I've got them running now, but have to double them up to be able to catch the majority of this silt. I've got...
  6. nsamouroux

    360 gallon logistical nightmare and no spare time!

    I only need to raise it about 1/4" or so on each sagging span to get the supports under it, shouldn't cause any problems. As soon as I put together these filter socks and get the water cleared up, then I'll transfer the live rock, fish, and coral out of the 100 gallon tank. There's no need to...
  7. nsamouroux

    360 gallon logistical nightmare and no spare time!

    Thanks! I just got back from picking up the square steel tube from the only steel supply store in Western WA that is open on the weekends. I'll have to rig up a post / platform for my hydraulic jack to raise the sagging beams, put the new reinforcements under them, then slowly lower it back...
  8. nsamouroux

    360 gallon logistical nightmare and no spare time!

    Ahhh. Isn't it beautiful with that crystal clear water? :rolleyes:. Doesn't really look like it, but this is about 17,000 gallons per hour worth of flow running through the tank in this pic. Overflow box in operation at normal water level. It has about 3" more water depth to go before...
  9. nsamouroux

    New tank setup and cloudy water

    I'm having the same issue with my new setup after adding 340 lbs of aragonite sand. The cloudiness will eventually go away on it's own (depending on how many times you rinsed the sand before putting it in the tank) but it's much faster / easier to run some 50ish micron filter socks for a few...
  10. nsamouroux

    360 gallon logistical nightmare and no spare time!

    Woohoo! I just did the math and realized that I'm at 45-47x tank turnover and only using 350-375 watts of power! This is excellent, because the 600 gallons of RO/DI water and 1300 watts of halide lighting will probably be the death of me when the utility bill comes :D
  11. nsamouroux

    360 gallon logistical nightmare and no spare time!

    Well, I had to tinker with the plumbing a bit (had a few drip leaks at the bulkheads) but got everything fixed and tightened down. I also had to cut down my overflow box 1" because the operating water level was too high (1/4" away from top panel of tank) so that when the mega-powerheads were...
  12. nsamouroux

    Seattle / Tacoma local source for filter socks?

    Thanks, looks like a good option if I decide to buy something and have it shipped. I'm trying to get something before the weekend and would prefer a local source for when I need to re-stock. Price isn't a huge issue with these since they aren't all that expensive anyways, but I need to find a...
  13. nsamouroux

    Just how big can an RBTA get?

    Excellent info, thanks everyone! I'll be transferring everything over from my 100 gallon "nano" tank into the new 360 gallon display in the next day or three (as soon as I get rid of the sediment cloud from the new sand) so this anemone will have PLENTY of room to expand as much as it wants. I...
  14. nsamouroux

    Seattle / Tacoma local source for filter socks?

    I'm looking for a local place to buy mesh filter socks (or even the felt type if that's all that is available) to clear up the milkshake effect in my new tank after adding 340 lbs of aragonite sand. Anyone here know of a place that carries at least 100 micron filter socks, or even lower (10-50...
  15. nsamouroux

    Just how big can an RBTA get?

    I don't really mind that it's getting insanely huge, since I'm a couple of days away from moving the contents of my 100 gallon tank into the new 360 gallon tank :) Good to know though about the clownfish / splitting connection, I'll have to look into that just in case! That might explain why the...
  16. nsamouroux

    360 gallon logistical nightmare and no spare time!

    I don't really have any concerns of re-cycling with using the water out of my 100 gallon setup, since I'll be using all of the rock from it anyways. On the other hand, that tank is long overdue for a water change, so I am almost better off just making an extra 80-100 gallons of new saltwater...
  17. nsamouroux

    360 gallon logistical nightmare and no spare time!

    Ok, last pictures of the day, I promise! The plumbing is all connected, the new tank is in position, all the electrical is connected, and my RO/DI unit is WAY too damn slow! (only 100 gpd :rolleyes:). The tank is perfectly level with about 100 gallons of saltwater in it, and the floor joists...
  18. nsamouroux

    360 gallon logistical nightmare and no spare time!

    Well, that wasn't nearly as bad as I thought it would be... I drained about 3/4 of the water out of the 100 gallon setup into a 150 gallon rubbermaid tub and then moved it stand and all over to the adjacent wall. I then plugged the power strips back in, pumped all the water back into the tank...
  19. nsamouroux

    360 gallon logistical nightmare and no spare time!

    Plumbing connections in place where the new tank will sit for the basement sump: The wall where the new system will sit and the "nano" tank that I have to get out of the way: Side-by-side:
  20. nsamouroux

    360 gallon logistical nightmare and no spare time!

    Woohoo! It's in the house now! (and taking up over half of my living room area... yikes). Thanks to Menace78 and his brother for helping out! I'm going to drain the 100 gallon "nano" tank and move it to a different wall so I can put the new tank in it's place and connect all of the plumbing...
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