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    Matt's 100 gallon Rimless OBD system

    cool looks great. You baby fishy is so sweet.
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    Suzanne May 180 Gallon Reef Build

    So sinice I have to wait for the bloom to stop.. let's talk Vortech's... I am wondering what the best setting is.. I suppose it depends on what I want to put in the tank...what do you have your vortech's set at?
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    Suzanne May 180 Gallon Reef Build

    Getting tired of the bacteria bloom look...whenwill this ever go away...what am I doing wrong.. Grrr
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    Suzanne May 180 Gallon Reef Build

    So I came up with a pretty easy and cheep portable option.. I just got a maxi jet pump since my other crapped out.. then I attached a long clear tube to it and pumped water out into my sink in the kitchen then pumped water in from my salt bucket in the storage room. Removable.. and NO lifting of...
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    Suzanne May 180 Gallon Reef Build

    My issue is not having the ability to store water in near by locations. So I have one trash can in a coat closet..another in the storage room way across the living room.. I can get filtered water into the buckets and pump to mix salt.. The next trick is to getting the water out of the tank then...
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    Suzanne May 180 Gallon Reef Build

    Speaking of that it is quite the pain in the ass to do water changes for this large of tank.. any suggestions welcome for those with large tanks..
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    Suzanne May 180 Gallon Reef Build

    Yep.. I will be out for a week.. I only have probably time to do a 40 gallon change....
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    Suzanne May 180 Gallon Reef Build

    Ok LONG overdue.. here are the photostream on flickr...100_0157 | Flickr - Photo Sharing! a photo of the haze.. scroll through earlier shots and you will see fishies and clear water..
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    Suzanne May 180 Gallon Reef Build

    Ah sweet... finally figured it out.. maybe I just needed to sleep on it.. I had a light bulb moment and viola..it worked.. Now I can keep an eye on my aquarium while I am away.. Next on to camera...
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    Matt's 100 gallon Rimless OBD system

    Love how your tank is going.. I am behind.. gotta catch up.. I am still waiting for color in the tank and the bacteria bloom to go away.. Hey how did you set up your reactors..PM me with details.. I only have one right now..
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    Suzanne May 180 Gallon Reef Build

    Last night I spent a ton of time trying to set up my APEX controller from my windows phone. So far I can only see the controller on my local Wi-Fi and have not been able to get it to work remotely yet.. which of course is the whole point... grrr... frustrating. However on the good side.. I do...
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    Suzanne May 180 Gallon Reef Build

    So did a water change last night..readjusted pump flow and skimmer flow..we will see if it clears up. I think it could be a bit of both bloom and snails. I caught a few spawning. Hope it clears soon. Rock is still browning no coraline yet.
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    Suzanne May 180 Gallon Reef Build

    I have some pics but I can't get them off the camera because I can't find the adapter to the computer..typical.... So far things are ok. I have figured out how to handle heat and PH fluxes so far this summer..we will see if it works.. I may have to buy a chiller at some point. I have started to...
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    Suzanne May 180 Gallon Reef Build

    What is your method to manage PH? Mine seems to be getting a little high?
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    Suzanne May 180 Gallon Reef Build

    I went to OBD this weekend and picked up half of the CUC. Let see if I can remember all the names.. I got 10 blue leg hermits, 5 red legs hermits, Lots of snails, Mexican turbos, Margarita's, Astraeas(I think) then there are these black ones..can't recall the names of all the snails..as there...
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    Suzanne May 180 Gallon Reef Build

    Well looks like I will go see OBD tomorrow for a CUC. :dance:
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    Suzanne May 180 Gallon Reef Build

    So nothing is happening.. no spikes..but I see algea WP_000513 | Flickr - Photo Sharing! Should I have something other than my mini spike by now? It has been over 6 weeks.. ? No ammonia spike ever. I did have a nitrate spike early on..but nothing since. Everything has been at zero. hmm should I...
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    Suzanne May 180 Gallon Reef Build

    Pics are difficult I am trying to figure out how to photograph the tank with the tools I have... Sorry.. Mostly all you see is a little algea.
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    Suzanne May 180 Gallon Reef Build

    The skimmer is good. Liking it so far.. so cycle is coming along..still no ammonia spike..seems to like .25...just hanging there.. but I am starting to see some nitrate's again so maybe things will move along in the next couple of weeks. I am on week 4 of the cycle.
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    Suzanne May 180 Gallon Reef Build

    ok. GFI outlets and dedicated circuits installed. The tank cycle has been interesting but slow as expected. I have had zero ammonia and nitrites but Nitrate went and spiked and went back to zero. Now they could have been more than zero at that time but we had a family medical emergency so I...
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