Time to Finish this...
Well... time to revive the tank project now that life has calmed back down. No there isn't water in the tank yet, but I am happy to say that I did fill the tank to make sure the seams were still good. I also have a bunch of plumbing fittings and other "stuff" sitting on the fish room counter next to me.
So what have I gotten done since the last update almost 2 years ago... not much. But I have managed to be productive the past week or so. I put the float switch assembly for each of the 35 gallon holding tanks together. There is an upper and lower switch for each tank. These will be connected to the Apex and will take care of low water notifications and allow the Apex to control the solenoid valve on the RODI unit. I also finished my RODI plumbing and included a 3 gallon drinking water storage tank so I would have RODI on tap at the sink when needed.
Float Switch Assembly
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110v Solenoid Valve (normally closed)
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I have all of the plumbing for the storage tanks dry fitted as well.
Water Storage System
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I think I also have a solid solution planned out now for water changes using an Neptune DOS. This is one very cool dosing pump. I know there is debate over the effectiveness of incremental water changes, but I am going to try it as any water change is better than a water change that simply doesn't get done.
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That's about it for now. I am going to have the sump built in the next couple of weeks, I need to build the light rack, glue some PVC together and we might just have a fish tank on our hands. Also need to run the wires for all of the various Apex components (salinity, leak detection, light control, etc). Figure out the best place for the GFO and carbon reactors (external) and decide if I want to use my 8 year old AquaC skimmer or look at something newer...
Hopefully I'll actually get water in this thing this time...
