Carlos 60 gallon new tank

[carlos_fb]

Krish, I saw that you have an AquaC EV-Series Skimmer. How do you like it? I thought they were suppose to be in-sump.

I was thinking that if later on I need a fuge for my system, I would need to replace my Octopus NW-150 skimmer with an external one and the AquaC EV120 looks like a good option.

What do you guys think?

 

[Krish]

It was a pretty nice skimmer Carlos...No complaints. It is made for either insump or external use. On my 38gal cube I had it in sump and on the 75 gal I had it external. The main thing with them is the gate valve needs to sit above water level. I chose that skimmer over any of the others at the time because it could be used externall as I didn't have space in the sump for any other skimmers. I'll fetch you a pic of how it was insump with the gate valve above water level

 

[Krish]

Here it is in-sump when I had the 38gal cube

 

[carlos_fb]

I see what you mean. I would need to install it externaly since I would be using that room for the fuge. Is there any other good external skimmer that I look at?

 

[Krish]

Not sure...Most of the ones I'm familiar with are in sump. Maybe you can start a new thread dedicated to it to get a bit more views and feedback

 

[Scooterman]

Euroreef but they are expensive! Let me dig into this some tomorrow & I'll find you a good external skimmer!

 

[carlos_fb]

Cool! thanks Krish & Scooty

 

[carlos_fb]

I put the tank back together this afternoon and even though I haven't finished rearranging the aquascaping, I can't believe how much BETTER the tank looks now! seriously, it looks so much nicer!

In another note, the holes I drilled in the elbows to prevent back siphoning didn't work so I will have to replace them again!

Tomorrow I will finish putting it back together and I will take some pictures.

 

[brady816]

looking forward to it man

 

[Krish]

Sounds great Carlos! I'll keep an eye out for the pics

 

[Scooterman]

Any Update Carlos?

 

[carlos_fb]

Sorry I haven't updated this in a few days. It's been a crazy week!

Anyway, I put it all back together last Friday and I finished with the aquascaping on Tuesday. I'm going to wait until Sunday to test the water again.

Here's a picture I took Today. I LOVE how the background looks. What do you guys think?

 

[Krish]

Looks great man!!! Matches very well!

 

[Scooterman]

Time for some fish in that tank!

 

[carlos_fb]

I know Scooty but I imagine that Nitrates might be high right now because of all this. Last week I had to past in a pair of perculas, they were awesome looking, I need to stop missing out.

 

[carlos_fb]

Nitrates!!!

I just tested the nitrates and they are still at 35!!! I can't believe it!

 

[Scooterman]

Well after all that, I'd say that is really good LOL!
Man you sure you want to do this hobby
You'll get fish in there man, it will be super exciting I know!

 

[carlos_fb]

You think it's good? I must be missing something here LOL

What should I do now? more water changes? no crabs yet?

 

[Scooterman]

No, it is good for moving everything In & out like that, sorry wasn't clear. Check it again next week.

 

[Krish]

I agrew with Scooty...Sometimes pulling down will cause a small cycle or throw things out of whack a bit, but you are sitting nice. See what happens by next week