LC Scott's 40b

[LC Scott]

Ok, after my first post I haven't posted that much so I thought I'd update people with what i have been up too. Time for some pics.

This was where we left off

A little work and.

The lights are:
top to bottom.
UV 454
Gen-x actinic Blue
Giesemann midday 6500
Gen-x 10,000k

The Plumbing so far.

The water station we are going to use for two tanks.

 

[Krish]

Looking good!! Are you going to build some sort of overflow around the drains? Also, the two returns...Are they sump returns or closed loop returns? If sump return, do you have a hole somewhere near the surface of the plumbing to break the siphon when you turn off the return pump because those nozzles sit very low which means A TON of water that will back siphon otherwise, but let us know.

 

[LC Scott]

Ok so i have a quick question. What type of connector do I need to hook up one of BRS's GFO/Carbon reactor to a half inch pvc pipe? plus can I run the GFO and carbon in the same reactor at the same time?

 

[LC Scott]

Looking good!! Are you going to build some sort of overflow around the drains? Also, the two returns...Are they sump returns or closed loop returns? If sump return, do you have a hole somewhere near the surface of the plumbing to break the siphon when you turn off the return pump because those nozzles sit very low which means A TON of water that will back siphon otherwise, but let us know.

Thanks for reminding me about the siphon breaks, and yes I'll be putting an overflow box on there.

 

[LC Scott]

The hardware store is starting to get sick of seeing me.

 

[LC Scott]

So I have the overflow box done and the sump will be done in about an hour.

Of course Pictures.

 

[LC Scott]

Ok the tank is alive...

 

[dtd87]

"ITS ALIVE" Lookin pretty good!! What is on your current stock list for the future?

 

[LC Scott]

How likely is it.

How likely is it that I missed the cycle?

The info that is making me wonder right now.

I've had the rock for six weeks in saltwater with a heater.
The entire time I was tossing in small amounts of food.
These rocks came for Nicks tanks and had been in there for some time.

Right now the nitrates, Phosphates and ammonia all read 0. (API tests)

I figured with my tossing food into the water this long I would have seen something by now.

Of coarse I realize I probably just need to wait some more.

 

[Krish]

How likely is it that I missed the cycle?

The info that is making me wonder right now.

I've had the rock for six weeks in saltwater with a heater.
The entire time I was tossing in small amounts of food.
These rocks came for Nicks tanks and had been in there for some time.

Right now the nitrates, Phosphates and ammonia all read 0. (API tests)

I figured with my tossing food into the water this long I would have seen something by now.

Of coarse I realize I probably just need to wait some more.

If the rock came from an already established tank, you may not read anything as there may not be any die-off. Quite possibly the rock is already cured. Maybe you can check for nitrite seeing it is second inline after ammonia drops off and before nitrates begin to come up, but if nothing, then it sounds like your rock could possibly be cured.

 

[nate21887]

Hey just getting ready to start one of these myself, your setup looks great, defenetly following along...

 

[crazyfish253]

will the return syphon? looks a ways down in the tank? like the stand and hood looks clean nice and neat

 

[Krish]

will the return syphon? looks a ways down in the tank? like the stand and hood looks clean nice and neat

Do you mean back siphon if the return pump is shut off?? If so, once there are holes drilled near the surface of the water in the return line then he will be fine. It doesn't matter how deep the returns sit, because once those holes come above water level and suck in air it will break the siphon. Hope he has them drilled because that would be a lot of water to back siphon

 

[crazyfish253]

i would test the cyphon break a few times lol how do you know how big of hole to drill???? wont each bend restart the cyphon???

 

[Krish]

i would test the cyphon break a few times lol how do you know how big of hole to drill???? wont each bend restart the cyphon???

Not sure what size you would need on a setup like this. When I added a sea-swirl to my old 75gal which was plumbed into my return pump, I ended up having to drill 2 holes to break the siphon which I started small and kept increasing the size till I got it to where I wanted it where it wasn't shooting water everywhere and still breaking the siphon. Even then, my sump ran pretty close to overflowing so I had to expand my sump and add an extra chamber to it which I think held an additonal 8-10 gallons of water which did the trick. You have to be so careful with these things and be sure to clean the holes periodically as they can get clogged pretty easily. Some people use check valves, but not sure how safe they are LOL! IMO, I like the thought of using two small holes right below the water line. That way, you aren't just depending on one hole that may become clogged.

 

[LC Scott]

will the return syphon? looks a ways down in the tank? like the stand and hood looks clean nice and neat

I have the siphon breaks a little low.

Here is a picture of the sump. I marked the high and low that the tank will run.

I need to raise my salinity a little so I have some extra water in the system and will let evaporation do most of my work for me slowly.

 

[Krish]

Sump looks nice! Also, like your approach to raising your salinity.

 

[nate21887]

+1 with Krish...that is a very subtle way of doing which is great for the stock, a lot of critters don't tolerate rapid fluctuations. Great looking sump as well!

 

[LC Scott]

Just what type of hermit is this?

I'm having no luck trying to figure it out.

 

[LC Scott]

Thought I would update some pictures.