Isaac

start of day 3... already seeing some growth! very little, but its def there.

i been cpu mining eth for a little bit... just havnt justified getting risers and video cards to gpu mine. i'll take my measly 0.00166477 ETH and go home now (cry)

did the lights get stuck on?

did someone clean you desk w/ something and the overspray got in it? heater fail?

this area uses chloramines, so you need an extra carbon stage at minimum. I've got a 6 stage (been debating going 9 recently). sediment+granulated carbon+1mic carbon block+RO+DI+DI. I'd like to add a normal "fridge" carbon way up front, replace my 1st Di w/ anion-DI, 2nd di w/ anion-DI, then the 2 original mixed-bed DI. why 2 of each? I "refresh" my Di to save some money. the 1st of each is the recycled stuff, the second in each pair is new stuff... this adds some redundancy if i messed up my recycling process. I currently do it w/ the mixed bed stuff, i'd like to do it w/ anion once i get $$ and time to add 2 more stages.

Only suggestion i'd give is... make sure the reactor you choose uses a common recirc pump, not some inhouse or offbrand. ie. my carx uses an eheim1260, and i can replace it as needed easily. if you calculate the volume correctly, you only need to "refresh" the media every 6 to 12mo. if you go too small, it will "slush" up too quickly and be a maint nightmare. if you go too large, your efluent flow would have to be lowered to the point it is susceptible to clogging. on my 180DT+, I run a "marine life aquatics CR-500" 21" x 4"diameter @ 0.15ml/min. I use a.r.m. coarse w/ neo-mag (9:1 ratio). apex ph settings: If CaRktr > 6.61 Then ON If CaRktr < 6.58 Then OFF If pH < 7.89 Then OFF Defer 005:00 Then ON I have to get my #10 co2 tank refilled about every 6-9mo. (im actually due now!). I have a backup tank (#5) to run on if i cant get it refilled that day (or its a weekend). I use a "Milwaukee MA957 CO2 Regulator," but this isnt the best one out there.

start of day2. i see a little algae, not much to write home about. some detritus at the bottom. hopefully i remember to take daily picts so i can make a progression gif [emoji4] NO3: 30ish (api) PO4(3-): 0.20 (Hanna low) after reading up some more, it appears i might have to overfeed if this thing takes off... so my current daily feeding/dosing: -1 cube of each: mysis, brine, krill -6 drops of garlic -1 tiny spoons (reef chili spoon/chemiclean) of each: reef roids, reef chili -1.25ml of each: kent microvert, kent chromaplex, kent phytoplex, kent strontium & molybdenum, potassium, zoe -2.5ml of each: brightwell zooplantos-L, brightwell zooplanktos-M -2.5ml brightwell koral kolor -7.5ml kent Coral accel (weird measurements, see first post)

1st post updated, diagrams updated. I still need to add many corals to the list, but i cant remember half of them.... who wants to come over and help?

already redid the lid....

Algae Scrubber! (well, just a temp one i hope) petco $10 10gal tank 3/4" bulkhead from home depot $14 1 1/18" diamond holesaw from HD $22 2x grow light led panels $49 https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B071XHQQWF/ ...the rest i already had at the last minute, i forgot to rough up the netting and "seed" it

technically, it was a heat removing machine

anyone up for a small-ish acrylic build? width=12" height=14" (or 12" if thats whats onhand) inner_depth=6" panel_depth=1" panel_edge=1" two inner walls clear everything else opaque and if anyone guesses whats this for, you get an imaginary cookie

wait, when did i drop off?

new guy! I been waiting for a larger imperator which still had juvi colors for awhile!

organized very nicely... ocd approved!

and im the ocd one?

looks like its almost done, awesome. when is the party you promised us when it was finished eh?

sitting at ntb dropping cash on new tires (and not corals) across the street from rca is just cruel.

Mine is slightly more complicated. I have a button wired off my breakout box as a feed button. That triggers a 20min off period for the skimmer w/ the defer, then the skimmer has its own 15min off from the defer. the reason I went this route was, i wanted to trigger other things to cause the skimmer to turn off, not just feed. but i wanted feed to have a longer off period too. Since neptune doesnt have the ability to have multiple "if's" in a statement, you end up having a mess w/ virtual outlets like this one.

first chemiclean run on this tank ever...ugh. Post water change... tired of watching the skimmer bucket. setup a 5gal w/ a camera (motioneyeos on raspberry pi3). tossed some mini bioballs in so the camera would focus on the water level. smaller lid (from the normal bucket) has a float valve on it... if yer wondering wth is going on there.

Happy new year! (first 2018 post! hehe)

how about just a screenshot or two to simplify things? the initial/on/off all depend on the size of your tank and location of your powerheads. Ty changes his wave-type by changing the on/off delays. I just change the intensity the "synchronize" offsets the two powerheads so they alternate.

thats what she said?

i love watching this come together... but man i just wanna see water in it already!!!