Robb in Austin
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I'm with James. Doesnt look like any emerald I've seen.
Hard to tell from the pics, but it almost looks like a stone crab. If so, start harvesting legs and have dinner!
Put him in the sump, if you have one.
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Check Ebay too; got mine for $30 off there.
Here ya go!
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Yeah, mine is a big ole chanel lock too, Craftsman though.
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A wrench and brisket, hmmmm....
When do you want the wrench?
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I think I got ya covered.
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Lemme look in the tool box. BRB.
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Red Sea claims to use salt evaporated from the Red Sea water.
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Dont forget about MAAST.
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Not sure on the sand bed replacement, although a good siphoning wont hurt.
I think if you do a large volume water change as soon as possible, manually remove as much algae as possible, and get the skimmer going you will be in a much better place. Then keep up with the water changes.
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Mike and I are heading your way now to confiscate it.
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Oh yes Mike, forgot about that extra give on the holes. Will have to try that.
Yes, the JG tubing is all the way in.
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I switched the open and siphon caps to see what happened and, lo and behold, the air leak followed suit. So, apparently I have a leak at the Jogn Guest fitting and the cap. Even though the JG fitting has a goodly amount of Teflon tape around it and it's screwed in all the way. I also have a goodly amount of TT around the cap itself. I'm thinking I may run a bead of silicone around the JG fitting and the cap.
I'm somewhat torn about what to do with the outlets. Mike came up with the great idea of using the tees as support/outlet, so my pipework is fully supported. I was going to run a 2x4 underneath the piping as support but all three lines are at slightly different heights so it wont work.
I think if I can get the leak fixed, all should be well. Regardless, the system is working just fine. I may have more water running down the open channel than it's designed for but it's not a build killer.
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Nope. Could only find regular ones. I ordered these on line, and they were advertised as sanitary ones, but obviously they aren't.
I am getting some air on the open channel from somewhere. I suspect it's coming from the union.
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Since Mike wants to see his handiwork during the day time...
The back:
The front:
Still need to add a support bracket for the drain lines and a two hole clamp for the return line. Then, back in the house she goes!
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Are you adding selcon or any fish vitamins to the seaweed? Might be a good idea if your not. Sorry to hear about the angel.
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I went with it for the silent and failsafe part. I knew that SWMBO would not tolerate noise, or more importantly, spills.
I debated with myself for at least a month before deciding to use this system. In retrospect I would have gone with a standard factory overflow. That said, I'm pleased with how quiet it is as well as it's performance in the power outage scenario.
Today, whilst playing with it, I turned off the siphon completely and the open channel pipe handled all the flow, by itself, without a hiccup. It didnt even get close to the emergency pipe.
More pics to follow tomorrow.
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I'd be willing to bet that, of those who bought your corals, the ones that still have them and have grown them well will help you out.
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Can I swing by tonight for a drill and tap session?!
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Ok.
Got a tap that will fit that 3/8" John Guest fitting? All the one's I've come across are tiny. Needs a 9/16" hole, which I can make, but no tap I have is big enough. From what I've gathered it's about 5/8" in reality.
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I will verify the tailspot's safety, and add lawnmower to the list.
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Have you read through the thread on RC? I'm fairly certain there are a number of questions regarding waves, might take some digging to find them though.
If you do go with it, I'd say stick with 1". I went with 1.25" and all that tubing weighs a ton, is costly, and finding some parts has been difficult(sanitary tees to be exact). I imagine you could get by with 3/4" just fine too.
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@Chris; yes, it is the bean overflow. The siphon tube was not setup in that shot. We just wanted to get some water in it and see what happened regarding leaks. It would appear that the system would run just fine as it is in that pic though. It was very quiet and passed the powerfail/restart test beautifully.
@James; Thanks to Mike's expertise the pipework came out great.
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Are there zoa eating nudis? Looking at that picture full size reveals what appears to be a tail coming out the bottom almost directly under the head.
Check on wet web media; but only when you have some time to read through the site. It can be difficult to follow at times.
Here is a link to the zoa predator FAQ part one:
http://www.wetwebmed...hidhlthfaqs.htm
About a third the way down on that page there is a mention of zoa eating nudis. Read up.
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Well, this has update has taken some time to get to...but at least it's here now.
With TONS of help from CR Mike the plumbing is done! Thanks again Mike! You Rule!
This is it running with only minor tweaks needed. Hopefully I can make those final tweaks in the am and move it back in for final placement and begin filling with RODI!! Need to see Dave(Prof) for new rock too!
Here is the proof:
The bottom of the back side:
The overflow with water!
The sump full and running:
The front with water running!
Wellso bleaching
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Going to have to agree with Mark, GIMME, and disagree with Gabriel; mine is worse. Seen my GHA issues?!
Hopefully it will recover for you. I feel that most LPS are pretty hardy corals.