chrisfowler99

Wish my swing was just 2.3 degrees. I think I'm about to have to add some fans. I go about 4 degrees...78 at night and up to about 82 during the day... The MH lights are huring my temp and my pH... But they look great.

I may be there. Original plan was to be leaving for vacation on Saturday, but thinks have changed and we might not be leaving until Sunday...if so I've gotta see the tank!

That "guy" who went with him was his wife...and she was free diving too. It wasn't a single shot, though it was made to look like one. Dean's Blue Hole is actually deeper than any free-diver has ever gone. Not sure exactly how they pulled the whole thing off, but it all comes out to a really cool video.

ok...sounds like I need to hook the drain tube up to my skimmer and drop it in a bucket...fun!

Same results today...really not sure what to do.

Did a water change this morning. I don't know if I should leave it bubbling into the tank or off...

Nope...says leave the skimmer on.

Seemed to start the day after I dosed Red Slime Remover, but I'm not sure if it's a coincidence or not. I came home the day after I dosed to find bubbles coming through the return to my tank. My first thought was that my ATO had gone out and the return pump was running dry. Wrong. water level was fine. The skimmer was pussing micro-bubbles back out the bottom. I tried making some adjustments and the only one that seemed slow the microbubble "overflow" was skimming extremely wet. By extremely I mean clear, fill the cup in 10 seconds wet. I pulled the skimmer this morning and found a shell in the intake to the pump. I thought that was going to be it...apparently that had nothing to do with it. This is an SWC Extreme 160 Cone. The microbubbles are coming out of the area where you can adjust the water intake. There are so many bubbles generated they're filling the cone and then the area around the pump (which is under the cone). I'm stuck. Anyone have any ideas?

Weird...looks small for 1200 gallons. This is a 1000 gallon tank in Thailand that looks larger:

Pretty much the going price for a decent sized Sherman...

That sucks.

maybe I need another 40 hermits or so... I think my original problem stemmed from contaminated RO/DI water. I've solved that issue and my water is coming in clean, but I am unable to win the war that was started long ago. I think flow is my current issue. I seem to have some dead spots. Another Vortech is on the way...overkill for a 75g, but I'll be upgrading in the coming months. With two Vortechs, though, flow should no longer be an issue.

I used the red slime remover with some success a few months ago...I'm about to try again after my next water change. But TLC might be the longer term solution.

Gotta pick some of this up...I'm fighting a losing battle with red slime...

Glad he got out

Gotta try to pull one this weekend...should be an adventure. LOL

I'd recommend wearing knee-braces and floaties, just in case.

Looks so clean!

looks like you got enough to fill the order.

5' is all the room I have. Plus my light rig is a custom built (by me) setup that's at 48" right now. I might have to rerig it to 5', but that's just more aluminum angle bars and pop rivets.

I'd love to. You want to sell me yours. I haven't been able to find any except one on ebay and they have the price jacked up as high as the apex. Sooo tempting...LOL

I have an Aquacontroller III and I love the thing. I'm still considering an upgrade to the Apex so I can add on the Vortec module, but I'll probably end up timing that with my summer system upgrade. I'm probably going to actually end up with the Apex Lite...I can't find a reason to want the full blown Apex at this point. I don't have Tunze powerheads or use dimmable lighting... As far as wireless, a wireless bridge should work fine. I don't think it has wireless networking built into either module. I have a DC4 HD and a DC8...and I'm running out of outlets. My lights use three outlets on the DC4HD and I believe I'm using 7-8 outlets on the DC8. So you'll probably want to consider a second EB8 (Apex version of the DB8) module.

Good point. At 5', I think I'm still ok in the rimless area with 1/2" glass...at least that's what the calculators seem to say. Glass cages, however, only builds a 5x2x2 tank (non-custom order) with what appears to be eurobracing on the front and sides and a cross-brace. They don't list a 5x2x2 rimless. I'm definitely going to have to visit some knowledgeable people at the end of this month.

Good prices. I'm loaded up right now, but I'll definitely be in on a later order. I'm loving the stuff.