Christian Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 Cool, Zoas are always nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan H Posted October 31, 2015 Author Share Posted October 31, 2015 Meg wanted to move a plug that was in the Damsel's territory. The Damsel was having none of it, even with death threats. CONTAINS STRONG LANGUAGE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo662 Posted November 1, 2015 Share Posted November 1, 2015 LMAO...Love how you were giggling the whole time!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasReef Posted November 2, 2015 Share Posted November 2, 2015 I snuck a peak at the video while my son was watching Willy Wonka and now he thinks Willy dropped the F Bomb. lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan H Posted November 2, 2015 Author Share Posted November 2, 2015 Willy is naughty... And sounds strangely like my wife. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasReef Posted November 3, 2015 Share Posted November 3, 2015 Haha, yea I was like what, no way, you misheard it. The look on his face was great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+BobcatReefer Posted November 22, 2015 Share Posted November 22, 2015 After seeing the tank yesterday, I read the whole thread this morning just to see the process. Great job documenting the build Dan, although after seeing the final result yesterday, I'm not at all surprised at how well planned out it was. Question going back to the stand build: What is the inside of your stand painted with? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan H Posted November 22, 2015 Author Share Posted November 22, 2015 I know Robert used Kilz primer, but I'm not sure what if anything else. He also sealed every joint. The level of detail he put in the interior of the stand is quite impressive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+BobcatReefer Posted November 22, 2015 Share Posted November 22, 2015 Sealed w/ silicone? Or just made sure he got into every joint w/ the Kilz? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan H Posted November 22, 2015 Author Share Posted November 22, 2015 Silicone. Basically if something were to leak inside the stand, it would fill up the bottom of the stand. I think it can hold about 20+ gallons so hopefully it would contain any minor leaks, and the Apex leak detection would let me know before it's a catastrophe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+BobcatReefer Posted November 22, 2015 Share Posted November 22, 2015 Gotcha. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan H Posted November 27, 2015 Author Share Posted November 27, 2015 Pom Pom crab decided to show up on Thanksgiving. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo662 Posted November 27, 2015 Share Posted November 27, 2015 Looks like he's on the tarmac directing planes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasReef Posted November 27, 2015 Share Posted November 27, 2015 I think it was asking for some turkey. [emoji6] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+BobcatReefer Posted November 27, 2015 Share Posted November 27, 2015 is there a more appropriately named sea creature? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan H Posted November 27, 2015 Author Share Posted November 27, 2015 Ha! Turned him into a gif. That's awesome. It is by far the cutest creature in our tank. He only comes out every few months, but every time he does we just love watching him perform. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShawnKoto Posted November 27, 2015 Share Posted November 27, 2015 That GIF is pretty great, as is the crab Sent from my SM-G920V using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan H Posted November 29, 2015 Author Share Posted November 29, 2015 So in light of the CO2 data in getting from my Netatmo module, I've come to the conclusion that our house must be tightly sealed... The CO2 levels inside can get well above 1000ppm when we're home, especially when we have a few guests over. I'm not surprised as we had the house go through an energy audit and efficiency upgrades last year, and part of that was resealing the doors and windows. So I decided to run a silicone air hose through the wall to the outside to suck in fresh air for the skimmer. So far the pH seems to be staying higher even when the house has high CO2. I'll monitor this over the next few days and see if it makes a substantial difference. And of course I'll post some data. You can see that even though I kept the windows closed all day today, the pH came up pretty good, vs you can see on the 26th, I had the windows open for some time and got the CO2 down really low which spiked the pH. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jolt Posted November 29, 2015 Share Posted November 29, 2015 I have a tightly sealed house too, and my Ph really drops when I have folks over. I also ran an airline outside. It usually keeps my Ph about 0.15 higher than without the airline. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan H Posted November 29, 2015 Author Share Posted November 29, 2015 Wow. It's definitely making a difference overnight. It's at the highest overnight pH by a decent amount. Right now it's at 8.05 and normally it's around 7.9 at this time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jolt Posted November 29, 2015 Share Posted November 29, 2015 + 0.15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan H Posted November 29, 2015 Author Share Posted November 29, 2015 + 0.15 Spot on. That's pretty cool that it did essentially repeat the same data on 2 different systems. Now to see if it continues like this over multiple days. I suppose a big test will be next time we have a large group of people over, or the house gets way up in the +1000ppm CO2 range. The only negative I can tell at this point is the heater did have to kick on more than normal overnight, which makes sense considering it's sucking in 40 degree air at the moment. And of course more stuff going through the wall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reburn Posted November 29, 2015 Share Posted November 29, 2015 I run all my skimmer airlines outside or up to the attic and to a gable vent for this reason. I'm really interested in the Carx effluent line going into your skimmer Venturi. How is that going? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reburn Posted November 29, 2015 Share Posted November 29, 2015 One thing to note if your running a skimmer air line outside it is in your best interest to put a canister filter with washed bituminous carbon that is changed every quarter. This will ensure no contaminants make it into your tank. Like if your neighbor is spraying pesticides or fungicides or other assorted lawn chemicals. They maybe doing this to flea treat their yard, spray for weeds or tending roses or other decorative plants (a rose garden requires lots of chemicals) Some of there chemicals are extremely volatile in terms of wind and tempature. It could be a neighbor 3 houses down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan H Posted November 29, 2015 Author Share Posted November 29, 2015 I run all my skimmer airlines outside or up to the attic and to a gable vent for this reason. I'm really interested in the Carx effluent line going into your skimmer Venturi. How is that going? Seems to be going well. The pH didn't really have any noticeable change compared to the effluent being processed in the air box. The positive thing is that because it's "sucking" on the effluent line, the effluent seems to be more consistent on flow. Good advice on the air filter. I had planned to get one. The chemical sprays is an excellent point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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