Isaac Posted December 18, 2017 Author Share Posted December 18, 2017 skimmer neck cleaner update.... inside... top... on skimmer... clearance... I think the NEMA17 motor might be underpowered, and the power brick i used might be underpowered. so we'll see if it moves much in the next couple hrs. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isaac Posted December 25, 2017 Author Share Posted December 25, 2017 as expected, needed more torque and power. repurposed an old powersupply shell too.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jolt Posted December 25, 2017 Share Posted December 25, 2017 More torque and power is almost always a good thing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isaac Posted December 31, 2017 Author Share Posted December 31, 2017 On 12/25/2017 at 11:35 AM, jolt said: More torque and power is almost always a good thing! thats what she said? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isaac Posted January 1, 2018 Author Share Posted January 1, 2018 Happy new year! (first 2018 post! hehe) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isaac Posted January 8, 2018 Author Share Posted January 8, 2018 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isaac Posted January 9, 2018 Author Share Posted January 9, 2018 sitting at ntb dropping cash on new tires (and not corals) across the street from rca is just cruel. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Isaac Posted February 1, 2018 Author Popular Post Share Posted February 1, 2018 new guy! I been waiting for a larger imperator which still had juvi colors for awhile! 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted February 1, 2018 Share Posted February 1, 2018 new guy! I been waiting for a larger imperator which still had juvi colors for awhile!Sweet! You're back in my "You're a cool guy" book. [emoji41] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isaac Posted February 1, 2018 Author Share Posted February 1, 2018 6 minutes ago, FarmerTy said: Sweet! You're back in my "You're a cool guy" book. wait, when did i drop off? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted February 1, 2018 Share Posted February 1, 2018 wait, when did i drop off?Shhhh.... Let's not dwell on the past Isaac... [emoji23] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isaac Posted February 2, 2018 Author Share Posted February 2, 2018 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 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jolt Posted February 2, 2018 Share Posted February 2, 2018 Algae scrubber 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isaac Posted February 2, 2018 Author Share Posted February 2, 2018 1 minute ago, jolt said: Algae scrubber 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted February 2, 2018 Share Posted February 2, 2018 Contain the tesseract. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RicordeaFreak Posted February 2, 2018 Share Posted February 2, 2018 29 minutes ago, jolt said: Algae scrubber Beat me to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isaac Posted February 4, 2018 Author Share Posted February 4, 2018 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 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isaac Posted February 4, 2018 Author Share Posted February 4, 2018 already redid the lid.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isaac Posted February 4, 2018 Author Share Posted February 4, 2018 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? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jolt Posted February 4, 2018 Share Posted February 4, 2018 If you did not live so far away .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isaac Posted February 5, 2018 Author Share Posted February 5, 2018 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) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isaac Posted February 6, 2018 Author Share Posted February 6, 2018 start of day 3... already seeing some growth! very little, but its def there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isaac Posted February 7, 2018 Author Share Posted February 7, 2018 start of day 4... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isaac Posted February 7, 2018 Author Share Posted February 7, 2018 3 full day side by side: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocks Reef Posted February 7, 2018 Share Posted February 7, 2018 You don't need to overfeed to get it working. It will take time to start to grow. At first, you will get like a slime layer on the screen. Remove that after about a week. You will slowly start seeing the green algae taking hold. Mine took about 2 weeks to start growing green algae...now, it grows it like crazy!! If you need help, contact me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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