Gig 'em @ NDstructible Posted January 16, 2020 Author Share Posted January 16, 2020 Yeah the thought crossed my mind, but I would definitely need to exhaust outside where I can dump the heat and it won't just build up somewhere else in the house. Either a portable and vent it up through the attic and through the roof, or a mini split wall mount with a precipitate pump to pump water up and through the attic to an exterior wall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
victoly Posted January 16, 2020 Share Posted January 16, 2020 Portables go to poop when you extend those hoses and that pump will 100% fail if you put that kind of head on it. Do the mini split unless you have an exterior wall. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gig 'em @ NDstructible Posted January 16, 2020 Author Share Posted January 16, 2020 No exterior wall. The closest exterior wall is either the wall of the front porch (no), the garage door (big ol LOLZ), or the other side of the garage where the existing AC compressor is. The other side of the garage makes the most sense. It's on the side of the house, and I just need a line that can reach.... roughly 15'? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
victoly Posted January 16, 2020 Share Posted January 16, 2020 Efficiency is gonna be junk and not operate well with a PAC. They just die mysterious deaths. Does the minisplit still produce condensate inside that you'll have to get rid of? If you mount the air handler high, you might be able to gravity flow it outside. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gig 'em @ NDstructible Posted January 16, 2020 Author Share Posted January 16, 2020 49 minutes ago, victoly said: Efficiency is gonna be junk and not operate well with a PAC. They just die mysterious deaths. Does the minisplit still produce condensate inside that you'll have to get rid of? If you mount the air handler high, you might be able to gravity flow it outside. Oh yes, that's why I said I would need a condensate pump. They sell them for roughly $100 and they just pump the condensate out of the collection pan and through a hose to the outside. I have 1/4" tubing running through the wall right now and the RO waste line runs through the wall and out the garage door where it drains into the yard. I suppose the easiest solution is to open up the wall and feed the condensate line with the RO waste water line and have two 1/4" lines draining freshwater into the yard. That or just settle for the pump and just dump it on the side of the house. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gig 'em @ NDstructible Posted January 19, 2020 Author Share Posted January 19, 2020 I shut down the old tank today, dipped all the corals in Amoxicillin, then iodine, then witch hazel to eliminate any potential bacterial pathogens that could have been causing my coral issues. After dipping the corals, I threw all the rock into muriatic acid baths and then hit them with a power washer. It’s pretty crazy how a little acid and a power washer can make rock look brand new! Then I rinsed all the sand until the water was running clear and spread it out the dry. Later I’ll sift through and pick out all the shells and dead branches.I’m going to let the rock sit in fresh water for a little while and then throw them in the new display. All the fish are now in the frag tanks now, hopefully they can be patient until the DT is ready. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juiceman Posted January 19, 2020 Share Posted January 19, 2020 So you’re going to reuse all of the old stuff? Wouldn’t you have a cycle? I thought you already plumbed in your Frag tanks and stuff? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gig 'em @ NDstructible Posted January 19, 2020 Author Share Posted January 19, 2020 So you’re going to reuse all of the old stuff? Wouldn’t you have a cycle? I thought you already plumbed in your Frag tanks and stuff? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Yes I intend to reuse most of the old rock. The older rock was riddled with GHA, probably laden with nutrients that would leach out, and could possibly be harboring pathogenic microbes that have caused me so many headaches the past year. I thought it best to cook it all and start anew. The frag tanks had a decent amount of cycled rock that’s about 1.5 years old. The frag tank is now seeding the main DT rock. I have some new dry rock from BRS and the old rock from the original DT will fill in the remaining aquascape for the new tank once it’s ready to go in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gig 'em @ NDstructible Posted January 21, 2020 Author Share Posted January 21, 2020 12,000 BTU mini split system has been ordered and is on its way. This thing is much more powerful than the space requires, but considering I don't know how hot this room will get in the summer being in the garage, I think it's better to be conservative in my estimates and over prepare. It just means the unit won't have to run as much as a 9,000 BTU system, but if the 9,000 BTU system couldn't keep up with demands, that would have been a very expensive regret. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gig 'em @ NDstructible Posted January 24, 2020 Author Share Posted January 24, 2020 I found a little baby cardinal hanging out in my blue gig this afternoon. Hopefully the little guy survives! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
victoly Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 dreamy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gig 'em @ NDstructible Posted January 25, 2020 Author Share Posted January 25, 2020 Worked on the aquascape today. Thoughts? Suggestions? Criticism?I also place the new AC unit up on the wall to see how it looked. I think it’s a good spot for it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mhart032 Posted January 25, 2020 Share Posted January 25, 2020 I like the aquascaping it looks good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Dogfish Posted January 25, 2020 Share Posted January 25, 2020 looks good to me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
victoly Posted January 25, 2020 Share Posted January 25, 2020 It’s like my scape and tys scape had a baby. A baby named the maroon lagoon. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gig 'em @ NDstructible Posted January 28, 2020 Author Share Posted January 28, 2020 I changed it again, it looked to symmetrical. The pile on the left will be anemone island 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
victoly Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 It’s gonna have a poop load of coral on it. It’s gonna look great. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gig 'em @ NDstructible Posted January 28, 2020 Author Share Posted January 28, 2020 It's going to need a poop load of coral to cover all that bare rock...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jolt Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 Aquascape looks nice. I like the anemone island! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gig 'em @ NDstructible Posted January 28, 2020 Author Share Posted January 28, 2020 Thanks guys, it’s a lot of open canvas to work with. Looking forward to starting over from scratch essentially. Endless possibilities Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gig 'em @ NDstructible Posted January 28, 2020 Author Share Posted January 28, 2020 Testing out anemone island tonight... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
victoly Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 AKA "the island of regret" 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gig 'em @ NDstructible Posted January 29, 2020 Author Share Posted January 29, 2020 AKA "the island of regret"No regerts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Lecreef Posted January 31, 2020 Share Posted January 31, 2020 I’ve been watching this build since the beginning and I didn’t realize I saw it in person yesterday!! What an awesome build!!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gig 'em @ NDstructible Posted January 31, 2020 Author Share Posted January 31, 2020 27 minutes ago, Lecreef said: I’ve been watching this build since the beginning and I didn’t realize I saw it in person yesterday!! What an awesome build!!! Thanks for coming by and checking it out! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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