SRC Member hamannbmw Posted July 23, 2004 SRC Member Share Posted July 23, 2004 wat about a 1 inch sand to make it more natural and u can have yr DSB in the sump. My set up was w/o DSB, the sand on my main tank is about 2-2.5 inch, as for sump its only bioballs n filter media, my water parameter r fine, Ammonia, No2 & 3 all undetectable..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member YzF Posted July 23, 2004 Author SRC Member Share Posted July 23, 2004 Heard DSB can crash in a few years. My sump not very big also. May be just stick to the DSB in Main tank. Skimmer should come before refigium right. What if due to space constraint, and i place the skimmer after the refigium? Will skim out all the pods? Quote YzF's Tank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member ryan Posted July 23, 2004 SRC Member Share Posted July 23, 2004 hey bro. nice tank! i feel the excitement for you. i love the feeling of setting up a new tank. ok just a few things i noticed. if you plan to use the existing sump you should turn it around, 180 degrees as the return pump should go through a straight PVC pipe and not have 90degree elbows like it has in your pic. the bends will slow down the waterflow and that is something you don't want. the lighting you want to use should be something you want to invest in at the start only as upgrades are expensive and costly as you will make a loss selling off the old. i suggest going for 2x150w mh with 2 t5s or 2x250w mh. with a chiller of course. also do check the thickness of your glass, it should be no less than 10mm. preferbly 12mm and above. the other members will have better advise on the piping and stuff... but IMO if you want to avoid another drilling and risking losing the whole tank maybe use the Ibox? good luck and enjoy the setting up!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member YzF Posted August 16, 2004 Author SRC Member Share Posted August 16, 2004 Finally completed my piping works. No digi cam to take pics. After many weeks of headache, decided to more or less stick to the ex-design. Due to some of the pipings that is fixed, i cannot turn the sump around. And the glueing of silicon in the sump is done in such a way that is against the water flow. By turning the sump around might result in the leaking of the partition on the future. Included a Union Ball Valve to the return pipe(return to tank) to control water flow. Did not drill additional holes as advised. Too troublesome also. Fabricated the durso Redo the sump to house a DSB and refrigium Diy Eurobracing to the bottom of the tank. Dun know got use or not. Quote YzF's Tank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member YzF Posted August 16, 2004 Author SRC Member Share Posted August 16, 2004 Some more prob.. As the tank is from an aro keeper, the hood is low. To make matter worse, there is a centre supporting plank preventing me from mounting the MH in the centre of the hood. Questions.. 1) If i mount the Mh on the 'behind' half of the hood, would it cause 'shadows' if i look from the front of the tank? is it going to be very unsightly? I can only mount another 2 T5 at most on the 'front' half. Make any differences? 2) If i were to fabricate another hood, how much more to fork out? Contacts? Quote YzF's Tank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chselee Posted August 17, 2004 Share Posted August 17, 2004 Some more prob.. As the tank is from an aro keeper, the hood is low. To make matter worse, there is a centre supporting plank preventing me from mounting the MH in the centre of the hood. Questions.. 1) If i mount the Mh on the 'behind' half of the hood, would it cause 'shadows' if i look from the front of the tank? is it going to be very unsightly? I can only mount another 2 T5 at most on the 'front' half. Make any differences? 2) If i were to fabricate another hood, how much more to fork out? Contacts? Well, buy a saw from HomeFIX and saw it off. That all.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member YzF Posted August 18, 2004 Author SRC Member Share Posted August 18, 2004 But wouldn't that affect the whole structure? Anyway to improve the structure after i removed the center piece? Anyone have pics of their hood to show? Quote YzF's Tank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chselee Posted August 18, 2004 Share Posted August 18, 2004 But wouldn't that affect the whole structure? Anyway to improve the structure after i removed the center piece? Anyone have pics of their hood to show? Hi, Maybe you can post some pic on ur hood and see how I can help you. Rgds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member YzF Posted September 19, 2004 Author SRC Member Share Posted September 19, 2004 Here the picture of my hood. Quote YzF's Tank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member YzF Posted September 19, 2004 Author SRC Member Share Posted September 19, 2004 Another one.. Btw i plan to fit in T5s instead. Too much trouble to fit MH. Quote YzF's Tank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member YzF Posted September 19, 2004 Author SRC Member Share Posted September 19, 2004 Since have digi cam, so add in some more pics.. Picture of my sump. H&S skimmer Calcium Reactor (No Media) Quote YzF's Tank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member YzF Posted September 19, 2004 Author SRC Member Share Posted September 19, 2004 Also in the sump area, Resun FR, Aquamedic nitrate reducer 400. Got my teco RA680. No place to put in cabinet so drilled two holes for the pipings to go out. Quote YzF's Tank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member YzF Posted September 19, 2004 Author SRC Member Share Posted September 19, 2004 As for the pipings, i went through a lot of SH** to get everything.. learnt a lot and now become a guru Almost everything is up now beside the lights. Plan to diy 8x t5s. Going to use Aquaz's product due to their affordable price..but even so, now super broke to buy the tubes and reflectors. Already started to stock my tank. Transfered all the livestock from my 2 footer to the new tank. Quote YzF's Tank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member YzF Posted September 19, 2004 Author SRC Member Share Posted September 19, 2004 Now i have.... Fishes; 1 x Yellow Tang 1 x Blue Tang abt 2" 2 x Fang Yellow Tail Fang Blenny (Venomous) 3 x Yashia + one red pistol (Never seen them around!!) 1 x Six line wrasse 2 x Hi-fin Shrimp Goby 1 x Striped Mandarin fish 1 x Fire Goby 1 x Sharknose Goby (1 died!!) 1 x Purple Frefish 1 x Algae Goby (Not Lawnmower) Now i start listing, i realize i already have tons of fishes Quote YzF's Tank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member YzF Posted September 19, 2004 Author SRC Member Share Posted September 19, 2004 Some more pics.. Sharknose Quote YzF's Tank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member YzF Posted September 19, 2004 Author SRC Member Share Posted September 19, 2004 Tank Shot. Sorry for the poor quality shot. I now using a 2 ft Deltec t5 for the system temporary. That's why only one side is lighted up... Quote YzF's Tank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member YzF Posted September 19, 2004 Author SRC Member Share Posted September 19, 2004 For the Corals... Softies Orange Yumas Blue Mushrooms Tri-colour Mushrooms Pink Yumas Green Yumas Red Mushrooms Some other Mushrooms... LPS Octo Branch? SPS 3 x Acros (Given by some fellows reefers to try out! Thanks!) Quote YzF's Tank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member YzF Posted September 19, 2004 Author SRC Member Share Posted September 19, 2004 Acros Quote YzF's Tank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member YzF Posted September 19, 2004 Author SRC Member Share Posted September 19, 2004 Mushy! Quote YzF's Tank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member YzF Posted September 19, 2004 Author SRC Member Share Posted September 19, 2004 Btw what's that LPS beside the red mushrooms in the pic?? I suck big time for names of corals... Somemore pics..Check out the coralline growth!! Got abt 130kg of Liverock inside the system...imagine how much they cost... Quote YzF's Tank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member YzF Posted September 19, 2004 Author SRC Member Share Posted September 19, 2004 Last pic of Mushrooms... Front View.. Pic a bit dark... Dun know how to use camera... Quote YzF's Tank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member dradttg Posted September 20, 2004 SRC Member Share Posted September 20, 2004 As for the pipings, i went through a lot of SH** to get everything.. learnt a lot and now become a guru Almost everything is up now beside the lights. Plan to diy 8x t5s. Going to use Aquaz's product due to their affordable price..but even so, now super broke to buy the tubes and reflectors. Already started to stock my tank. Transfered all the livestock from my 2 footer to the new tank. The Yellow Fang Blenny looks interesting. I saw it at the LFS a few times. Is it dangerous? Do you have more information on the fish? Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member YzF Posted September 20, 2004 Author SRC Member Share Posted September 20, 2004 It only bites when it is threaten. I put in my hand to rescaping and it doesn't bite. Just make sure you dun try to catch it with your bare hands. Always in the open. Nice fish IMO. Quote YzF's Tank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member YzF Posted October 11, 2004 Author SRC Member Share Posted October 11, 2004 3 fishes died in my tank so far. 1) Fang Blenny jumped into overflow. 2) Neon Goby refused to eat 3) Flame angel disappear after i add it into tank. Bought some nice mushies. Hope can show soon as no dc now.. Quote YzF's Tank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sponsor dr evil Posted October 11, 2004 Sponsor Share Posted October 11, 2004 hi bro, u have not get ur lighting until now?? it been some time lioa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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