scubasteve92 Posted June 19, 2012 Share Posted June 19, 2012 Looks great! Cant wait until I can have a fish closet like that! Sorry that you lost the fish.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+olaggie01 Posted June 19, 2012 Author Share Posted June 19, 2012 Looking good...I'm jealous. Cheers, Looks great! Cant wait until I can have a fish closet like that! Sorry that you lost the fish.. Thanks Ron and Josh. I'm really excited about finishing the closet as well, unfortunately, I realized that the longest sump that I can use if I keep my current pump (snapper) is about 36". Anyone know of an internal return pump that will push 1000 gph with about 20' of head? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bimmerzs Posted June 20, 2012 Share Posted June 20, 2012 Looking good...I'm jealous. Cheers, Looks great! Cant wait until I can have a fish closet like that! Sorry that you lost the fish.. Thanks Ron and Josh. I'm really excited about finishing the closet as well, unfortunately, I realized that the longest sump that I can use if I keep my current pump (snapper) is about 36". Anyone know of an internal return pump that will push 1000 gph with about 20' of head? This probably would do it. http://www.lagunaponds.com/lagunaeng/skimmerfilterpumps/skimfilter2950.php?link=1422 Cheers, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+olaggie01 Posted June 20, 2012 Author Share Posted June 20, 2012 Looking good...I'm jealous. Cheers, Looks great! Cant wait until I can have a fish closet like that! Sorry that you lost the fish.. Thanks Ron and Josh. I'm really excited about finishing the closet as well, unfortunately, I realized that the longest sump that I can use if I keep my current pump (snapper) is about 36". Anyone know of an internal return pump that will push 1000 gph with about 20' of head? This probably would do it. http://www.lagunapon...0.php?link=1422 Cheers, Thanks Ron. I may need to look into one of those. Tested my water today. Looks like it is time for a water change but since I'm re-doing my fish closet, I don't have any water on tap. Might need to add some LaCl to get the PO4 down a bit. Must have snuck up on me the last few days with all the feedings for the new fish. Alk - 7.392 dkh (a touch low, I'll bump up the doser) Ca - 460 ppm Mg - 1350 PO4 - .09 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+olaggie01 Posted June 28, 2012 Author Share Posted June 28, 2012 I have a question. Anyone got any ideas? I have a very similar water change setup to you, with the FW on top and the SW in the middle. The problem is that in order to get the SW into the container, I need to utilize some sort of hose. Right now I have been using this: Left pipe that runs into the container. But it doesn't drain well and dry salt won't work very well, which means that I need to add water to the salt and that makes a mess. Got any ideas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
(Bio)³ Posted June 28, 2012 Share Posted June 28, 2012 Possibly get a drip ring for hydroponics and mount it around the top of your funnel, have it be a part of the circulation so water is always running down it like water slide, add your salt and let it get swept down. Otherwise you might consider making very strong salt water concentrations and just adding it down that way? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+olaggie01 Posted June 28, 2012 Author Share Posted June 28, 2012 Thanks Chris. I've tried the high saltwater concentration idea and it didn't really work. The ring may be a good idea. I'll have to think of something like that. Wish I had the space for a 200g container, then I could just dump an entire bucket into the container. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bimmerzs Posted July 4, 2012 Share Posted July 4, 2012 Thanks Chris. I've tried the high saltwater concentration idea and it didn't really work. The ring may be a good idea. I'll have to think of something like that. Wish I had the space for a 200g container, then I could just dump an entire bucket into the container. You could alway's expand the closet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bayou Posted July 11, 2012 Share Posted July 11, 2012 I got nothing good but you could add the salt to the top then drain the mixed saltwater down into the bottom tank. Then refill to top with RO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+olaggie01 Posted July 12, 2012 Author Share Posted July 12, 2012 Thanks James. For this current water change, I mixed up some RO/DI water (3g) and 30g worth of salt. Heated it to 90F and pumped it into the bottom tank. Worked pretty well and I avoided a mess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
victoly Posted July 12, 2012 Share Posted July 12, 2012 So this may earn me a smack on the head, but why not have the SW mixing on top so you can access the container lid to dump in salt? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+olaggie01 Posted July 12, 2012 Author Share Posted July 12, 2012 Good question. I thought about the answer and I don't really have one. I looked at some other builds and that is how they had it. This allows me to gravity feed the bottom container along with my ATO. Plus, once the frag tank is setup, I won't be able to access the top container that easily. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
(Bio)³ Posted July 13, 2012 Share Posted July 13, 2012 It would be really cool if you got an pressurized air storage tank, rig it up so its like a potato launcher. It could be neat, load it into a tube, seal it off and hit the button..... BAM salt is shot into the tank at 40+ MPH...... why? well why not, we need the salt in the water some how. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+olaggie01 Posted July 13, 2012 Author Share Posted July 13, 2012 It would be really cool if you got an pressurized air storage tank, rig it up so its like a potato launcher. It could be neat, load it into a tube, seal it off and hit the button..... BAM salt is shot into the tank at 40+ MPH...... why? well why not, we need the salt in the water some how. Why not is right. This hobby needs more things at 40+ MPH. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+olaggie01 Posted July 13, 2012 Author Share Posted July 13, 2012 Got some updates from my last update. I installed the new sump a few weeks ago, and finished up the plumbing from the closet back to the DT. I ended up putting 3-1" lines through the wall. I would liked to run a 1.5" return but the new laguna 2900 pump I bought doesn't need it, so why add it. I moved the fuge and sump last week and brought the fuge back online. I bought an DIY LED fixture for the frag tank, which I hope to get up and running next week. I ran 4 cat5 lines from the DT to the closet so that I could use my profilux to continue to control the lights and tunze that are in the tank. I need to hook up my profilux moonlights but I need to find a 6P6C splitter. I might stop off at the computer store on my way home tomorrow and get one. Least of my worries, but at least I could finish that part of the build side. Here are some pictures. Frags/colonies are doing good. Lost one the other day. Not sure what happened. Just never acclimated to the tank I guess. Old fuge: New fuge/frag tank and sump: Close up: I have a manifold off the return that feeds the BP, GFO/Carbon reactors and the fuge/frag tank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+olaggie01 Posted July 13, 2012 Author Share Posted July 13, 2012 Here is the plumbing and wires running through the closet: And how it looks with my felt cover over the stand. The light in the stand has been removed: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bige Posted July 13, 2012 Share Posted July 13, 2012 Looks really good. Those pipes don't stand out much at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+olaggie01 Posted July 13, 2012 Author Share Posted July 13, 2012 Looks really good. Those pipes don't stand out much at all. Thanks. They are painted to match the color of the walls, so hopefully they will stay hidden (from my wife as well). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bayou Posted July 14, 2012 Share Posted July 14, 2012 Looks great! That new sump looks nice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BBMarlin Posted July 14, 2012 Share Posted July 14, 2012 Great job. Everything looks really good. All that you need to do now is paint the walls Maroon! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+olaggie01 Posted July 17, 2012 Author Share Posted July 17, 2012 New pics: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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bige Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 Nice. Are these the colony's you bought? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+olaggie01 Posted July 18, 2012 Author Share Posted July 18, 2012 Great job. Everything looks really good. All that you need to do now is paint the walls Maroon! I couldn't agree more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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