So the tanks been running about 2 months now and everything looks fine. Got my daily and weekly maintenance routines down. They are not as bad as I was expecting (testing et all).
Just waiting on a BRS bulk order before I get started with dosing (should be around Tuesday). Diatoms continue to recede and the corals appear to be happy campers. No sign of nuisance algae (knock on wood).
My first water change proved to be a bit of a nightmare, and took far too long to mix and heat the new SW.
So I've tried to simplify and speed it up a little with a Friday night project.
Step 1 : Gather necessary items to construct a portable mixing station.
It's a 32 gal Brute with a Speedwave 790, air pump and Jager 300W heater.
Step 2 : Put it all together while trying to watch 'Girls' on the PVR with the wife. Damn... that show is funny!
Here is the mixing side assembled (with a little bit of influence from
daplatapus)...
...and the filling side, with the piece that goes into the tank missing.
Step 3 : Try to justify the cost to the wife.
I think I will have an acrylic top fabbed up in the future to mount a ro/di float valve, the air pump, a heater bracket and electrical plugs. For now I will probably just notch out the lid.
Thanks for looking.