KissMyWrasse/Es355lucille 140g Tank Journal

es355lucille · #1 04-23-2009, 01:46 AM

Thanks Doug....I will be reviewing the use of the bioballs for sure. Raf says this unit is very quiet, but he used different ways to obtain this for sure. Now I checked the drain and its a straight pipe just waiting to be converted to a herbie.

I looked up Herbie on the RC to get an idea of how to do this......still not completely sure, but first look it appears to be a simple setup. Thanks I will be chatting to you about this.

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Originally Posted by fishytime

Dats gonna be saweeeeet guys. I would consider not using the bioballs... unless you religiously clean them they can become a nitrate factory. If the sump is noisy there are other ways of dampening the sound...sponges,filter sock,etc...something easy to remove and clean. Or it may be a design flaw with the plumbing or sump layout that is causing the noise. Is it a herbie style drain,....durso?

es355lucille · #2 04-04-2010, 10:45 PM

So I added the new NO3 & PO4 reducing pellet system. Reactor and pellets from Red Coral. As you can see I don't have much room so I hosed the unit in......everything (dosing unit etc) is spilling out into the kitchen.

This unit is sponsored by Heinz as they provided the stand. Also a piece of hardwood flooring as a base on top of the can.

I was using the Zeo system and finally got the nitrates to ~0.......but I was finding that as I am getting busier that I cannot keep up to the maintenance of the Zeo system. I will still dose some KZ products but I am hoping that with the long lasting pellets that my wife can maintain the system while I am on the road for a week at a time.

walloutlet · #3 04-04-2010, 11:27 PM

Great setup. I have the exact same stand only using it for my protein skimmer.

es355lucille · #4 04-04-2010, 11:35 PM

I am going to leave my phosban reactor running for a week while the pellets start to activate. But I will be removing it and just running one PBR150 with carbon.

es355lucille · #5 04-04-2010, 11:48 PM

Thanks, Sometimes it comes down to what you can find around the house! LOL!

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Originally Posted by walloutlet

Great setup. I have the exact same stand only using it for my protein skimmer.

fishytime · #6 04-09-2010, 02:21 AM

I recently had a chance to closely examine the this tank and all I can say is WOW!...... I really dig your aquascaping B&S....... was really hard concentrating on the job at hand with that tank in the background

if the stand fits huh?(for the reactor)......

would like to "jam" with yous two sometime

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