A noobs first attempt at a tank...by rjengen

[rjengen]

I've been working so much lately...back and forth from Edmonton, and I think I missed an ammonia spike, or at least I hope so. Anyways, not a lot has gone on, I did pick up a 150w metal halide fixture when I was in Edmonton from leducreef (Once I finally found his house...lol) , and bought a 150w Ice Cap ballast for it. Got it all wired up today and mounted in the canopy and it does make a nice difference to the tank.

I'm about ready to take the resun pump out of the skimmer and set it up for target practice, everyone is welcome to come see what happens when a 12g goes after it. I don't know what it is about them, but I guess...well...anyways, I'm trying to find a Sicce PSK 2500 and once it's found, it will be slapped on the skimmer and life should be good. I have the supplies as well bought to add a silencer to the venturi tube. Turns out I have a first get IN-180 (Noob mistake #2 of the thread) and if the new pump doesn't do the trick, I'll end up adding it on.

There is rumor of another Poseidon pump for sale in the Edmonton area (back off...it's mine...just got to get back there!) and I plan on picking that up and plumbing it into my water station as a mixing & transfer pump over to my main tank. I'll post pictures of that mess once I get it all rigged up...I think it should work fairly good, since the same plumbing philosophy has been used in the oilpatch for the last 100 year...unchanged

There's not much that is picture worthy right now, hope to have the controller and OM here over Christmas, then there will be some pics.

Edit...I found out the source of the micro bubbles, the level in the sump was too low. I had it down a bit for the skimmer, but once I raised the level the bubbles dropped off 95%. I raised the skimmer out of the water so it's only in 7" and everything is looking good.

[BlueWorldAquatic]

Looking good Rob.

Sorry I missed you on the weekend, you got my number call if you need anything.

I got lotsa PVC and ends in the back room if you need any more.

Ken

[leducreef]

if you take a 12g to that pump you gota take a clip of that
i wanna see lol
glad the light worked out for you !

[albert_dao]

Ask for a new impeller from your dealer. Gen 2 IN skimmers had a different shaft material. That will solve your issues.

[rjengen]

Just a little update I guess, santa didn't get the hint and I guess I'll have to order the OM tomorrow. I did pick up Dumb and Dumber yesterday though, and the green monster (green carpet anemone) Once I got them in the tank last night it was lights out, and this morning everyone was buddy buddy.

[plutoniumJoe]

Great looking tank. I am impressed with how fast you have progressed.

[Delphinus]

Great looking carpet! Good luck with it!