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05-19-2013, 07:17 PM
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Thank you very much!
 Here's where it connects to the sink. I bought the part at Home Depot for $6 I believe. I glued the hose into it to make sure it doesn't pop out. It's actually making me pretty nervous about popping off. Then it goes to this:  And yes, the waste water goes down the drain. 
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05-25-2013, 07:15 AM
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Just a weekly update!
Added a few lovely frags from Fragbox.ca, looking forward to watching them grow out. Also went shopping at J&L again. Walked out with another Phosban reactor for carbon, and a speedwave DC pump to replace my rio+ as I've heard good things about them, and after reviews I've had second thoughts about it, but unfortunately haven't figured out a good way to add it to my existing system. Things are getting pretty crowded in the sump, I'll try to figure out a better plumbing scheme to keep things out of the sump.  I'm also looking to plum the reactors together something like this:  I picked up the wrong fittings from Home Depot today, so I'll have to make another trip out there tomorrow. I also added a Jebao WP40 wavemaker to the mix. I'm still not sure if I like it or not. I had to put some floss in the overflow to keep it from making the slapping sound of water sloshing all day. Here's the "command center."  Ca: 440 Mg: 1400 PH: 8.0 Temp: 27.5 Phosphates: 0 Nitrate: 0 
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05-25-2013, 07:39 AM
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05-26-2013, 06:44 AM
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Some new additions to the tank this week: Dendro, purple acan, yuma ricordea, gobstopper zoas, a small green clove polyp, and some unknown zoas.
Stopped by Loews today. Who would of thought they would be the Mecca of plumbing? Home Depot never has what I'm looking for it seems. Plumbed the new return pump (speedwave), added two Phosban reactors chained with GFO and carbon. Here's the speedwave. One of the great things about this is, I can control the water level in the sump with the controller. I have it at about 60% so my water level in my tank stays high, and the level in the sump stays where I want to. I had a lot of problems with the water level because I had to use the ball valves to restrict the flow and try and maintain a specific water level within the sump so my skimmer doesn't overflow - which is loud and obnoxious.  Also had second thoughts about the fuge light I had, so I picked up a cheap gooseneck clip on light and a 6500k daylight bulb. Should work well for chaeto growth in the fuge. The whole setup cost less than $20  I plumbed the reactors together. The powerhead is in the first overflow stage, then up and over into the carbon, then into the rowaphos and back over and down into the first stage again. Once I had everything in, I realized I forgot to put my skimmer back in. Once I put everything together, and started it up - no leaks, and everything ended up doing exactly what I wanted to! The skimmer fit like a glove.  Here is it all working together. A lot quieter now without the rio!  Last edited by neoh; 05-26-2013 at 06:49 AM.
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05-27-2013, 07:35 AM
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Ever been stung by a hammer? I was moving some corals around this evening, and just barely grazed my arm over it (I didn't even know I did it) then bam! Sudden pain up my arm. The only thing I can describe it as is about the equivalent to brushing stinging nettle. Yowza.
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06-08-2013, 06:08 AM
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no never been sting by a hammer(i feed my carpet new mysis by hand and was stung by that one time tho )
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06-08-2013, 06:10 AM
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o btw we need more picturs please
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06-09-2013, 05:11 PM
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I added some new inhabitants last night
 A large fox coral from J&L, some more CUC as my snails aren't keeping up anymore, and 'barney' the red sea star. I think he's pretty neat. Here's my "acclimation station."  And another FTS. 
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