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Old 05-09-2012, 05:12 AM
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Love that skimmer
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150DD mix reef with 90 gal sump and 40gal frag tank

purple tang, sohal tang, yellow eye kole tang, fairy wrasse. cleaner wrasse, leopard wrasse, and misc fish.

GHL Mitras 6200HV X 2, MP40 X 2, MP60 X 1, tunze 6095 X 2, Vertex RX6 calcium reactor, Bubble King SM250, Aquamaxx bio pellets reactor, Profilux 3
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Old 05-09-2012, 05:29 AM
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Love that skimmer
Are you still happy with yours ?
I'm just learning how to use it
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Old 05-09-2012, 05:31 AM
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This is not the scaping plan
Just evidence that the LR is finally in

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Old 05-09-2012, 05:37 AM
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and it begins
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Old 05-09-2012, 06:03 AM
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LR cured for 3 months in the dark
I lost all the mini brittle stars, don't see the mini hermit and don't see any amphipods anymore
Still have a couple mini clams and a small snail

Can't wait to add stuff !!

SG 1.026
pH 8.14
NO3 0.00 +/-
PO4 0.00 +/-

No other testing yet ... no point
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Old 05-11-2012, 08:46 AM
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I finally got around to setting up this Tunze ATO 3155
I gotta tell ya, when I first walked away from it, I thought it was all good. I tested it by pulling water out with a jug, and then putting it back, and all was great.
I went to the kitchen and started a conversation with the wife ....

Not long after, the Hi alarm went off and we thought it was something on the TV

I ran to the sump room and, after viewing the problem, I unplugged the power supply to the ATO. It had already dumped 1 gallon of RO into the sump !!!!!!!!!

I then spent the next, say, 2 hours, setting it up and I think it's all good now.
So, problem solved, at least overnight, and we'll deal with it tomorrow
I had to add some salt and remove some water ......

My problem, I think, was the chaeto tank.
For those of you that haven't been following along, it's above the sump on a separate pump.

I watched when the chaeto tank level raised, and, of course, the sump level dropped.

I never thought this would be enough to upset the ATO, but it did.
The trick was to set the ATO to ignore all this, yet still work properly

I ended up having to set the Optical sensor much higher than originally planned. It is now very close to the HI level float.

Seems to work so far ... 3 hrs running and no stupid cycling

I cannot post a good pic as the location of the mounts is tight


Useless pic .....


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Old 05-13-2012, 12:55 AM
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The Tunze ATO started acting up
It has been giving me the 'wet internals' alarm
There's no way it got wet, but I took it apart anyway to ensure there's no moisture inside it. None.
So, I've done 2 things hoping to solve this issue;
First, the ball valve from the chaeto tank was not sensitive enough to get the drain level perfect. It was sucking air intermittently, filling the sump with bubbles.
Possibly those bubbles were upsetting the optics
The ball valve was just replaced with a gate valve
I've gone from this ( blue valve )



To this



The other thing I've done is move a relay away from the Tunze Controller, just in case an electrical or magnetic field was the issue
From this



To this



Only time will tell now if it's resolved
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Old 05-13-2012, 01:07 AM
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Now your the one with ocd
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Old 05-13-2012, 01:09 AM
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Lol, ya think ?
Seriously though, the ATO warning was going off a couple times a day
It don't work so well in that mode
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Old 05-13-2012, 01:22 AM
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ATO tank pic
I may unplug the heater - haven't decided yet
Looks like I'm using about 1g/day, so I'll get 8 days before the pump is shut off
The upper float kills both the powerhead and heater, and the lower kills the ATO pump
The relays in the previous pics are for these 2 floats

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