WarDog's Tank Thread : Episodic Trial And Error

[hillegom]

Nice work Warren, well thought out.

[WarDog]

Two snow days in a row. Spent a few hours shoveling Tauntaun poodoo yesterday, and planning to spend time today on the build. Lets get into the progress.

Had the water change titanium heater explode on me for unknown reasons.



No idea what happened, but apparently these heaters are packed with sand, and it ruined a full bucket of NSW.



Gave everything a good clean and made another batch for the next water change.



Finally hooked up the Trident, after sitting in the box for 382 days.
Mounted a second doser that will be used for more additives.



Time to clean up this mess. Had to add a PM2 because the temp probe cable was too short to reach the Apex head unit and then tuck away nicely.
Need to figure out the main power cable as all the conduits are full.



It blows my mind how many wires we have to deal with in this hobby. I've done my best to organize them, leaving enough slack to allow the door to open. I don't think anyone can really eliminate the rats nest of aquarium wiring. Added a magnet to help the door stay closed. The only things left to add are 6 more power blocks for the new light fixture (which is the next big hardware upgrade)... and possibly an exhaust fan in the roof of the cabinet.



Really happy with the final product. Adding more dosing lines today.
Why don't I have an Eb832 you say? Because they look horrible, seem to be Neptune's number one failing product, and my Eb8 continues to work without issue (fingers crossed).
Plus I wanted to keep the look consistent.



Thanks for looking.

[smokinreefer]

You made me google tuantuan poodoo
Great progress, lookin good.
I love how you straight hijacked a bathtub for a water station.
I made page 69.

[WarDog]

Got all the Red Sea colours hooked up to the new doser. 1.4 ml per day each.



Needed a small container to dose the Reef Energy AB+, and as they recommend using only one weeks worth out of the fridge, I had to come up with a solution. Got a syringe from Amazon and built a custom container to house it. Not my best plastic work, but we will give it a try.



Tank pics to follow.

[titus]

Hello

Wow look at all those photos. Nice and clean setup.

Titus

[WarDog]

Originally Posted by titus

Hello

Wow look at all those photos. Nice and clean setup.

Titus

Thanks!

Got the Red Sea Energy AB+ dosing container filled and tested. Currently dosing 20ml every morning while the lights are still off. Not entirely sure I'm going to continue with this schedule, as I think it may be too much.



Picked up some inverts last weekend. The Peppermints didn't last 2 days... expensive fish food. 6 Trochus to replenish the herd. They bred like crazy in the last tank... but this time, nada.



Went to see Wheelman76 and grabbed a couple cyphastrias. I highly recommend a visit if you've never been and are looking for coral.



Pulled this guy out of the tank and put him in the sump...



...because I picked up some Berghias for the dreaded aiptasia.



Nudis in the wild.



And some of the most recent tank pics. Definitely need more fish. A trip to Shoreline is needed.











Just going to spend some time dealing with the aiptasia for now, then I have a lighting upgrade planned next.

Thanks for looking.