chimera

I have big letters after my name (NDBC, MCP, CCEA, CCNA, SPS) but I dont know shit

errr,... thats dude, dood

arhh well, may we call you "many-spend-time-on-internet-pie-man" please have life outside of fish and water. may many fish eat your pie and many pie keep fish happy. chimera tip #3: dont drink and post

perhaps it's something to do with his tank being 2,000 litres that dosing during the day doesn't make an ounce of difference!!!

hmmmmm now im lost....

it doesnt matter and is up to you. the instructions on my eheim 2215 said to put the spray bar either just above the water line or just below it. angled straight out or at a 45 degree depending on how you want a bit of water flow. it didn't recommend angling directly down though

so then Alois, what do you think of the price for it? About 70 pounds or about 200 bucks NZL. What are the Tunze worth? (My grandparents are on holiday in the UK so was going to make use of their visit and grab me one!)

yeah that was it Alan, along those lines anyways.

it was to do with lowering voltage across the 2nd board or something. will let you know soon!

new additions to sump room. added walls and small unit for 3 foot sump to sit on. bottom right underneath this unit made to hold the chiller (back plywood is vented) changed design from before since im upgrading main tank from 300 litres to 540 litres. current 4 foot tank moving to be refugium and will sit same line as the current 3 foot unit but opposite side of the room. View from back left corner of room (door to the right of the picture): View from the door at right side of room (shows top of 3 foot sump unit)

Does anyone use an Aquaniveau electronic Auto top-up controller? If so, any likes/dislikes with them? Things to watch out for? or see details of it at the bottom of this page: http://www.stm-shop.co.uk/acatalog/Aqua_Medic.html

I read about this guy in the USA setting up his tank a while ago on reef central - a very well planned project. He's now got a web site up on about the install of a 770 gallon tank (about 3,500 litres) Well worth a read... http://twize.com/reef/standproto.html How cool is this for a plan..., simple yet effective!

best you girls start up a photography business then!

Delving through my digital camera photo's, I found some pic's of NickS tank I thought I'd post. Nick - Im sure you dont mind Plus, you might want to use these to see how much your corals have grown! These photos were taken around mid-April. The front on shot has a bitta reflection off the glass which is a pity and the side on shot gives an appearance of being stretched because of refraction due to the thick glass...

a good idea but at the moment 1. dont need to save space and 2. want easy access

i think you should be a professional photographer coz if you're not already, you should be! they look great!

add up the amp's consumed by all devices off the boards, so long as they're not over 10 amps (standard) which is unlikely then you'll be fine. i remember being told by my sparky mate not to plug power board into another, cant remember why but i'll ask him next time i see him and post it.

now you're just showing off

slowly

oh, you mean the 10,000 litre tank I have sitting in my garage? yeah, piddly little 15 footer

i dont even think about wiring a 6 point off another 6 point! just asking for problems.

of course i could squeeze a 1000 litre in there in fact i'm still considering it for NSW storage - will call you tonight re: the containers you can get! believe it or not this is all for a measly 300 litre tank. however, its being done like this (as well as the tank room in the house) coz i know i'll eventually go around 1000 litre minimum in the next few years anyways!

Hi Alan, Thanks for the concern but it was actually the brace that goes across the front of the picture (and is actually shown) The brace was sitting on the other side of the 2 posts, I simply moved it to the side the photo is taken from to make more room in the room itself. Cheers.

here's a quick slap together of where stuff will sit. Still not too sure how I'm going to fit stuff in as most of it needs to be near the 2 foot tank (sump) I will probably dose the calc reactor straight into the refugium instead of the sump as there is more room. The main things that HAVE to stay as they are are the location of the refugium and sump as I want to minimise the length of the return. The red arrows show direct of flow out and in from/to the main tank. The refugium will have an overflow to feed the sump (hence the variable height bench) I can basically plump up a tap (for RODI and top-up water tank) and electrical points (most of which will be mounted higher than the tanks at this stage) anywhere. I also bought a 2nd hand laundry sink which I will probably sit in between the 2 and 3 foot tanks to allow ease of water changes. Most pipes will be plumbed up with taps to direct water flow "to the main system" or "to the sink" meaning that removal of water from the tank is as easy turning a tap and adding NSW back is as easy as turning on a pump. Chiller, Calcium Reactor, CO2 bottle, Kalkwasser tank etc etc will mostly be located below the bench (will this be a problem?) so it's easy to access.

ahem, had to wait for digital camera batteries to charge up it's only a start but i gotta start somewhere! first, the dirt. no progress pic is complete without a shot of the dirt - and this is only about 3/4 of it, the other 1/4 is dumped on the other side!!!... Here's the start of the room. Had to move one of the angled supports (the one in the foreground) around to the other side of the posts to make more room! Also added a new (square) post as seen on the left then got out the skill saw and cut out the door. The idea (will post floor plan soon) is to have the filtration equipment on the left side of the pic (or the right side of the door as you walk in) There will also be a 'water change' tank sitting to the right of the pic (a black 100 gallon drum) which will have plumbing leading to it from the outside of the house (makes it easier to fill up) All walls are going to be double lined with marine plywood with insulation in between them. Floor plan shortly...