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:lol: for now i think i'll just seal over it. will tile after the new tank goes in

yeah thats what i gathered from wasp's post. i guess since particle board is relatively porous, it could have soaked up a fair bit of salt over time. so whats the best way to "remove the salt"

no it aint, some of the particle board is actually chipping off at the top where its been wet. got a guy coming in to water seal bathroom next tuesday might get him to do fishroom too. btw, i've already put paper towels down on the floor in various places to try and see if i can trace the source!!! yeah there has been a little bit of saltwater spillage there in the past. not excessive though. with the humidity I would have expected the water to evaporate off the floor rather than stay there or get worse.

Actually something else I noticed and cant figure out, the floor behind the display tank is quite damp (you can see the damp area in the last picture above) I cant work out why its wet, there is no splashing from the display tank and no leaks under it. There is a new ensuite behind the wall to the left of the pic with shower against that wall but I've had the plumber check it out and cant see any leaks there. I cant find the source of the damp floor anywhere, even checked under the house incase something is spraying the floor from underneath. Question - would excessive evaporation possibly cause this? I had the fans blowing on the tank for sometime prior to the chiller going in. I couldnt imagine that it would cause that much moisture on the floor though?

help it die faster by polluting it?

yeah, 1. make sure you use a cover so they dont get sucked into the powerhead and 2. dont point the powerhead directly at them.

ummm... i think its been sitting there for a about... 15 months... :oops:

it's like a refridgeration unit, water passes through it cooling it. used for any type of tank, salt or freshwater. typically an expensive item though.

Dont know, but not too fussed. I also have,... a FAN!

*runs out looking for a big block of wood to touch...*

Havent posted an update for a while, as tired as you can get but cant sleep so nows a better time than any. A little graphics intensive this post but makes it a little more interesting than just text As stated on another thread, I finally got around to hooking up the chiller tonight. Cost me almost $100 on plumbing for it - that was trade price. Granted almost a 1/3 was on a ball valve though. The chiller has already pulled the temperature down to the high 26's (from low/mid 28's) so am happy thus far. No leaks too which is always a bonus Here's some pics.... Made a bracket for the chiller to sit on outside the sumproom due to limited space (the black pipe at the bottom of the pic is the overflow pipe from the sump should it be overfilled, yet to direct this into a drain or resouvoir of some sort. external walls are yet to be lined too) Heres a rear view of it. I essentially T'd the overflow pipe again (left T goes to skimmer, right T goes to chiller, rest of pipe continues to refugium. All 3 then flow to the sump) The 20mm outlet pipe from the chiller through the wall to the sump is actually in most part, my old return pipe with some 45's and 90's added. I managed to use all of it and only binned about 6 inches of it Stoked! And finally a front on shot of where its placed. Jigsawed a hole in the wall for it. I'll probably chuck some architraves (sp?) around it to tidy it up a bit And for the hell of it, here are the 3 outlets into the sump. Left one is overflow from refugium, middle from chiller and right one from skimmer. I like the idea of keeping everything independant, specifically for maintenance and easier 'troubleshooting' (spot the computer geek ) Back upstairs to the main tank, added a wall-mounted fan for a bit of redundancy/peace of mind should the chiller fail. Feel free to play a game of 'follow the wires' :lol: Our house has under gone some MAJOR rennovations in the last year, in fact only the 2 end walls and 3 internal walls are existing, everything else pushed out or changed. Essentially doubled the size (kids need their space,... or rather parents need space from their kids ) As stated previously, this gave me the perfect opportunity to "steal" floor space to put towards a tank upgrade in the near future. The fishroom is now 'dedicated', entry is via a cavity slider from the hallway. Yet to be lined, but probably will use marine ply - expensive stuff :-? Next post will be some updated shots of acro colouration. Picking up the T5 reflectors soon so the additional light should help heaps!

finally went and spent some money on plumbing for a chiller tonight (nearly $100, ouch) hooked it up (gravity fed) and shes all go. its already brought the temperature down from 28.3 to 26.9 degrees in the last couple of hours. slightly worried leaving it going overnight, plumbing skills are alot better than they used to be but murphys law prevails. it hasnt leaked in the last couple of hours though so doubt it will. will put some pic's up on my thread later on to show how shes all hooked up now

im going out to buy 25 fans an evaporate 200 litres a day :lol:

in the short term probably not, in the long term likely. all in all your maintenance regime will be alot higher - more water changes required etc. all depends on what you're wanting to keep - eg: the total bioload on the tank plus what types of corals. go the skimmer.

I got a big wall mounted fan last night (cheap as from bunnings), mounted it to the wall and plugged her in (the fan before that was a tiny - only 1/4 of the size and didnt do a lot) i've got the fan on the same timer as the halides for now. it will be more a backup once the chiller is hooked up than anything. im a fan of redundancy (excuse the pun ) - nothing worse than having a chiller fail in the middle of the night and having no backup plan. at the least, the temperature monitor will beep letting me know its too high.

since same time last year? yeah yeah, i know, its coz it was never a problem over winter so never a priority... now its so damn hot its become a priority!

i had same issues when i had heaps of softies, leathers would sometimes just shrink up, never worked out why as they always came back after a few days. tough little buggers.

28.9 last night, no chiller, halides were off, small desktop fan blowing across main tank. getting plumbing for chiller tonight hopefully!...

was that a whole hole or a hole whole?

watch that language, i'd prefer you used the term "poo"

just send a PM to zeovitnz

Well whaddaya know if it ain't old Warick making his twice yearly post Acro's looking awesome as usual, would love to see your tank again. I definately rate it my top 3 (if not the best) tank I've personally seen in NZ. Nice work, more pic's!!!

looks tricky, keep us posted. is the rigid pvc on the sides transparent?

yeah, and what layton said to further clarify my comment above, you already have enough denitrifying bacteria (anaerobic or anoxic, dont require oxygen) inside your rock. these bacteria convert nitrates (created by nitrifying bacteria) into nitrogen gas. so, the idea is to maximise the amount of nitrifying bacteria on the surface area of your LR (again, they are aerobic so require oxygen to survive) to break down the initial waste. comprende?

and the front piece? is that going to be low iron glass? how would you weld that to the pvc?