peacemaker

Oh no... I only cleared them, inspected and rinsed it in Lugol's again. Hopefully I've cleared them all... Unfortunately, I don't have a quarantine tank.

I just bought some new zoas today, and while dipping in the Lugol's solution, I spotted several strings of greenish eggs covered in slime at the corner of my zoa colony. Used a tweezer to pick them out immediately. No clue what laid those eggs there, but I really don't wanna find out. Did you acclimatize the zoas when you bought them? Some take a few days to open up. Give them the Lugol's dip if they don't open up after a few days.

I guess bigger water surface leads to faster evaporation? My 1.5 Ft tank requires 3x 1.5 liter bottles of distilled water top offs for every 5 working days and 2 bottles for weekends (no AC, depend on cooling fan).

Looking good... now that you've lowered your Seio, scaping would be more challenging to avoid blocking the flow entirely. Try stacking the rocks diagonally to create a cave or an arc that allows flow through the entire tank?

Firestarter just bought this or something very similar recently... heh. Ups for your sales!

Happy New Year to all the reefers here in SRC! Happy 1st Anniversary since joining this forum...

Very nice nano! I've always thought of using these ready-made acrylic boxes, but I was afraid they weren't made hardy enough to withstand the pressure from salt water. Btw, what camera are you using?

Its like a witch's brew in a fairy tale story... heh.

Hey... any updates? How's the skimmer doing? Any close-up shots?

Any other advice from anyone?

No water change in 5 years...? That's pretty amazing, and your live stock and corals are thriving.

Kill wild boars while you're there... hehehe...

Thanks for your insight! On the contrary, my IOS tank flooded a couple of times due to choked filter wool. My tank produces a lot of "slime", and I need to change the filter wool twice a week. I still haven't found the root cause, and I was hoping having a sump tank would help a little. Besides, all the equipment and wires are all on top of my work desk at the moment, which is very unsightly, so keeping all these underneath makes a neater workstation. There are pros and cons to keeping a reef tank in the office...

You can give I-Aquatic a try. Might be expensive though.

Haha... its just a reference. I'm not planning to have something exactly like that. Like what you've mentioned, he placed a sponge in-between baffles to reduce micro bubbles. I thought it is a very neat and well designed sump as an example to learn from.

7. I think the refugium and skimmer compartment can be swapped as such that water flows through for skimming first before fuge. I was considering 50 - 50 on the sump tank. Glass for the overall and acrylic for the internal compartments. Then this would be a DIY sump tank. Sounds like fun but a lot of hard work... not sure the effort plus cost is worth it compared to getting it custom made. I've attached photos of Bro nuclear fibre's sump tank (hope you don't mind) for some visual reference.

Very nice... and this is only 4 mths old? You stock up really fast...

I need advice on the following stuff: 1. How big an overflow do I need? I was planning a 6" width. I'm not too sure on the depth of the overflow compartment though. 2. Dourso pipes: just an arc, or those that allow air to pass through on top? Diameter? Would one pipe be sufficient, or do I need 2? 3. What is the water level in the sump that I should take note of if the pump stops? I can't afford to have an overflowed sump in the office... 4. I read somewhere about drilling a hole to break siphon. Where is that location? 5. I've seen valves used along the pipe lines. Are those necessary? 6. How should I choose the right return pump for my tank? Size is an issue, and definitely in-sump, so I was thinking about Ehiem Compact 5000. Any other opinions? 7. Anyone could advice on the number of baffles for the sump? I've read somewhere that it reduces micro bubbles from re-entering the tank (from the skimmer), but where's the right location to add them? These are some questions that I could think of at this moment, and I'll add more if I have them. Thanks in advance!

Hi... I'm planning to have a mini upgrade of my current 1.5 Ft IOS tank to a 1.5 Ft cube with external overflow and a sump tank. Due to limited space underneath my work desk (office tank), the max I could go is a 1.5 Ft cube sump tank. Pls take a look at the following design (sorry for the lousy illustration... its roughly done up by MS Word ), and feel free to give your comments. As this will be my first tank with a sump, pls kindly advice on the little things to take note on this build.

Use MS Paint => Image => Sketch/Skew => Resize => Save as => Post

Do a leak test even before you start... A good time to lower your overflow edge.

Hey bro... any updates? How's the Ice-Probe doing? Keeping things cool?

Yup! Check this out.

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!! :yeah: :angel: :angel:

Or... you can wait for me to upgrade, and I can sell you my tank.