my new tank!

[terryansimon]

another shot of my skimmer, from an angle to show off the AquaC logo.

[terryansimon]

a shot of my tank with its doors open. mmm. thats about it for tonight. will post more pictures tomorrow when the water has settled down even more.

[terryansimon]

okay now question time.

1) any way to straighten out the sand? I was thinking of getting one of those, wipe window rubber blades with extention, and just "wiping" it across the sand surface to make it flat out and level. hehz. intend to make the sand thicker at the back and thinner in the front of the main tank.

2) SeaChem PhosGuard. I bought a bottle to try it out. Now where to I place it? Submerged it in water, or let it sit ontop of the egg crate?

[Wei]

Hi Terrance,

try to add some water so the water level in yr sump last compartment will reach ard 7". Then yr skimmer water level will be higher.

Wei

[huskiesg]

any way to straighten out the sand? I was thinking of getting one of those, wipe window rubber blades with extention, and just "wiping" it across the sand surface to make it flat out and level. hehz. intend to make the sand thicker at the back and thinner in the front of the main tank.

Many ways to go about it, for me, I use a normal plastic ruler

SeaChem PhosGuard. I bought a bottle to try it out. Now where to I place it? Submerged it in water, or let it sit ontop of the egg crate?

Place it in a high flow area, somewhere in your tower. Phosguard does not really work for me. Maybe you can try contraphos or rowaphos.

[terryansimon]

Hi Terrance,

try to add some water so the water level in yr sump last compartment will reach ard 7". Then yr skimmer water level will be higher.

Wei

eh HOW COME YOU HERE I thought you doing duty? haha

...

now now. I added water to raise the water level already. I think its at 7inch. hmm. did a rough measurement just now.

[Wei]

[terryansimon]

huskie..

trying out some cheap form of phosphate removal. will get rowaphos when I have more money. hahaha.

as for highflow. hmm. can I place it below my carbon filter? as in, directly below it? so much so that the carbon filter bag rests ontop of the phosguard?

[terryansimon]

eh basket you at home ah. hahaha okay I go add water now.

[terryansimon]

ah new picture of the tank. geezers it cleared up so much within one hour!

[terryansimon]

new water level, as instructed by someone.

[huskiesg]

trying out some cheap form of phosphate removal. will get rowaphos when I have more money. hahaha

Now you know why I am looking for a god mum

as for highflow. hmm. can I place it below my carbon filter? as in, directly below it? so much so that the carbon filter bag rests ontop of the phosguard?

I normally placed the carbon last of the order. As long there is ample flow through the media, it should be ok.

[cyclops]

Hmmm...

How did you know he didnt add enough salt?

[terryansimon]

Hmmm...

How did you know he didnt add enough salt?

because he added the salt for me? hahahahahahaha.

you should have seen how we dissolve the salt and all in the sump compartment. and the pipe bursting a few hundred times. pipe from toilet that is. hahaha

[Ian]

terryansimon, excellent setup!

[Dispar_Anthias]

Nice setup and way to go..... The next thing you gonna do is gonna be bak aching which is the AQUASCAPING

[terryansimon]

Nice setup and way to go..... The next thing you gonna do is gonna be bak aching which is the AQUASCAPING

tell me about it. but prepared for it. got girlfriend to either

a) give body massage after that

stack the rocks for me

c) both of the above.

hahaha I sound like she's some sort of free labour. but she did agree to help out in anyway possible. no questions asked somemore. mmm.

[terryansimon]

terryansimon, excellent setup!

thanks.. (=

[terryansimon]

okay. lights is akan datang. coming in the afternoon today. Saturday that is.

got some rocks already. gracious girlfriend of mine, upon hearing my plight, transfered some cash to me. sigh I feel so loved.

will take pictures once the lights and all come. and my aquascaping is bad by the way, so don't complain.

[bwilly]

if the pump is off, your sump got sufficient space for the backflow? will flood 1 or not?

[Dispar_Anthias]

tell me about it. but prepared for it. got girlfriend to either

a) give body massage after that

stack the rocks for me

c) both of the above.

hahaha I sound like she's some sort of free labour. but she did agree to help out in anyway possible. no questions asked somemore. mmm.

I choose B let her suffer

[reefer guy]

bro, noticed that the center beam support of ur cabinet is unattached, not saying its not strong enough but better safe than sorry... also, 2.5ft deep is really deep!!! u might want to add dsb in ur main tank... trust me, even in my 2ft deep, my whole arm is all soaked up....

nice tank and well planned setup!!!

happy reefin'

[terryansimon]

okay. come come let me explain. ahem.

reefer_guy

okay the center beam is back in there. it can be removed, but I just decided to hammer it in. the reason why it wasn't in the other time was because it was already 12am when the tank was completed. as in pipes and water inside. so hammering the wooden beam in there will probably warrant a police arrest for causing noise pollution. I hammered it in recently. no worries. and there already is a four inch sand bed inside the main tank. four to five inches, I forgot. silly me added in too much sand that time. so yah. no choice. left it there instead. hehz.

bwilly.

the sump is calculated to have more than enough space to allow for backflow should the pumps fail. I think there should be two to four inches worth of allowance should any of the pumps fail. I think lah. forgot how much already. I can go try later. hehz. now my tank is above the recommended water level and if I turn of the pumps, I still have allowance of half an inch. calculated straight down to the milimeter already. that one must count my friend.

DA.

she already sponsor me money for liverocks already. cannot be so cruel to her lah.

Blenny.

intend to use T5 lights. Edmund will be delivering it to me later. woohoo.

[terryansimon]

one of the newer shots of my tank when all the sand settled.

[terryansimon]

another shot. the fan in there was a vain bid to lower the ambient temperature of the tank. I realised that by doing that, it encourages an even higher rate of evaporation.