Leo
Active Member
Hey folks, After a few weeks of being on this site, I can't begin to explain, how helpful this place is! Thanks to everyone so far who has pitched in their 2 cents!
So I'll begin by saying I did have some experience going back 8 yrs.+. I owned a 120 gal. acrylic tank and I unfortunately wasn't that experienced. But maybe dumb luck, I did pretty well with it. I am NOT a technical person. and at amazed at all I am reading here. I have since pulled the few cases of my old reefing gear and have been cleaning, adjusting, calibrating etc. My old rock (quite dead now) has been sitting in the Dead sea for about four weeks. (other threads on this scenario).
This all began when I acquired an older RSM 130. All looked good until a good cleaning revealed some issues. I also started to have tank size envy as it started to look real small. I was able to return the tank. An unusual exchange ensued and amazingly less than 24 hrs. later I was the owner of a 3 year old red sea max 250! Very excited! It's finally set up with a 3 day water/ vineger bath already done. Now I'm doing several fill ups/ emptying to clean out any remaining vineger. I am also waiting for my old Spectrapure 5 stage RODI to return. Sent that in to get a clean-up. Once that returns, I'll start my first Rodi salt water mix. In the meantime, I have been trying to figure out the best scenario on setting up my chiiler and UV. Also, I figured out how to get a direct line from RODI to tank (very exciting I might add ) and whether it should go right to the back of tank with an ATO or to a small holding sump/refugium with ATO and then pump up to tank as needed. Also with ATO on top (tank) Any suggestions or comments are welcomed!
Will write back here at the next turn!
Thanks again,
leo
So I'll begin by saying I did have some experience going back 8 yrs.+. I owned a 120 gal. acrylic tank and I unfortunately wasn't that experienced. But maybe dumb luck, I did pretty well with it. I am NOT a technical person. and at amazed at all I am reading here. I have since pulled the few cases of my old reefing gear and have been cleaning, adjusting, calibrating etc. My old rock (quite dead now) has been sitting in the Dead sea for about four weeks. (other threads on this scenario).
This all began when I acquired an older RSM 130. All looked good until a good cleaning revealed some issues. I also started to have tank size envy as it started to look real small. I was able to return the tank. An unusual exchange ensued and amazingly less than 24 hrs. later I was the owner of a 3 year old red sea max 250! Very excited! It's finally set up with a 3 day water/ vineger bath already done. Now I'm doing several fill ups/ emptying to clean out any remaining vineger. I am also waiting for my old Spectrapure 5 stage RODI to return. Sent that in to get a clean-up. Once that returns, I'll start my first Rodi salt water mix. In the meantime, I have been trying to figure out the best scenario on setting up my chiiler and UV. Also, I figured out how to get a direct line from RODI to tank (very exciting I might add ) and whether it should go right to the back of tank with an ATO or to a small holding sump/refugium with ATO and then pump up to tank as needed. Also with ATO on top (tank) Any suggestions or comments are welcomed!
Will write back here at the next turn!
Thanks again,
leo
