sambrinar's 75 gals office sanity - Page 10

sambrinar · 01-10-2009, 02:39 PM

I will

sambrinar · 01-12-2009, 01:40 PM

Welllll I left the sump running all weekend, come back to find it sucking air. HMMM... getting kinda frustrated with this whole sump thing. Just about to pull it and put the skimmer on the top and a hang on back fuge and call it good

On a happier note, the amonia is off the chart. the Shrimp are out of the tank and picts are soon to come, the water looks a little green ATM, not sure why

Stacef · 01-12-2009, 01:49 PM

Is the tank evaporating to much to last the weekend? All of the work that you have put into the sump, you can't give up now on it

The pics are great!!!!!

sambrinar · 01-12-2009, 02:02 PM

I left the glass top on to prevent evaporation. I think I am going to remove that last baffle and give the pump more water to push, I think that will fix it. Still thinking about putting the skimmer up top so it can really skim. then I will use that skimmer chamber for the chaeto.

sambrinar · 01-12-2009, 04:53 PM

I really don't get this, the sump is running puuurrrrrfectly again. Hmmm we will see how long it lasts.

OK here are some picts. Water is a tinge green?? I need to get more sand off the rocks so I took picts before. I can't move the skimmer up because it wont hook onto the tank, and so it stays..

Rockscape... Now remember I still have 16lbs of cured rock to add.. I am gonna put the 2 nano PH from the other tank in the back (when I take it down) and move the one that is there now to the right side

1. Full tank with the flash (green water)

2. Left side

3. Right side (the blue glow is the 12.5 tank)

4. Right back (roomy)

5. Left back

sambrinar · 01-12-2009, 06:05 PM

Shameless

Picts

Any suggestion on a better skimmer with a small footprint that would fit inside the sump or HOB.. this one just dumps water all over the floor... Stoopid Coralife

wazzifam · 01-12-2009, 06:51 PM

[quote=sambrinar;593738]2. Left side

I love the rocks. they are some nice big peices. But I absolutely love the big one on the left. it has teh resemblance of a face. Eyes, jawbone and some teeth. Put some daisy polyps or Zenia hair, can you see it? If not send it here, I can deal with it just fine.

Mavelous daling, mavelous!!

sambrinar · 01-12-2009, 06:59 PM

You know I have some pom pom xenia I may just place there

just for you Kim. Where would you like it to go. Or I have some GSP I can put there as well

BLAKEJOHN · 01-12-2009, 07:20 PM

Lets see a good pic of your sump and maybe we can identify your problem.

sambrinar · 01-12-2009, 07:55 PM

Actually I think I got it. right this second it is running perfectly as well as the skimmer. I will see when I come in tomorrow morning. I took one of the baffles out, gave the pump more water room and so far so good.

If it is messed up in the morning I will snap you some shots. Thanks

ZAPCOnj · 01-12-2009, 11:07 PM

hey bren, forgive me if i go over anything that you may have already got answers to. been sick for a week and am a bit out of touch.

I recommend the CPR skimmers. the SR2 or SR2+hob would work well for you. I have the SR2 hob in the bottom of the gf's tank in her sump. small footprint and not a lot of height clearance. the regular SR2 is a in sump version and would sit nicely in a sump.

as for the return pump and sump issues. Having an open top sump or an open top tank for that matter will give you a ton more evap. with no partial cover over my sump i get about a inch or more per day of water out of my sump. with a partial cover i get about 3/4" of evap per day. I measured out some fill lines on my sump with a sharpie so i know when i'm low and how much has gone since my last top off. I can go about 3 days before i get to the point where my pump will start to suck air. If you're going to be gone for more than a day or 2 you might want to look in to an ATO system. there are a number of DIY versions as well as a few nice prefab ones. I am going to be testing out the JBJ ATO system in both mine and the GF's new system.

everything looks really nice

framerguy · 01-12-2009, 11:34 PM

Yay Rocks!! You will like that roominess when it comes time for cleaning. I left four inches behind mine and am so glad I did!

sambrinar · 01-12-2009, 11:36 PM

Thanks Zap! Glad your feeling better. I think I have the skimmer figured out if not I will look into that one! I may cover the sump, but I like the open top tank.

I have the glass on it now, and I hate it! I really think it blocks a lot of light with the condensation that it catches.

BTW ready to order the light?

vdituri · 01-13-2009, 01:12 AM

Woo Hoo Brenda!
You are at the exciting stage!

hmmmmm, rocks.....

sambrinar · 01-13-2009, 01:25 AM

Yea Greg I think I will really be glad that I did that as well! Thanks to you and Victor for stopping by!

Now is the hurry up and wait time! Hands on hips tapping foot, twiddling thumbs, sigh.

01-10-2009, 02:39 PM	#136 (permalink)
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01-12-2009, 01:40 PM	#137 (permalink)
sambrinar recovering overfeeder Join Date: May 2008 Location: Arizona Posts: 6,410 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: sambrinar's 75 gals office sanity Welllll I left the sump running all weekend, come back to find it sucking air. HMMM... getting kinda frustrated with this whole sump thing. Just about to pull it and put the skimmer on the top and a hang on back fuge and call it good On a happier note, the amonia is off the chart. the Shrimp are out of the tank and picts are soon to come, the water looks a little green ATM, not sure why __________________ Brenda Those who dance are considered insane by those who cannot hear the music ~ George Carlin Original member of http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/...eef-holic.html My addiction 75 gal glass http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/...ce-sanity.html

01-12-2009, 01:49 PM	#138 (permalink)
Stacef Golden Moray Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Dubuque Posts: 2,620 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: sambrinar's 75 gals office sanity Is the tank evaporating to much to last the weekend? All of the work that you have put into the sump, you can't give up now on it The pics are great!!!!! __________________ Stace My 72g Build-full of pictures, we all know you loce pictures! I've had to pay my price. The things I did not know at first, I learned by doin' twice. -Billy Joel

01-12-2009, 02:02 PM	#139 (permalink)
sambrinar recovering overfeeder Join Date: May 2008 Location: Arizona Posts: 6,410 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: sambrinar's 75 gals office sanity I left the glass top on to prevent evaporation. I think I am going to remove that last baffle and give the pump more water to push, I think that will fix it. Still thinking about putting the skimmer up top so it can really skim. then I will use that skimmer chamber for the chaeto. __________________ Brenda Those who dance are considered insane by those who cannot hear the music ~ George Carlin Original member of http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/...eef-holic.html My addiction 75 gal glass http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/...ce-sanity.html

01-12-2009, 04:53 PM	#140 (permalink)
sambrinar recovering overfeeder Join Date: May 2008 Location: Arizona Posts: 6,410 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: sambrinar's 75 gals office sanity I really don't get this, the sump is running puuurrrrrfectly again. Hmmm we will see how long it lasts. OK here are some picts. Water is a tinge green?? I need to get more sand off the rocks so I took picts before. I can't move the skimmer up because it wont hook onto the tank, and so it stays.. Rockscape... Now remember I still have 16lbs of cured rock to add.. I am gonna put the 2 nano PH from the other tank in the back (when I take it down) and move the one that is there now to the right side 1. Full tank with the flash (green water) 2. Left side 3. Right side (the blue glow is the 12.5 tank) 4. Right back (roomy) 5. Left back __________________ Brenda Those who dance are considered insane by those who cannot hear the music ~ George Carlin Original member of http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/...eef-holic.html My addiction 75 gal glass http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/...ce-sanity.html

01-12-2009, 06:05 PM	#141 (permalink)
sambrinar recovering overfeeder Join Date: May 2008 Location: Arizona Posts: 6,410 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: sambrinar's 75 gals office sanity Shameless Picts Any suggestion on a better skimmer with a small footprint that would fit inside the sump or HOB.. this one just dumps water all over the floor... Stoopid Coralife __________________ Brenda Those who dance are considered insane by those who cannot hear the music ~ George Carlin Original member of http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/...eef-holic.html My addiction 75 gal glass http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/...ce-sanity.html

01-12-2009, 06:51 PM	#142 (permalink)
wazzifam Torch coral Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Homestead, Florida Posts: 582 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: sambrinar's 75 gals office sanity [quote=sambrinar;593738]2. Left side I love the rocks. they are some nice big peices. But I absolutely love the big one on the left. it has teh resemblance of a face. Eyes, jawbone and some teeth. Put some daisy polyps or Zenia hair, can you see it? If not send it here, I can deal with it just fine. Mavelous daling, mavelous!! __________________ Kim http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/...l-journey.html

01-12-2009, 06:59 PM	#143 (permalink)
sambrinar recovering overfeeder Join Date: May 2008 Location: Arizona Posts: 6,410 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: sambrinar's 75 gals office sanity You know I have some pom pom xenia I may just place there just for you Kim. Where would you like it to go. Or I have some GSP I can put there as well __________________ Brenda Those who dance are considered insane by those who cannot hear the music ~ George Carlin Original member of http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/...eef-holic.html My addiction 75 gal glass http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/...ce-sanity.html

01-12-2009, 07:20 PM	#144 (permalink)
BLAKEJOHN Elegance coral Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: KINGSTON, I.L. Posts: 1,071 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: sambrinar's 75 gals office sanity Lets see a good pic of your sump and maybe we can identify your problem. __________________ 110 gallon acrylic 1 Yellow Tang, 1 Blue Tang, 2 Eng Gobies, 1 Six Line Wrasse, 1 Tomato Clown, 1 Lion fish RBTA, Longspine Urchin, Approx. 200 snails Red Monti, Purple Rim Monti, Leathers, Elegence, Yellow Polyps, various Zoa's, FrogSpawn, Ricordias, Greenbirdsnest, Pink Milli, Blue Milli, Bonzai, unknown Acropora's, Purple Digi, GSP, Bubble Coral, Staghorn, Slimer

01-12-2009, 07:55 PM	#145 (permalink)
sambrinar recovering overfeeder Join Date: May 2008 Location: Arizona Posts: 6,410 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: sambrinar's 75 gals office sanity Actually I think I got it. right this second it is running perfectly as well as the skimmer. I will see when I come in tomorrow morning. I took one of the baffles out, gave the pump more water room and so far so good. If it is messed up in the morning I will snap you some shots. Thanks __________________ Brenda Those who dance are considered insane by those who cannot hear the music ~ George Carlin Original member of http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/...eef-holic.html My addiction 75 gal glass http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/...ce-sanity.html

01-12-2009, 11:07 PM	#146 (permalink)
ZAPCOnj Yes that's me. Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: East of reality Posts: 1,590 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: sambrinar's 75 gals office sanity hey bren, forgive me if i go over anything that you may have already got answers to. been sick for a week and am a bit out of touch. I recommend the CPR skimmers. the SR2 or SR2+hob would work well for you. I have the SR2 hob in the bottom of the gf's tank in her sump. small footprint and not a lot of height clearance. the regular SR2 is a in sump version and would sit nicely in a sump. as for the return pump and sump issues. Having an open top sump or an open top tank for that matter will give you a ton more evap. with no partial cover over my sump i get about a inch or more per day of water out of my sump. with a partial cover i get about 3/4" of evap per day. I measured out some fill lines on my sump with a sharpie so i know when i'm low and how much has gone since my last top off. I can go about 3 days before i get to the point where my pump will start to suck air. If you're going to be gone for more than a day or 2 you might want to look in to an ATO system. there are a number of DIY versions as well as a few nice prefab ones. I am going to be testing out the JBJ ATO system in both mine and the GF's new system. everything looks really nice __________________ My 40 gal Reef...

01-12-2009, 11:34 PM	#147 (permalink)
framerguy Tridacna maxima Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Clarkesville, Ga Posts: 4,994 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: sambrinar's 75 gals office sanity Yay Rocks!! You will like that roominess when it comes time for cleaning. I left four inches behind mine and am so glad I did! __________________ ___________________________________ Greg All time fav quote: "Now and then it's good to pause in our pursuit of happiness and just be happy."-Guillaume Apollinaire "Being happy can be as easy as deciding to be!"-Greg Kimsey (framerguy) 375gDT built in wall, 100g sump, Sequence Hammerhead closed loop, DIY light system w/4x 250MH & 4x54w T5, Aqua C EV-400 skimmer etc, etc, etc... http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/...areum-too.html

01-12-2009, 11:36 PM	#148 (permalink)
sambrinar recovering overfeeder Join Date: May 2008 Location: Arizona Posts: 6,410 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: sambrinar's 75 gals office sanity Thanks Zap! Glad your feeling better. I think I have the skimmer figured out if not I will look into that one! I may cover the sump, but I like the open top tank. I have the glass on it now, and I hate it! I really think it blocks a lot of light with the condensation that it catches. BTW ready to order the light?

01-13-2009, 01:12 AM	#149 (permalink)
vdituri Excellent Guesser :D Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Sacramento California Posts: 6,244 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: sambrinar's 75 gals office sanity Woo Hoo Brenda! You are at the exciting stage! hmmmmm, rocks..... __________________ Victor ----- People come into our lives for a reason, a season or a lifetime. When you know which one it is, you will know what to do for that person. When someone is in your life for a REASON, it is usually to meet a need you have expressed. They have come to assist you through a difficulty, to provide you with guidance and support, to aid you physically, emotionally or spiritually. They may seem like a godsend and they are. They are there for the reason you need them to be. Then, without any wrongdoing on your part or at an inconvenient time, this person will say or do something to bring the relationship to an end. What we must realize is that our need has been met, our desire fulfilled, their work is done. The prayer you sent up has been answered and now it is time to move on.

01-13-2009, 01:25 AM	#150 (permalink)
sambrinar recovering overfeeder Join Date: May 2008 Location: Arizona Posts: 6,410 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: sambrinar's 75 gals office sanity Yea Greg I think I will really be glad that I did that as well! Thanks to you and Victor for stopping by! Now is the hurry up and wait time! Hands on hips tapping foot, twiddling thumbs, sigh.

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