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04-30-2006, 03:35 PM
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#61 (permalink)
| | Scooter Blennie
Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Davenport IA
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It's around 30X for the turn over I was just wondering if you where going to add anything more.
Toys, Toys, Toys, Ditto on your thoughts on a skimmer. | 
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04-30-2006, 06:14 PM
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#62 (permalink)
| | 3reef Moderator |
I don't really believe in tank turn over per hour as a measure of good flow. I find it is as abstract as Watts per gallon.
I don't even know what the ideal tank turn over is, but I think you can have 1000GPH in a small tank and still not have good flow.
I'm using a Oceans Motions 4-way oceansmotions
Not sure if you are familiar with its function, but it will be used to rotate the full 5500 GPH from the Hammerhead pump through each of the closed loop "steps"
I have found that many tanks are set up with powerheads on each of the ends of the tank. whether they are Tunze Streams or maxijets. Each PH that opposes another one can be cancelled out. This way with the 4-way water is moving in one direction at a time so the effect of 5500 gallons is not wasted fighting another jet of water.
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04-30-2006, 08:42 PM
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#63 (permalink)
| | Plankton
Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Surrey, BC
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Looks very good!
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05-01-2006, 12:01 AM
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#64 (permalink)
| | Astrea Snail
Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Sunshine Coast, BC, Canada
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Looks great.
That's going to be close to 5500 lbs all together, if you only put in 1 lb of rock per gallon. It sure adds up fast. Hope you did your math on the wood frame.
D
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30g cube tank. 175w mh, 40w actinic. Ecosystem hob filtration.
2 percula, sixline wrasse, 8 hermits, 1 cleaner shrimp, Tridacna Maxima.
blue & green mushrooms, Ricordea, Montipora Digitata, xenia. | |
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05-08-2006, 08:59 PM
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#65 (permalink)
| | 3reef Moderator |
OK so I know you've all been waiting for updates LOL
Took some more pics today of the progress.
finally got 99% of the plumbing done.
This is the Ocean Motions 4Way ready to go .jpg)
Here is the 3 returns and the overflow. Along with 1 of the Closed loop off the 4-way arms 
this is the 90G Sump with the bafulls in 
This is with the mock up sequence pump installed. I will be getting a hammerhead for this this week-end 
Finally some fun shots as I tested the closed loop 4way with only 1/2 the water in the tank   
Jason
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05-08-2006, 09:15 PM
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#66 (permalink)
| | Bristle Worm
Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Gypsum, KS Age: 24
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Sweet!!!!!!
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36 Gallon Bow front Reef
Residents - Lawnmower Blenny, Maroon Clown, Freckle Faced Hawk Fish, Blue Mandarin Dragonet, Tomini Tang, Sailfin Tang, Coral Beauty, Dragon Wrasse, Green Mushrooms, Green Yuma Ricordia Mushroom, Starburst Polyps, Pulsing Xenia, Clove Polyps, Candy Cane, Yellow Tip Torch, Golden Polyps, Dwarf Hermit Crabs, Snails
20 Long Sump - Corallife Super Skimmer, Rio 2100
Lighting - Current USA 130W PC Dual Daylight/Dual Actinic/White Moon Light | |
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05-08-2006, 09:19 PM
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#67 (permalink)
| | KingFish
Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Pt. Richmond, Ca. Age: 38
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Love the action shots! 
Plumbing looks great J. | |
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05-28-2006, 09:15 PM
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#68 (permalink)
| | 3reef Moderator | 
Well it's been a while since I've posted. There has been a lot of waiting for bits and pieces and also a lot of reworking things that didn't quite work. So I finally filled the entire tank and install the wavysea + on the returns.
I went with 3 returns total. 2 on WavySea+ and one just reg lock line.
Got my sand Yesterday and rinsed the living hell out of it so the water today is remarkably clear. 
Still a hole bunch of sand flying around but that's OK
As you can see I fired the lights tonight. Oh Boy. So that is 3X400W MH and 8X T5 Actinics. So my Wife wanted to get a pic form outside to see if the neighbours would think there was a grow op. in our house 
My Wife actually wants to invite all the neighbours over for a party and call it "It's not a grow op" she thinks that's the funniest 
So I have 2 Wavy Sea+ they are super cool.  
This is a pic of the controller. It allows you to set the swing distance by marking the end points of the rotation. Then it allows you to set the speed.
You can find move info at wavysea 
Got the interim skimmer set up and running all I need to do now is straighten up all the wiring and clean up a bit 
and a pic of the cool light timers I found 
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05-28-2006, 09:33 PM
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#69 (permalink)
| | Bubble Tip Anemone
Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Denver, Colorado Age: 24
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DUDE! I am so jealous! And I thought my 46 looked nice......this thing is gonna be the BOMB!  _________ 125 Gal Reef. Born March 2002 FISH: Ocellaris Clown, Yellow Tang, Fairy Wrasse, Sand Star, Fuzzy Dwarf Lion, Mandarin Dragonette, Hippo Tang CORALS: Green Striped/Red/Purple Mushrooms, Green Star Polyps, Yellow Toadstool Leather, Bubble, Frogspawn, 2 Hammers, Yellow Polyps, Open Brain, Ridge Leather, Various Zoas, Button Polyps, Kenya Tree, Colt, Elephant Ear Mushroom, Clove Polyps, Torch, Purple Clam, Rose BTA  | |
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05-28-2006, 10:12 PM
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#70 (permalink)
| | Scooter Blennie
Join Date: Sep 2005 Age: 26
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Wow Jason, looking good bro. Nice!
-Enrique
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30g reef tank, CPR CY192 filter w/ DIY plumb running Rio 17HF return, Coralife 3x 9w UV Sterilizer, 3 24W T5-Helios 10K Daylights/3 24W T5-Helios Blue lights, 2 Logysis blue meteor light strobes (moonlights/24 Blue LEDs).
Tiger tail cuke, asst. snails/hermits, asst. feathers, rainbow acan,zoos,shrooms,bubble,galaxea, asst. shrimp, 2 ocellaris,mandarin,zebrasoma xanthurum,pink-spot watchman,red-striped pistol. | |
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